Fund Your Experience | Honors Program

Honors Experience Awards |

The Dr. Patrice Berger Student Experience Fund provides financial support to Honors Students participating in experiential learning, such as education abroad, unpaid internships, attending conferences, or for costs associated with the senior project. Experiences sponsored by or affiliated with the University Honors Program are given priority, but other student experiences will also be considered.

Funding per application will range up to $1500.
The number of awards will vary with the projects identified for funding.

Application Due Dates – to be used in the Fall, Spring, and Summer as noted below.

August 1; for use in Fall semester

October 1: for use in Spring Pre-Session (January)

December 1; for use in Spring semester

April 1; for use in Summer

Awards are usually granted within one month of the application due date. Funds may take longer for disbursement.

Eligibility:

Undergraduate students in good standing in the University Honors Program
Priority will be given to students who have not previously received funding from the University Honors Program
Preference will be given to students who have a demonstrated financial need, and consideration may include consultation with the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid (Filling out the FAFSA can aid in this process)
The award will focus on supporting
- participation in an Honors Dialogue (registration in relevant Honors seminar is required)
- travel associated with an Honors Experience (registration in 99H required)
- unfunded public-service internships
- participation in a discipline-focused national or regional conference
- costs associated with completing an Honors Senior Project
The following requests are unlikely to be funded
- meals/food
- funding that could otherwise be covered by UCARE, or equipment and supplies that a faculty sponsor can normally be expected to supply

Students can submit only one application per award period but applications outside the award period may be considered as funds allow.

NU ID Required

First name Required

Last name Required

Email address Required

Major(s) Required

Funding request, round UP to the nearest $10 increment Required

Start date of activity that will be funded

End date of activity that will be funded

Proposal

Please provide a title or a ONE sentence summary of the experience: (Examples: Internship at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., or Presentation at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Required

Essay (See prompt below)

The Honors Program’s student learning objectives include instilling problem-solving skills, communication, foundational skills for lifelong learning, such as initiative and independence, and integrative learning. In a short essay (300 words or less) provide a description of how this experience aligns with one or more of the Honors Learning Objectives as well as your own academic and professional goals.

Budget

Provide an itemized list of items or costs you are requesting fund for, with a one line justification per item, if needed:

Total anticipated costs for the activity (an approximation is fine)

If you are asking for a contribution towards a greater total cost for an activity, please tell us what your total costs are expected to be.

List other sources of funds currently being used or known to be available, and amounts provided:

List other funding sources to which you have applied to fund this activity or experience:

Please briefly describe any financial obstacles you may have experienced that would make you a good candidate to receive an experiential scholarship.

Please provide any other information you would like us to be aware of: