[USA]THE DONALD A. STRAUSS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
GUIDELINES
A. The Foundation will award scholarships to full time students at the 15 pre-selected four-year California colleges or universities who have
- demonstrated an interest in public service
- outstanding leadership potential
- developed and can demonstrate effective communication skills
- the desire to 'make a difference' in local, regional, international or national communities.
- one year remaining until graduation
- a GPA in the upper 1/3 of his or her class
B. The Strauss Foundation will award at least 14 $10,000 scholarships each year, which will be used to pay for some of the costs of the public service project as well as for tuition, fees, books, room and board. Recipients are eligible for one year of scholarship support to be used in their Senior year.
C. The Foundation invites the President or Chancellor or their designee of each eligible 4 year California institution to nominate 3 students* -- 14 or more scholarship recipients will be chosen each year with special preference from each of the following institutions:
- California Institute of Technology
- Loyola Marymount University
- Occidental College
- Scripps College
- Stanford University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of San Diego
* The Board of Trustees specifically requests that each university or college submit a total of three nominations. If an institution submits fewer than three nominations the Foundation maintains the right to omit an award to that institution.
The Foundation defines public service as work, whether paid or as a volunteer, in government at any level; in organizations serving the public interest; in national, international, regional or local health organizations; and in service-oriented non-profit organizations such as those whose primary purposes are to help disadvantaged persons or protect the environment.
Fields of study which can lead to public service include (but are not limited to) the sciences, both biological and physical, engineering, technology, agriculture, environmental management, economics, political science, and the other social sciences, English, history, and the other liberal arts and humanities, public health, public administration, government and education.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
A. Maintain satisfactory academic performance (upper 1/3 of his/her class).
B. Carry out their public service project; project funds will be available by June 1, and projects should be "completed" by the following April 15. (That is, the proposed project should be carried out by April 15 so it can be presented and discussed later that month at the all-day Spring meeting. Because we prize projects that are sustainable indefinitely, a project shouldn't actually be completed by April 15, but merely marking its first year then.)
C. Send a bimonthly update to the Foundation, on the status of their project. Updates will be due September 15, November 1, January 15, and March 1.
D. Attend a meeting* for all Strauss Scholarship recipients in the spring of the senior year to make a presentation about the project: how it went, what was learned, etc. (Expenses for travel will be paid by the Foundation and will include airfare, where appropriate, and/or mileage reimbursement.) * This mandatory all-day meeting is a crucial component of the scholarship process.
E. Submit a written assessment of the project by email to the Foundation two days prior to the Mandatory Spring Meeting in April. This summary should be limited to 2 pages typed and double spaced.
F. Disbursement of the final $2,000 of the $10,000 award will be made upon completion of all five of the above listed responsibilities.
G. In addition to the above it is strongly recommended that all scholars plan to attend one of the Foundation's Regional Meetings that will be held in November.
The Foundation may withhold or terminate a scholarship due to unsatisfactory academic performance. Scholars may request postponement of their awards because of ill health or other mitigating circumstances.
More Information www.straussfoundation.org
