Willamette University

Student Academic Grants and Awards

Application Information

There are no formal application forms for the presidential scholarship or the sponsor recommendation. Your application must conform to the following guidelines for format.

An application consists of:

1. Project Proposal
    A project proposal that is no more than four pages, typed in a font no smaller than 11 point, and includes the following:

  • Page One:
    o Name
    o GPA
    o Major
    o Project Title
    o Principal Advisor Name
    o Project Abstract (50-word maximum)
  • Pages Two-Four:
    o Description of the project including rationale, research design and its relationship to contemporary scholarship;
    o Statement on the importance of your project for your own long-term goals;
    o Outline for completion of your project.

2. Current Transcript

3. Appendices
     You may attach additional supporting documents such as photographs, art work, letters
     of cooperation from agencies or persons necessary to your research, charts and graphs.

4. Letter of Support
     Your principal advisor must submit a letter to the Undergraduate Grants & Awards
     Committee under separate cover in support of your project. The letter will discuss
      your project's merit and  feasibility within the time frame specified in the application.


(Note: please do not staple or bind your application. A separate cover sheet is not required.)