Draper Center Funding

Davis Projects for Peace encourages and supports today's motivated youth to create and tryout their own ideas for building peace. Rewards support undergraduates as they design a grassroots project and implement it during their summer break, anywhere in the world. The projects judged to be the most promising and doable are awarded the grant. The initiative is open to all students at US colleges and universities which are part of the Davis United World College Scholars Program, currently over 90 campuses. In a competitive process with multiple nominees from each of these schools, 100 projects are selected for funding at $10,000 each.

More information, including a detailed description of possible partnership projects, can be found at their website.

Pomona College and the Draper Center are particularly interested in feasible and sustainable projects which are well-conceived and framed around mutually-beneficial partnerships.

A description of the materials needed to submit for the fellowship can be found on the Proposal Submission Instructions link.

The two-page proposal, one–page budget, letters from partners, and transcript should be submitted electronically–in a single digital file–to Jason Jeffrey. Letters of recommendation may be sent electronically or in hard copy directly to the Draper Center.

The Pomona College deadline for submission is always 2-weeks prior to the final submission deadline to the Davis Project for Peace. Students with queries may direct them to staff at the Draper Center as communication between students writing proposals and the Davis UWC Scholars office is prohibited.

The Draper Center is proud to work with the Pilgrim Place community and representatives from the other Claremont Colleges to inform Pomona College students about the Napier Initiative and their Awards for Creative Leadership.

The Pilgrim Place community will offer two $20,000 awards for graduating seniors from the five Claremont Colleges: Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, and Scripps.

The awards will be given to two graduating seniors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership promise in one of the three principal fields to which the Napier’s dedicated themselves: global peace, social justice, and care of the Earth. Each of the five colleges will nominate up to three applicants, with the two finalists being chosen by a selection panel at Pilgrim Place. Additionally, each of the students nominated by the colleges will have the opportunity for a one-year mentoring relationship with Pilgrim Place residents having a significant vocational affinity with the nominee.

For instructions on applying, visit the Napier Initiative website. Please submit your complete application to Jason Jeffrey. Letters of recommendation may also be sent separately to Jason Jeffrey.

Pomona College and the Draper Center are honored to be involved with the Strauss Foundation and to identify students for consideration for the Strauss Foundation Award for Public Service!

The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation was created as a memorial to the late Don Strauss, who demonstrated a strong, lifelong commitment to public service and education. The Foundation annually awards $15,000 scholarships to 10 - 15 California college sophomores or juniors who reflect a similar commitment.

Successful applicants will be current sophomores or juniors at Pomona College who plan to execute the project during their senior year.

Additional eligibility guidelines and information as well as application materials, can be found on the Strauss Foundation website. Please submit complete applications electronically to Jason Jeffrey and deliver one hard copy to the Draper Center.

The Pomona College deadline for Strauss applications will be 2-weeks prior to the national deadline. Both the digital and hard copies of the application must be received by the college’s deadline.