Application

The application consists of four short-answer questions, a budget, and a cover sheet (detailed below). These items should be submitted electronically using a Google doc (where possible) to both the coordinator and director.

Cover Page

Include a signed cover sheet with your application materials.

Application Questions

Your responses to each of the following questions should be at least 100 to 150 words, though you may use additional space if needed. Please include the question before your responses. Your first and last name should appear in the header of the document.

• 1. PRIOR SUMMER SERVICE: Briefly describe the previous Bonner summer service placements that you have had and comment on their impact on your personal development.

  2. PROPOSED ACTIVITY: Describe the summer service placement or other activity for which you are proposing to receive additional financial support. For what purpose(s) will the money you are requesting be used?

  3. CONNECTION TO ACADEMIC/CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Describe how the proposed activity is connected to your personal, academic, and/or career development. If returning to an organization with which you have been previously affiliated, explain how your role and/or responsibilities will change or increase.

  4. CONNECTION TO BONNER DEVELOPMENT: How will your experiences as a Bonner inform your participation in the proposed activity? How does the proposed activity relate to the common commitments?

Budget

The budget should detail the expenses you have researched and expect to incur and identify other funding sources that you have received. Include all expenses, even those that will be met by funding sources other than the Rising Senior Fund

Timeline

If your application is approved, it can take up to one month to receive funding from the time you submit your application. The application and review process is as follows:

• • Application submitted electronically as a GoogleDoc to the BSP program director and coordinator;

  • Application is reviewed by the program director and coordinator and feedback is sent to applicant;

  • Applicant revises and resubmits application based on feedback;

  • Application is submitted to the Bonner Foundation for approval;

  • If the proposal is approved, a check request is sent to the controller’s office or other arrangements for payment are made.

Note that you must submit itemized receipts to document expenditures. Students requesting funds the spring semester of their senior year may be required to access funds on a reimbursement basis.