Heravi Peace Scholarship

Dr. Mehdi Heravi and The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHaSS) encourages high-impact experiential learning opportunities such as internships, service learning, conferences, and immersive study abroad programs that enrich student learning outside of the classroom. While transformative in nature, economic barriers can prevent or reduce participation for many students.

The Heravi Peace Scholarship (HPS) helps students participate in a variety of study abroad programs, internships, and similar opportunities relating to intercultural dialogue, conflict reduction, peace, and peacebuilding. Students can receive financial assistance with costs (excluding tuition) to facilitate their participation. This application is solely for the Heravi Peace Scholarship. Students not working towards a HPI certificate should consider applying for the CHaSS Experiential Learning Fund.

Eligibility: Must be a USU undergraduate student with a declared HPI Certificate Program(s). Applicants must be in good academic standing with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above. Students not working towards an approved HPI Certificate will not be considered for this scholarship.

The size of the awards will be a function of the amount of eligible student applications and student funding needs. To help reach as many students as possible, we estimate that most awards will range between $500 and $1,250, but that range is not guaranteed. Students may request up to $1,500 and will need to prepare an itemized budget that appropriately lists their unmet expenses.

Start Your Application

HPS applications are currently closed for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications will reopen in Fall 2024 with the following deadlines:

September 15, 2024: Early applications for the Spring 2025 semester program in Vietnam.
November 1, 2024: Applications for Spring 2025 and Summer 2025 experiences.
February 7, 2025: Applications for Summer 2025 and Fall 2025 experiences.

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Covered Expenses

We cannot cover tuition, but we can cover a variety of other costs including (but not limited to):

Transportation costs (gas, airfare, public transport fees)
Professional attire costs
Housing/lodging costs
Childcare costs
Luggage
Medical visits for vaccinations required for international travel
Immigration visa and other immigration fees

Heravi Peacebuilding Scholarship

The Heravi Peace Scholarship that supports students enrolled in any HPI certificate for study abroad, internships, or other forms of experiential learning that reflect the Heravi Peace Institute’s mission of promoting peace at the personal, interpersonal, family, community, inter-group, national, and international levels through teaching, research, praxis, and public outreach. Students can apply for up to $1,500 for the Heravi Peace Scholarship.

Application Eligibility Requirements

Students must have a declared HPI certificate and be in good academic standing with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above.
Students must be involved in or plan to be involved in an experiential learning opportunity such as an internship, a service-learning assignment, a community-engaged learning experience, or a study abroad program at the time of application.
- While these experiences are often credit-bearing programs sponsored by USU, the committee will also consider sponsoring costs associated with non-credit-bearing experiences not sponsored by USU, though preference will be given to USU and CHaSS credit-bearing experiences.
Students may only apply to one of the programs – either the ELF or HPS – for their experiential learning opportunity. In the application, students will have the ability to choose which fund to which they would like to apply.
Students must be actively working toward one or more of the Heravi Peace Institute Certificates.

Application Dates & Process

Application Process:

Students will complete the online application which will require students to login with their A# and password.

Students may only apply for the Experiential Learning Fund OR the Heravi Peace Scholarship - not both. Students will be deemed ineligible for one of the funds if they apply for both.

Students will indicate their requested funding amount, preparing an appropriate itemized budget. This itemized budget will list their unmet expenses, such as (but not limited to): gas, professional clothing, airfare, meals, etc.
- Students should request no more than $1,500. The size of the awards will be a function of the amount of eligible student applications and student funding needs. To help reach as many students as possible, we estimate that most awards will range between $500 and $1,250, but that range is not guaranteed.
Students will need to describe the experiential learning opportunity that they are applying for.
Students will need to describe how the opportunity will provide them with a transformative experience and/or advance their academic/career goals (250-word limit).
Students can provide additional information that supports their application and demonstrates why this funding is necessary for participation (250-word limit).

1. Applications will be reviewed for initial suitability and eligibility.
2. A faculty committee will review eligible applicants for funding suitability.
3. Students will be notified of their award status and required to complete paperwork to receive funding.
4. Following completed and signed paperwork, funds will be transferred to the student’s USU account as a non-qualified scholarship.