Arthur Crafts Service Awards
Application deadlines:
Oct. 1, 1998
Feb. 1, 1999
April 29, 1999

Crafts awards provide up to $300 to qualified students who design a service internship with a social service organization (preferably in Maine) during the academic year or who undertake an academic research project dealing with community issues, whether social, economic, educational, or cultural. Crafts funds are intended to cover the additional expenses that such an experience might incur. For example, they may be used to cover the cost of transportation to a service internship site, to conduct interviews by phone or in person, to purchase government reports or data sets for social issues research, or to cover other expenses associated with a social service internship or a community issues research project. Students in all disciplines and classes are encouraged to apply. Ten to 15 Crafts awards will be available in 1998-1999.

To apply: Application forms and additional guidelines are available at the Center for Service-Learning (163 Wood Street). Questions about these awards should be addressed to the Service-Learning Center staff. Students are notified of grant decisions within two weeks of the application deadline.

Vincent Mulford Service Internship and Research Fund
Application deadline:
March 19, 1999

The Vincent Mulford Fund provides support for summer service internships with a social service organization, government agency, or an individual or group dedicated to addressing the needs of society. Internships may take place in Maine, in other states, or in other countries, and may include legal defense agencies, family-crisis counseling organizations, health organizations and hospice care groups, literacy programs, youth programs, or work with the elderly. Interns may be engaged in administrative work or direct service. Mulford Interns are expected to contact social service organizations, plan their internships, and work full-time (40 hours per week) for the organizations for eight to 10 weeks during the summer. Interns and their internship directors are expected to submit a report on their work by Oct. 1, 1999

The Mulford Fund also supports students interested in conducting intensive, independent summer research addressing the difficult issues of our society and the world. Summer research projects may be the preliminary work of a senior thesis or independent study, and should relate to other aspects of a student's academic program. Research projects should also include a service component so that students will gain direct, first-hand experience as an integral part of their research. Students in the social sciences, environmental studies, women's studies, African American studies, and American cultural studies may be particularly interested in this research opportunity. Research may be conducted at Bates or elsewhere, but must be under the direction of a Bates faculty member. The work should be completed in eight to 10 weeks. Researchers are expected to submit an abstract and a brief final report by Oct. 1, 1999.

Mulford interns and researchers receive a $2,500 stipend from the College; they are not compensated by the social service agency. Three Mulford grants will be awarded in 1999.

To apply: Students in all disciplines are encouraged to apply. Graduating seniors may apply, but preference is given to students who will return to the College in the fall of 1999. Application forms are available at the Center for Service-Learning (163 Wood Street) or the Office of the Dean of the Faculty (303 Lane Hall). Applicants are required to complete an application cover sheet and secure the signatures of the internship director and/or faculty advisor. Internship applicants must contact a social service agency, government department, or social leader and arrange the internship, and provide a two-page narrative including a description of the internship site and its social-service agenda, the internship work plan, the goals of the project, and the integration of this service experience with the student's academic program. Research project applicants must provide a two-page narrative including a description of the planned research, the social or community issues it addresses, the methodology and timetable of the research, the service component, and the relationship of the research to the student's academic career. Questions about the program should be addressed to the staff at the Center for Service-Learning.

Community Work-Study Summer Internships
Application Deadline:
March 19, 1999

A limited number of community work-study internships is available each summer. Students work in local community and government agencies on special projects. Compensation is at the rate of approximately $7/hour. The application involves a letter of intent, statement of purpose (how the service is related to the student's academic program), and a transcript. Descriptions of these internships are available at the Center for Service-Learning (163 Wood Street). Students are also encouraged to talk with center staff about developing their own local work-study summer internships. All applications are due March 19, 1999.