SPI Scholarships

This is a financial needs-based scholarship of $150 off the training cost of one online course.

Organizations that send three or more people to SPI are eligible for a discount of 1/3 off of the training fees for up to ten people.

Matching scholarships require the participant to fully fund the cost of at least one course taken for professional development or for academic credit. SPI will provide a scholarship to cover the cost of a second course taken for professional development. (Note, if the individual is taking courses for academic credit, the match will only cover the cost up to the professional development amount). 

This award will cover the professional development fees for a participant from the continents of Africa or Asia to take up to two courses.

In order to apply for the Alper Family Scholarship, you must:

• Complete an SPI application for admission and pay the $50 application fee.
  
• Click on the scholarship form link under 'Dedicated Scholarships' in the SPI application
• Submit the Dedicated Scholarship application by March 15, 2021

The CJP alumni scholarship will cover the training fees for one course. This scholarship will be given to a maximum of five alumni for SPI 2021. CJP alumni must have graduated two or more years ago to be eligible for this scholarship.

In order to apply for the CJP Alumni Scholarship, you must:

• Complete an SPI application for admission and pay the $50 application fee.
• Click on the scholarship form link under 'Dedicated Scholarships' in the SPI application
• Submit the Dedicated Scholarship application by March 15, 2021

This award will cover the professional development fees for up to two courses for an international participant working to bridge global barriers of language and culture.

In order to apply for the Stolzfus Scholarship, you must:

• Complete an SPI application for admission and pay the $50 application fee.
• Click on the scholarship form link under 'Dedicated Scholarships' in the SPI application
• Submit the Dedicated Scholarship application by March 15, 2021

This award will cover the professional development fees for one course for an individual whose life and interests reflect a commitment to peacebuilding and social justice. Preference given to individuals who are Quaker.

Valley Friends Meeting (VFM) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the Harrisonburg/Rockingham area of Virginia strongly supports the goals and mission of the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at EMU by offering a scholarship to an SPI applicant. 

VFM seeks an applicant whose life and interests reflect a commitment to peacebuilding and social justice, and who embodies the Quaker values of:

• Simplicity
• Peace
• Integrity
• Community
• Equality, and
• Stewardship (including financial stewardship and environmental stewardship) 

In order to apply for the Valley Friends Scholarship, you must:

• Complete an SPI application for admission and pay the $50 application fee.
• Click on the scholarship form link under 'Dedicated Scholarships' in the SPI application
• Submit the Dedicated Scholarship application by March 15, 2021
• Speak to these additional questions:
  • What is your prior experience with peacebuilding, social justice, violence reduction and/or environmental stewardship as it affects these issues?
  • How will the SPI training assist you in your goals for the future?
  • What is your financial need.

Everyone is encouraged to apply including international, US-based, and local applicants. Special consideration may be given to someone with Quaker connections and/or to an individual currently working in (paid or volunteer) peace and social justice organizations. 

During or after the SPI course is completed, Valley Friends Meeting requests the recipient visit (by zoom during pandemic times) with Valley Friends Meeting in Dayton, Virginia, to describe the training’s impact on them personally and expectations for impact on their future work in peacebuilding.

For more information about Valley Friends Meeting: www.valleyfriends.org

 The Winston Fellowship is intended for an organization that seeks training for someone new to peacebuilding (i.e., less than five years experience and/or little to no practical training in the field of peacebuilding), and will cover the professional development fees for up to two courses. Priority will be given to participants who identify as indigenous.Additionally, SPI will provide a $500 stipend via your sponsoring organization to support you during your internship for living and other expenses

In order to qualify for a Winston Fellowship, you must:

• Be either an international applicant or an indigenous American.
• Have an organizational sponsor. This sponsor will have to complete a separate application that will be emailed directly to the organization’s contact. The organization must provide for you to have at least a six-week internship after you return home.
• Be able to articulate how you expect training in peacebuilding to prepare you for greater effectiveness in what you hope to do with your life.
• You and the organization must be able to articulate your internship plan – what will you do for the sponsoring NGO? Include general description, location, others involved, objectives, goals, activities, and any other information you feel is pertinent.

To apply, you must:

• Complete an SPI application for admission and pay the $50 application fee.
• Click on the scholarship form link under 'Winston Fellowship' in the SPI application
• Submit the Winston Fellowship application by March 15, 2021

Learn more about current and past Winston Fellows

Learn more about the history of the Winston Fellowship and the biography of Robert Winston Scrivner