Projects for Peace

Projects for Peace is a global program that encourages students to develop innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues. Projects for Peace awards student leaders $10,000 grants to implement projects anywhere in the world over the summer. Projects for Peace was created in 2007 through the generosity of Kathryn W. Davis and is now hosted at Middlebury College. View the Projects for Peace headquarters website here: https://www.middlebury.edu/projects-for-peace.

Eligibility

Undergraduate Trinity students (including seniors who would complete their projects after graduation) are eligible. Groups of students from the same or different campuses, as well as individual students, may submit proposals. A Trinity student must be named as the project leader.

Student Stipends

Students can elect to use a portion of the $10,000 grant as a stipend to offset wage loss from not working for the duration of the project. The maximum stipend request is $2,000. If a project team consists of multiple Trinity students, the students can elect to split the stipend or for the entirety of the stipend to be given to one student. Non-Trinity students are not eligible to receive grant funds for a stipend. The stipend amount requested should be recorded on the budget sheet under the miscellaneous category.

Process

To be considered, please submit the following documents to Gabby Nelson, [email protected]. Before starting on your application, review the proposal guidance page on the Trinity Projects for Peace webpage for 1) what topics must be covered in the proposal, 2) considerations to think through while planning your project, 3) how to ask for letters of support and recommendation, and 4) selection criteria.

1. A two-page proposal. Proposal narratives of more than two pages will not be reviewed. The proposal should be written in 10-point Arial font with one-inch margins. Review the proposal guidance page for the components that must be included in the proposal, including the required heading, which should not be outside the one-inch margins
2. A project budget created using this template.
3. Letters of support from key individuals and organizations involved in the project. This could include student collaborators, community partners, and/or non-profit or NGOs you will work with.
4. A recommendation form filled out by a faculty or staff member who knows you well.

Deadline

January 15, 2026

Interviews and Selection

Finalists will be selected for a half hour interview at the Center for Urban and Global Studies. Interviews will be conducted in late January Two proposals will be selected to be nominated as finalists for Projects for Peace by February 4, 2026. At the time of nomination, further refinement of the proposal may be suggested by the selection committee. The final project selection will be made by the Projects for Peace team headquartered at Middlebury College.

Questions

Questions can be sent to Gabby Nelson, [email protected] or Mark Hughes, [email protected].