The Center on Conflict and Development opened the new Student Media Grants Program (SMGP) application! This grant is funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Chair on Conflict and Development at Texas A&M University.

ConDev’s Student Media Grant Program awards funds to current students or recent graduates from accredited universities worldwide interested in conducting field work in conflict-affected areas of the world. Grantees can work on a variety of research or extension programs that will allow them to chronicle critical issues being faced by communities, such as:

  • Peace and reconciliation
  • Poverty and food insecurity
  • Forms of violence (gender, school, domestic, political, etc)
  • Migration/refugee crisis

This grant was inspired by Howard G. Buffett’s use of photography to document the nexus of conflict and development in “Fragile: The Human Condition.” This grant is funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Chair on Conflict and Development at Texas A&M University.

SMPG Proposal Instructions

Proposals should be submitted by email by midnight Nov 15th, 2022, to condevcenter@condevcenter.org with “SMGP 2022: [Applicant Last Name, Target Country]” as the subject line and only one proposal can be submitted per student. Students may request up to $5,000. Award amounts will be made at the discretion of the Chair. Proposals must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Proposals must be in English. Please use a 12 pt Times New Roman font, single space. Proposals should include the following sections:

Application Deadline: November 15, 2022

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