[USA] James & Eunice Doty PTP/Congressional Award Scholarship
Deadline : October 16, 2007.
In 1986, People to People International established the James and Eunice Doty/People to People International /Congressional Award Scholarship Fund in cooperation with the Congressional Award Leadership Commission. At the end of each calendar year, four scholarships are awarded to junior high and high school students (college students are not eligible) who have earned the Congressional Award that year. The scholarship underwrites participation in PTPI’s Global Youth Forum Humanitarian Conference or Peace Camp Program. The scholarship includes all program fees and international and domestic airfare. The costs of a passport, required visas and personal spending money are not included.
The deadline has passed for the 2007 scholarship. Students are eligible to apply for the 2008 scholarship if they earn and receive the Congressional Award prior to October 16, 2007.
ABOUT THE PROGRAMS
Global Youth Forum Humanitarian Conference: This is a national delegation traveling to Morocco in July, 2007. During this two-week summer program, students will visit Morocco to gain a realistic impression of daily life, focus on humanitarian efforts within the country, exchange views with other teens, attend briefings on the political and economic system and visit sites of historic and cultural interest. Students will travel in a group of approximately 40 students with a selected delegation leader for every ten students.
Peace Camp:
The PTPI Peace Camps are scheduled for Europe (Aug. 31 – Sept. 12, 2007) and Egypt (Dec. 7 – 18, 2007). Peace Camp is a safe environment in which young people of different nationalities and religions can freely express their views and experiences while learning valuable listening, communication, and conflict resolution skills that will allow them to develop empathy and understanding for one another. This program helps teenagers from various world regions learn the skills of creating peaceful solutions on an individual, communal, and global level.
Stay tuned for announcements about our 2008 GYF Humanitarian Conference and Peace Camps!
To be elegible for the 2008 Scholarship, Applicants must:
- have earned the 2007 Congressional Award;
- be at least 16 years of age and not older than 19 at time of travel;
- currently be a junior high or high school student or a 2008 graduating senior;
- be in good academic standing;
- demonstrate maturity and well-rounded interests; and
- demonstrate financial need.
Applicants who have already been awarded the James and Eunice Doty People to People International /Congressional Award Scholarship are unable to reapply. You may only receive the scholarship one time and the scholarship is not renewable. Employees, Officers, Trustees and Directors of People to People International and their respective families are not eligible to to apply for the James and Eunice Doty PTPI/Congressional Award Scholarship.
People to People International publicizes this scholarship via the Congressional Award Foundation in Washington, DC. For more information on the Congressional Award program please visit their website at www.congressionalaward.org.
Applications must be received by October 16, 2007. Incomplete and late applications will not be considered.
To receive a James and Eunice Doty PTPI/Congressional Award Scholarship Application please contact PTPI World Headquarters at +1.816.531.4701 or youthdirector@ptpi.org.
Contact:
People to People International
World Headquarters
501 East Armour Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri 64109-2200 USA
Phone: +1.816.531.4701
Fax: +1.816.561.7502
Email: ptpi@ptpi.org
