Projects for Peace
2026 Winners: Vyshu Viju ’26 and Angel Guitcha ’27
Read about Angel and Vyshu’s Projects for Peace in Bates News
The PROJECTS FOR PEACE program is an invitation to undergraduates at the participating colleges and universities in the Davis United World College Scholars Program to design grassroots projects that they will implement during summer break. At Bates, we hold information sessions in October and applications are due to the campus Projects for Peace Committee in early January.
Every year, 125 or more student leaders are each awarded $10,000 grants to implement a Project for Peace, typically between May and August.
The program encourages young adults to develop innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues.
Along the way, these student leaders increase their knowledge, improve their skills, and begin to see themselves as agents of change.
For more information, contact Daphne Comeau (dcomeau@bates.edu) at the Harward Center for Community Partnerships or click here.
Please click here to view a sample budget.
Please click here to view an overview, and here to watch a video, of a writing workshop on drafting a PfP proposal by Bridget Fullerton, PhD from the Student Writing and Language Center.
(From: https://www.middlebury.edu/projects-for-peace)
Summer Grants
Student-specific Grant Timeline
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| September 25, 2026 | Annual invitation for participation. |
| December 2026/January 2027 | Student proposals submitted to the campus liaison and assessed by the campus selection committee. One winner and one alternate are selected. |
| February 3, 2027 | Winning proposals are submitted by the Bates Committee to Projects for Peace headquarters. |
| March 3, 2027 | Campus liaisons notified of preliminary decisions by Projects for Peace; request for funding agreements and any additional information. |
| March 31, 2027 | 2027 Projects for Peace final cohort announced. |
| Summer 2027 | Implementation of Projects for Peace |