Apply – GoMakeADifference

Email: grants@gomakeadifference.global

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The GoMakeADifference grants are awarded to successful applicants who are students at any UWC school or college from around the world. The projects must be led by a student studying for their IBDP at UWC, but UWC students of any age can support on a project.

Please ensure that you meet the criteria before completing and submitting your application and are aware of how the projects will be assessed. During the current global pandemic, we still very much want to support UWC students to make a difference, but it is vital students do so, in a way that is completely safe to them and everyone affected by their project.

So this year, when applying we request that you tell us –

Details of the project, how it is to be delivered and how it will make a difference
Details about yourself and team members and your motivation for this project
How you can be confident that the project can be delivered safely in the COVID19 environment

Whilst so many people are suffering from the global pandemic we shall only be awarding grants to projects where it is demonstrable that they can be delivered in a safe manner with no risk to anyone. We shall be seeking assurances in this regard from your teachers, parents or other relevant people.

To apply for a GoMakeADifference award, we would like you to submit a project proposal in the specified format and as part of your application please complete the form below. You must upload your project proposal as one document in the specified format. Your application will be reviewed and we will contact you in due course. As mentioned above, we will be looking to recognise and reward innovative projects that can be delivered in a manner that complies with any Covid safe constraints.

Please remember, we do not want you to go ahead running your project if it is not completely safe for you and everyone affected by your project.

Online Application Form

Project Name(Choose a formal title for your project - keep it short and memorable)
Brief Project Description(In no more than 20 words, give an outline of what the project is about)
Town/region Project takes place in
Country Project takes place in
Will this Project be delivered in 2022?
Start Date
End Date
Total Number of Participants(These are people who will be delivering the project)
Has your project been signed off?
If 'Yes', name of member of faculty
If 'Yes', email address of member of faculty
Total expected cost of your project ($USD)(It is useful to know what the total cost of your project is likely to be. Whilst $1,000 has traditionally been the the maximum award, if your project requires a grant in excess of $1,000, please explain why your project would benefit from additional funding.)

Project Leader 1

Name
College/School
Country of origin
Are you a current final year student at UWC?(Please note: the award is only available to UWC students, to enable them to make a difference. Whilst the project can be supported by any student from UWC, projects must be led by either a 1st or 2nd year student studying for their IBDP at any UWC school or College.)
UWC Email Address
Re-enter UWC Email Address
Personal Email Address
Re-enter Personal Email Address
WhatsApp number

Project Leader 2

Name
College/School
Country of origin
Are you a current final year student at UWC?(Please note: the award is only available to final year UWC students, to enable them to make a difference after leaving UWC. There needs to be at least one member of your team that is a final year student at a UWC School/College.)
UWC Email Address
Re-enter UWC Email Address
Personal Email Address
Re-enter Personal Email Address
WhatsApp number

Add Project Proposal, your video (optional) & Send

In order to submit an application for a GoMakeADifference grant, UWC students must complete the Online Application Form and attach a Project Proposal consisting of the following sections A-D and preferably also section E.

Applicants are to submit sections A-D as one coherent document. The document must include:

A title page
A table of contents
Section A - your project
Section B - your plan
Section C - about you and the team
Section D - your COVID-19 statement

The document must be uploaded with your online form in a PDF or Microsoft Word format and must include a word count immediately following each section A-C.

Section A-D: Upload Project Proposal (ensure you have completed section A, B, C & D)For clarification of what must be covered in these sections please review the Writing Your Proposal guidelines
Section D: COVID-19 Coronavirus safety statementPlease remember, we do not want you to go ahead running your project if it is not completely safe for you and everyone affected by your project. If you plan to run your project this year, please explain why you believe it is safe for your project to be run this year
As part of your application, please confirm
My project can be delivered with no risk to myself or anyone else
My project is legal and is not breaking any laws in my country or the country where my project is being delivered
I have the approval of my parents and school co-ordinator to run this project
Section E: Video (optional)A link to any video your have on YouTube, etc.

Testimonials

GoMakeADifference Initiative really allowed me to make a difference somewhere as well as allow me to understand how collaborative work and social engagement can be used to make a positive difference in the world. GoMakeADifference fosters that creativity that you've gained from Atlantic College and makes you understand that you can make a difference and an impact if you put your mind to it.

— Scott Dwyer (AC12), Clara Gurreso (AC12), Siobhan Weber (AC13), Zoological Enrichment of Animals with Nanjing Zoo