Scholarships
2012 VFP Scholarships
VFP Scholarship Requirements
Other Available Scholarships
2012 VFP Scholarships
J. Kashou ~ 2011 VFP scholarship recipient to Belgium
Volunteers For Peace strives to build community and cultural understanding at home and abroad. Since World War I, this type of international voluntary service has been instrumental in building peace and creating grassroots change and cultural diversity in communities around the world. Our scholarships will be awarded to those applicants who are motivated to participate fully in an international voluntary service project and who understand the importance of sharing their experience with their community when they return home. This type of sharing is extremely important to furthering VFP's mission and building international understanding at a local level in the US. Scholarships are not awarded based on financial need since about 85% of our participants are students on limited budgets and we have no way of effectively measuring need.
In 2012, VFP is offering 10 scholarships, each including a travel stipend, from the following categories:
- Art & Culture Scholarship: Creating cultural understanding is a cornerstone of any VFP project. This scholarship is designed to broaden a volunteer's experience and sharing of culture through communication, visual arts, architecture, dance, handicrafts, music, or theatre.
- Environmental Action Scholarship: With an increasing need for local and global environmental understanding, this scholarship allows volunteers to learn, share and experience international efforts in sustainability, agriculture, and environmental issues.
- Youth Education Scholarship: For educators and those interested in working with youth, this scholarship offers a unique, hands-on international experience in education and youth development with opportunities to share teaching practices and build lasting collaborations around the world.
VFP is now accepting scholarship applications for 2012! Deadline is March 19th at 9 AM. Click here for an application!
Scholarship Requirements
- Applicants must be permanent residents of the United States.
- Applicants must be ages 16+ at the time of application submission.
- Applicants must join VFP ($30 annual contribution) before or at the time they submit a scholarship application to be considered. All VFP volunteers are required to join VFP to participate in a project.
- Scholarship recipients must register for a VFP Project by June 1, 2012 or the scholarship will be forfeited.
- Each winner will pick a project of their choice related to each scholarship. VFP has final approval over project choice & relevancy to awarded scholarship.
- Cancellation by the volunteer after confirmation in a project causes forfeiture of the scholarship.
- Scholarship recipients must read and agree to VFP's Terms and Conditions.
- After completion of a project, scholarship recipients will be required to contribute at least 2 blogs, pictures and documentation of public outreach.
- VFP scholarships will not be awarded to the same person more than once.
C. Zimmerman ~ 2011 VFP Scholarship Recipient to India
Other Available Scholarships
America's Unoffical Ambassadors Mosaic Scholarship Program : Currently accepting applications for the 2012 year. The AUA Mosaic Scholarship is a program that is increasing the number of Unofficial Ambassadors to the Muslim World who represent America in all its diversity. The program provides scholarships to support Americans volunteering with an AUA Directory-listed organization in a Muslim-majority country. Scholarships up to $5,000 can be used to cover program fees and/or travel. VFP volunteers are encouraged to apply!
GoOverseas Scholarship : Go Overseas is proud to support international education through scholarships available to travelers participating in volunteer abroad programs. The scholarship is awarded based on the creativity and analytical thinking displayed through writing samples and/or video submissions.The deadline for the 2012 scholarship is September 15th, 2012. The award for each scholarship is $1,000. Apply today!
2011 VFP Scholarship Recipients
J. Kashou ~ Belgium 2011
L. Pompano ~ Germany 2011
L. St Clair ~ Iceland 2011
In 2011, VFP was able to grant scholarships to a total of nine volunteers. Through the generous donations of our members these volunteers participated projects throughout the world in Iceland, Kenya, India, Belgium, Germany & Haiti!