Public Service Award
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $10,000 stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career.
To apply, please develop a proposal for public service in this country or abroad. The proposal may encompass any activity that furthers the public good. It can be undertaken by yourself alone or by working through established charitable, religious, educational, governmental, or other public service organizations.
For more information, please review the Samuel Huntington Fund FAQs (pdf).
To Apply Please complete and mail in an application form (pdf) by January 18, 2013. Your application should also include a one-page cover sheet, proposal, budget, transcript, resume, and three letters of recommendation.
Application Form
• The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award Application Form (pdf)
• The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award Application Form (.doc)
Awards will be based on the quality of your proposal, your academic record, and other personal achievements. Semi-finalists will be personally interviewed prior to selection of the award recipient(s).
About the Award The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $10,000 stipend for a one-year public service project: $5,000 is awarded at the beginning of the project; and the remaining $5,000 is awarded upon receipt of a six-month progress report.
Samuel Huntington was President and Chief Executive Officer of the New England Electric System which later merged with National Grid. He was deeply interested in public service. Following his graduation from college and before attending law school, Mr. Huntington taught in Nigeria. The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award was established by his friends to allow other students to realize similar experiences and to provide public service.
For more information:
• The first award was made in May, 1989—view a list of all award winners (pdf).
• Samuel Huntington Fund - 20 Years of Achievement (pdf)
• Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter (pdf)
• Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter (pdf)
2012 Award Winners Dian Liu will conduct after school dance sessions in New York City for immigrant students in order to help them adjust to the U.S. and to an interrupted education. The dancing provides a healthy outlet that helps the young student build emotional and social competencies and encourages focus on academic performance.
Jason Lynch will provide at-risk youth in Brockton, Massachusetts with an athletic outlet to teach focus and discipline and academic support to improve school performance.
Michael Bernert created WAVA, an LLC that provides risk capital to small scale and medium scale agricultural entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone, resulting in increased food production and job creation.
www.wavallc.com
Tasmiha Khan will create improved access to sanitation in Khulna, Bangladesh, with tube wells, latrines, and sanitary kits. She’ll teach locals how to purify water, store it, and keep it clean.
To apply, please develop a proposal for public service in this country or abroad. The proposal may encompass any activity that furthers the public good. It can be undertaken by yourself alone or by working through established charitable, religious, educational, governmental, or other public service organizations.
For more information, please review the Samuel Huntington Fund FAQs (pdf).
To Apply Please complete and mail in an application form (pdf) by January 18, 2013. Your application should also include a one-page cover sheet, proposal, budget, transcript, resume, and three letters of recommendation.
Application Form
• The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award Application Form (pdf)
• The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award Application Form (.doc)
Awards will be based on the quality of your proposal, your academic record, and other personal achievements. Semi-finalists will be personally interviewed prior to selection of the award recipient(s).
About the Award The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $10,000 stipend for a one-year public service project: $5,000 is awarded at the beginning of the project; and the remaining $5,000 is awarded upon receipt of a six-month progress report.
Samuel Huntington was President and Chief Executive Officer of the New England Electric System which later merged with National Grid. He was deeply interested in public service. Following his graduation from college and before attending law school, Mr. Huntington taught in Nigeria. The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award was established by his friends to allow other students to realize similar experiences and to provide public service.
For more information:
• The first award was made in May, 1989—view a list of all award winners (pdf).
• Samuel Huntington Fund - 20 Years of Achievement (pdf)
• Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter (pdf)
• Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter (pdf)
2012 Award Winners Dian Liu will conduct after school dance sessions in New York City for immigrant students in order to help them adjust to the U.S. and to an interrupted education. The dancing provides a healthy outlet that helps the young student build emotional and social competencies and encourages focus on academic performance.
Jason Lynch will provide at-risk youth in Brockton, Massachusetts with an athletic outlet to teach focus and discipline and academic support to improve school performance.
Michael Bernert created WAVA, an LLC that provides risk capital to small scale and medium scale agricultural entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone, resulting in increased food production and job creation.
www.wavallc.com
Tasmiha Khan will create improved access to sanitation in Khulna, Bangladesh, with tube wells, latrines, and sanitary kits. She’ll teach locals how to purify water, store it, and keep it clean.
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