Partner Institutions

W&L’s Anshika Patel ’26 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Grant

Emily Innes — 2025-05-10T07:02:37-0400

Patel plans to expand the reach of Wings of Women, the community-driven initiative she founded in her home country of India.

Two Students Receive Peace Prizes to Expand Possibilities for Young People in their Home Countries

Rebecca Goldfine — 2025-05-10T06:55:43-0400

Ruth Olujobi ’25 and Victor Souza ’26 have each received a Projects for Peace grant to work on self-designed initiatives in Nigeria and Brazil.

UNC students' focus grant on Native American skin cancer prevention efforts

Anthony Locklear — 2025-05-09T11:05:25-0400

Two UNC students, junior Urvi Patel and sophomore Khizra Ahmad, recently received a $10,000 grant from Projects for Peace for their research in skin cancer prevention in Native American communities.

Desang Tenzin '28 Awarded Projects for Peace Grant to Improve Monastery Living Conditions

Meghan O'Toole — 2025-05-09T10:58:58-0400

Economics and computer science double major Desang Lhaki Tenzin ‘28 grew up in Bhutan, where many monasteries face significant resource challenges.

Dominic Needham: UMaine 2025 Co-Salutatorian

The University of Maine — 2025-05-09T10:51:46-0400

The Projects for Peace alum is a microbiology major and member of the Honors College

From Portfolio Building to Peacebuilding

Nosipho Vilakazi — 2025-05-09T10:35:16-0400

The Lekelela Initiative aims not only to create peace but also to address the roots of its absence: the lack of educational support that can alter the trajectory of young lives. (1856)

Narjis Nusaibah ’26 Receives Projects for Peace Grant Funding Breast Cancer Screenings in Bangladesh

Carleton College — 2025-05-09T10:29:25-0400

Nusaibah is majoring in chemistry and economics at Carleton.

Sunita Nepali ’27 & Sol Tran ’27 Receive Projects for Peace Grant

Bradley Nelson — 2025-05-09T10:19:42-0400

Two Whitman students will use the $10,000 grant to increase computer access and literacy at a school in Nepal.

Two Columbia Students Named 2025 Projects for Peace Fellows

cmcardle@middlebury.edu — 2025-05-09T10:14:47-0400

Congratulations to Nina Kornfeld (CC’26) and Gulnazik Bakhramova (GS’26) on being named 2025 Projects for Peace recipients!

Bringing Financial Education to Women via Projects for Peace

Sonia Paul — 2025-05-09T10:02:28-0400

Mount Holyoke College student Alexandra Mihailopol ’26 has been selected by Middlebury College as a recipient of a Projects for Peace grant. She will offer financial literacy education to women in rural Romania via her EmpowHER project.