"I want to use my 100th birthday to help young people launch some immediate initiatives — things that they can do...that will bring new thinking to the prospects of peace in the world."
— Kathryn Wasserman Davis (February 2007)
The 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 2026. 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.
What does “Projects for Peace” hope to accomplish?
The program hopes to encourage student initiative, innovation and entrepreneurship focusing on conflict prevention, resolution or reconciliation. Some of the most compelling projects to date have reflected one or more of the following characteristics:
Contributing to conflict prevention
Ameliorating conditions leading to violence/conflict
Looking for and building on shared attributes among differing peoples, races, ethnicities, tribes, clans, etc.
Fostering diplomacy or otherwise contribute to advancing peace processes underway
Promoting economic opportunity and entrepreneurship among those in post-conflict areas
Finding creative ways to bring people on opposite sides of issues together, such as through art, sports, music or other techniques to promote a common humanity
Developing leadership and mediation skills training for those in conflict or post-conflict societies
Starting or leveraging initiatives, organizations (e.g. education, health) or infrastructure projects to build/rebuild community.
Questions?
Interested students should NOT contact the Davis Foundation directly – please direct all inquiries to Micah Owino in the Program Director at 413-542-2359 or mowino@amherst.edu
More information about the Davis Foundation’s 100 Projects for Peace program and descriptions of past projects is available at: www.davisprojectsforpeace.org
2026 Projects for Peace Award
"I want to use my 100th birthday to help young people launch some immediate initiatives — things that they can do...that will bring new thinking to the prospects of peace in the world."
— Kathryn Wasserman Davis (February 2007)
The 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 2026. 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.
What does “Projects for Peace” hope to accomplish?
The program hopes to encourage student initiative, innovation and entrepreneurship focusing on conflict prevention, resolution or reconciliation. Some of the most compelling projects to date have reflected one or more of the following characteristics:
Contributing to conflict prevention
Ameliorating conditions leading to violence/conflict
Looking for and building on shared attributes among differing peoples, races, ethnicities, tribes, clans, etc.
Fostering diplomacy or otherwise contribute to advancing peace processes underway
Promoting economic opportunity and entrepreneurship among those in post-conflict areas
Finding creative ways to bring people on opposite sides of issues together, such as through art, sports, music or other techniques to promote a common humanity
Developing leadership and mediation skills training for those in conflict or post-conflict societies
Starting or leveraging initiatives, organizations (e.g. education, health) or infrastructure projects to build/rebuild community.
Questions?
Interested students should NOT contact the Davis Foundation directly – please direct all inquiries to Micah Owino in the Program Director at 413-542-2359 or mowino@amherst.edu
More information about the Davis Foundation’s 100 Projects for Peace program and descriptions of past projects is available at: www.davisprojectsforpeace.org