Student Alliance @ CIIS

Social Justice and Community Research Grant

Overview

Student Alliance provides stipends to enable students to conduct research in areas of Social Justice and undertake community service initiatives in the United States or internationally. Emphasis will be placed on students to work in alliance with local communities to challenge oppressive practices and policies. This could include issues committed to challenging racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ableism, or other; global human rights issues; as well as looking at ecological sustainability. Students must develop a comprehensive proposal outlining the research and its commitment to social justice issues and the principles of CIIS.

If it is a Community Service Initiative, projects must be initiated by a CIIS student in collaboration with a non-profit organization with the explicit support of the community that students will be working with or in direct collaboration with communities. Projects could be local, national or international in their scope. Examples of projects could be working with homeless communities, supporting community services trips with other students to New Orleans to help with rebuilding, or working with refugees. Students must develop a comprehensive proposal that outlines their goals and objectives for the initiative, how it reflects the principles of CIIS and how it will be brought back to the CIIS community.

The stipend amount is $1000 per student. Ten awards will be awarded annually.

Eligibility

Student Alliance funds are contributed by CIIS students. Therefore, Student Alliance only grants awards to students who are currently enrolled.

Funds may be used for projects or research taking place during the current semester, a semester before (provided they were enrolled in that semester as well) or one semester after the semester in which the student submits a Funding Proposal and is granted funds.

Next Proposal Deadline

Spring 2010 Deadline - end of the day on March 1st 2010 - Leave Funding Proposal Forms in the Student Alliance Mailbox on the 4th floor or mail them to California Institute of Integral Studies, Attn: Student Alliance, 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Voting will occur at a following Student Alliance Meeting. All those attending this meeting should read the SJCR Grant Funding Guidelines before attending.

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Application Process and Form

This document describes the order of events for funding proposals and is required reading for all applicants.

Download: SJCR Grant Funding Guidelines

The applicant must submit a fully completed Grant Application Form.

Download: SJCR Grant Application

Funding Receipt Form

Once you have been granted an award, you will need to fill out a Funding Receipt Form.

Download: Funding Receipt Form