Watson Civic Engagement Fellowship
We are excited to add a third cohort of Watson Fellows after the delay brought about by the pandemic. The Watson Family Civic Engagement fellowship was launched in the summer of 2019 with two members of the class of 2021, we added two fellows from the class of 2024, followed by two 2025's, and this summer we will add two members of the class of 2026.
The two recipients of the Fellowship will have the opportunity to learn about efforts to address one or two of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (U.N. SDG's) in a community outside of their own country, and also examine these same issues in their own community.
Fellows will receive $2,000 each to support international travel in the summer after the lower mid year, and $500 each for work in their own community in the summer after the upper mid year. Additional, need-based aid up to a maximum of $3,000 is available to support international travel. In addition, some travel organizations will offer additional need-based or merit aid.
Fellows will be expected to give a presentation - a chapel talk or something similar - on their work, and will collaborate with the students that follow them.
Deadline to submit information: February 7, 2024 at 10:00 p.m.
Before starting the on-line information form, you should have the following materials and information ready to complete step 1 below:
Basic information for you and your parents/legal guardians
Answers to the questions in the application, which require you to research:
The UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"),
International travel opportunities for this summer,
Organizations in your own community where you can continue learning about the SDGs that you have chosen
S/he should know that it is due to Mr. Thompson via school mail by February 10, 2024.
All feedback forms will be kept confidential and will not be available to the applicants.
Ready to move forward?
Click on the program below to fill out the information form, online: