Community and Public Service (CPS) John Marshall Scholarships

Application Deadlines: September 4, October 2, November 6, 2009 February 5, 2010 & March 5, 2010

Students who have been awarded the Marshall Scholarship are eligible to apply for either a John Marshall Research Project or a Community and Public Service (CPS) Marshall Project. The CPS Marshall project maximum award is $3,000. There are five rolling deadlines for the CPS Marshall project applications. Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on the first Friday of September, October, November, February or March each year.

CPS MARSHALL PROJECT GUIDELINES:

Click here to Apply: CPS MARSHALL APPLICATION

SOME SUGGESTIONS

• Service should be one of the central components of a CPS Marshall. The service should be under the auspices of a recognized and respected agency, foundation or reputable group. The student should have some demonstrable ability and expertise to carry out the service project. The student must provide adequate background about the proposed agency, foundation or group.
• The student should have evidence of prior commitment to the service activity, including class work, volunteer work and/or internship experiences.
• The paper, report, display, artifact, field study, etc., presented when the proposed service is completed should have a coherent methodology which the student can articulate based on one or more of the academic disciplines he/she is engaged in. The methodology must be developed with faculty/administrator guidance beforehand so that a coherent proposal can be presented.

CPS MARSHALL PROJECT APPLICATION FORM:

• Email the Ware Institute to request an electronic copy of this form.

For more information about the CPS John Marshall Scholarship, contact Lisa Wolfe, Associate Director, The Ware Institute, at 717-291-4164.

2009 CPS MARSHALL PROJECTS

• The Cycle of Pregnancy in Tanzania: A Non-Western Approach to Penatal and Antenatal Care
• Medical Volunteering in Northern and Central Mexico

PREVIOUS CPS MARSHALL PROJECTS

Healthcare in the Quechua Culture of the Peruvian Andes
Urban Transformation: An Exploration of Urban Poverty in Argentina
Assessing and Assisting Public Health in Belize
Hungry for Teaching: Young Musicians of the Bolivian Amazon
Effects of Medicalization on Modern Midwifery in Central America
Comparitive Study of Health Care Delivery in Two Underprivliged Communities: Cape Town, South Africa and Lancaster, PA
Serving the Medically Underserved: Nursing in Albania
Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation in Ecuador