Stewart Family Serviceship Award

The School of Politics, Public Affairs, and International Studies, in partnership with the Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office, seeks proposals from students for up to a $5,000 stipend to complete an independent service-learning/service-research project.

The serviceship award is funded by the Stewart family in honor of their late parents Clyde E. and Jerrine N. Stewart, who served as daily examples of people immersed in family, community and work.  As such, they were of consequence in helping address community needs and real-world challenges.  They were enriched by simply doing what they could. Thus, their own family and community were also enriched.

The award continues this legacy by supporting students working on their own applied community research or service project that addresses a real world need or challenge on a local, state, national or global level. The application deadline is the last Friday in February with awardees notified by the last Friday in March.

The stipend will be awarded through a competitive process that is open to all UW students. Guidelines for proposals are broad as the specific needs being addressed should be community-defined. The selected student(s) must be involved in an applied community research or service project that addresses a real world need or challenge on a local, state, national or global level.  Students from all fields of study are encouraged to submit proposals.