Scholarships and Awards
Each year, the Maxwell Program in Citizenship and Civic Engagement (CCE) makes a number of awards and funding opportunities available to our students, thanks to the ongoing generosity of alumni, the CCE Advisory Board, supporters, external funders, and the Maxwell Dean’s Office.
1. Maxwell Scholarship for Community Impact
Incoming first-year Maxwell School students engaged in community impact projects are invited to apply to the Maxwell School of Citizenship Scholarship for Community Impact. Four scholarships of $15,000 are awarded each year to celebrate the dedication and achievements of our students.
This scholarship is renewable at the same time each year provided the student remains a Maxwell major, maintains a cumulative GPA of 3.0, and completes at least 12 credits per semester.
The application includes submitting a brief description and supporting evidence documenting the student’s impact, as well as a letter of reference from someone (who is not a family member) who can speak to your impact. This application deadline is April 5 at 11:59 p.m. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Visit Maxwell Scholarship for Community Impact to learn more.
2. High Impact Experience Scholars Initiative
CCE believes in the power of transformative learning experiences outside the classroom: summer work with community partners to jumpstart a Senior Action Plan, archival and fieldwork in support of capstone projects and honors theses, papers and poster presentations at regional or national research conferences, resume-enhancing off-campus training workshops, community engagement activities while studying abroad.
CCE supports these types of activities each year through the High Impact Experience Scholarship Initiative. Awarded on a competitive basis, recent High Impact Experience Scholarships have defrayed student expenses like:
an internship with Syracuse Innovation Office, Syracuse, New York
a research project throughout New York State on Women's Suffrage
volunteer work at St. Aloysius Education Clinic, Inc, New York City
an internship with Nourish International in Uganda, Africa
The Call for Proposals (CFP) for High Impact Experience Scholars funding goes out in late March/early April each year.
3. Civically Engaged Citizen Award
Each year, students, community partners, faculty and staff nominate seniors for CCE’s crowning achievement, the Civically Engaged Citizen Award.
To celebrate our very first graduating class in 2016, The John Ben Snow Foundation generously funded this honor (called the John Ben Snow Merit Award). Every year since, we have continued the celebration of student excellence through the CCE Civically Engaged Citizen Award.
CCE presents it at our Senior Dinner to the student who most exemplifies the spirit of CCE by demonstrating:
Exceptional Academics
Dedication to a career in public service
Legacy of substantial impact on an important policy-related field
The call for nominations goes out in early April each year.