Stewart Family Serviceship Award

This award provides up to a $5,000 stipend to complete an independent service-learning/applied-research project.

The stipend will be awarded through a competitive process that is open to all UW students. Guidelines for proposals are broad as the specific needs being addressed should be community-defined. The selected student(s) must be involved in a  service project that addresses a real-world need or challenge on a local, state, national or global level. Students from all fields of study are encouraged to submit proposals.

The serviceship award is funded by the Stewart family in honor of their late parents Clyde E. and Jerrine N. Stewart, who served as daily examples of people immersed in family, community, and work. As such, they were of consequence in helping address community needs and real-world challenges. They were enriched by simply doing what they could. Thus, their own family and community were also enriched. The Stewart Family Award continues this legacy by supporting students working on their own service project.

The basic guidelines for projects are:

1. The project must involve engagement in meaningful service to address a community-defined need grounded in achieving clear learning goals through critical reflection. Service-learning applies equal focus to both learning and service goals.

2. The project can focus on field study opportunities and/or research opportunities, but it must include an applied community service/research project that addresses a real-world need or challenge on a local, state, national or global level. Research-focused projects should include a clear and beneficial deliverable or outcome for the community beyond just an academic paper or report.

3. The project should take place between Spring and Summer 2026 and be completed by August 31, 2026. Projects are not limited to a specific geographic area.

4. Projects must culminate in a presentation or other means of sharing information with the greater community. This might include presentation at the University of Wyoming undergraduate research day, a special symposium, exhibit and/or conference. Students are encouraged to share the project with the specific community they work with as well. Further, award recipients will be asked to work with the service award committee to share information on their project, including the impacts of their project.

5. All UW students – both undergraduate and graduate – are eligible.

6. The stipend can be used for a wide variety of purposes including project expenses, travel, equipment, living expenses, tuition, etc.

7. All proposals will be judged in a competitive process and the recipient of the award will be notified by March 31, 2026.

The deadline for proposals is 5 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2026. More information about the Stewart Family Serviceship Award and Public Service Initiative can be found at this link: Stewart Family Serviceship Award & Public Service Initiative.

Here is the direct Stewart Family Serviceship Award application link.

Questions related to proposals should be directed to Richard Raridon at rraridon@uwyo.edu. Additional information about the award and past recipients is available at uwyo.edu/wallop.