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Service Abroad

UPGRADE
Stefanie Canright Endowed Scholarship Fund
Emory Global Health Field Scholar Awards

UPGRADE: Undergraduate Program in Global Research and Development

The Center for International Programs Abroad (CIPA) administers an undergraduate grant for Emory College students who wish to gain practical hands-on sustainable development training by doing service in developing countries over the summer. This non-credit bearing program allows students to approach their time abroad from a different angle and focuses on students with a distinct set of skills and experiences. The training will be done through the Foundation for Sustainable Development http://www.fsdinternational.org/?q=intlopps/intlopps .
A number of grants of $3,500 will be awarded each summer.

For more information and to apply, students complete the new online UPGRADE application form.

Please contact Kenya Casey (CIPA) with additional questions: kdcasey@emory.edu

The best UPGRADE recipient automatically becomes the Stefanie Canright Scholarship recipient and will receive an award of $4,500. See details http://www.cipa.emory.edu/alternatives/service.cfm#canright

Stefanie Canright Endowed Scholarship Fund

Stefanie Erin Canright graduated from Emory College with a B.A. in Psychology in 2000. Originally from San Juan Capistrano, California, Stefanie was president of her sorority, Delta Delta Delta, and was very active in her local community both at Emory and at home in California. Stefanie was a great lover of travel and adventure, as well as a proponent of education continuing outside the classroom.
She tragically passed away in 2004, but her memory lives on in the form of the Stefanie Canright Scholarship. The first scholarship was first awarded in summer 2006. The best UPGRADE recipient automatically becomes the Stefanie Canright Scholarship recipient and will receive an award of $4,500. For more information, please click here.

Stefanie Canright Recipient Summer 2006:

Elizabeth Sholtys 07C

Read about Elizabeth’s project here: http://www.international.emory.edu/pdf/winter2006.pdf

Stefanie Canright Recipient Summer 2007:

Paige Wilson 08C

Read more about Paige and her endeavors in India here.

Stefanie Canright Recipient Summer 2008:

Candice Merritt, 09C

Information on Candice’s project available after summer 08.

Emory Global Health Field Scholar Awards

The Emory Global Health Institute funds three field scholarship programs for which Emory undergraduates may be eligible to apply. The three types of GHI Field Scholars are (1) Individual Field Scholars, (2) Team Field Scholars, and (3) Partner Site Field Scholars.

The global health experience can happen in any country, including the U.S. The determining factor is that the experience be with a vulnerable and underserved population. The student must justify the experience and the population. For additional information please see the Global Health Institute’s website: http://www.globalhealth.emory.edu/fundingOpportunities/globalLearning.php

Details on the three possible projects:

Individual Field Scholars conduct individual global health projects in collaboration with an international or local in-country partner
Team Field Scholars conduct global health projects in teams of not more than four students in collaboration with an international or local in-country partner
Partner Site Field Scholars conduct global health projects jointly identified by Emory and GHI partner sites in teams of not more than five students at GHI partner site locations

For more information regarding the Institute’s Field Scholar Programs, please contact Suzanne Mason at GHI: smason@sph.emory.edu