The DAVIS PROJECTS FOR PEACE program is an invitation to undergraduates at the American colleges and universities in the Davis United World College Scholars Program to design grassroots projects that they will implement during the summer of 2025. The projects judged to be the most promising and feasible will be funded at $10,000 each. The objective is to encourage and support today’s motivated youth to create and try out their own ideas for building peace.

Projects for Peace is an initiative inspired by the late Kathryn W. Davis, an accomplished internationalist and philanthropist. Upon the occasion of her 100th birthday in February of 2007, Mrs. Davis, mother of Shelby M.C. Davis who funds the Davis UWC Scholars Program, chose to celebrate by committing $1 million for one hundred Projects for Peace. For more information, contact Kristen Cloutier (kcloutie@bates.edu) at the Harward Center for Community Partnerships or click here.
DEADLINE: 4:30pm on January 3, 2025

Please click here to view previous winning Davis proposals.
Please click here to view a sample budget.
Please click here to view an overview, and here to watch a video, of a writing workshop on drafting a Davis proposal by Bridget Fullerton, PhD from the Student Writing and Language Center.