- The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award (open to graduating seniors)
- The Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize (open to anyone under the age of 40)
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $10,000 stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career. This competition is open to all graduating students from accredited colleges (US citizenship is NOT required of applicants, but they must be graduating from a US institution). Awards will be based on the quality of the proposal, academic record, and other personal achievements. Semi-finalists will be personally interviewed prior to selection of the award recipient(s). Application forms and details are at http://www.nationalgridus.com/masselectric/about_us/award.asp. Deadline: Jan. 18, 2011.
The Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize is a new annual awards program to honor individuals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. Up to three individuals will be honored annually. Each prize carries an award of $100,000, half to the winning individual and half to an organization committed to the winner
