2009 Fellowship Application

The 2009 Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship is now available. Visit the 'How to Apply' page to download a copy.

The application deadline is fast approaching!
Apply by 5:00 PM, February 27th, 2009.

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The Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship

We live in a multi-cultural society where education and awareness of our diversity is essential. As students, we recognize the necessity of education through experience and its role in creating a cohesive community. To this end, we present the Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship.

The Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship was established in 1998 by a group of students in Sangam, a South Asian awareness group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who sought to create a unique new educational opportunity for their fellow students at UNC. The Fellowship awards two students each year up to $3000 to execute a project of their own design that benefits South Asians in some way, whether it is through direct service or increasing awareness of South Asian culture and issues. There is no restriction on where the project is undertaken nor on the exact nature of the project, just that it apply to South Asian issues in some way. All full-time students at UNC-Chapel Hill are welcome to apply.

To date, MGF has sponsored eighteen Triangle-area students since the Fellowship's inception. Past fellows have been involved in a wide range of activities, ranging from the study of the condition of women in Tamil Nadu to research on cataracts and their effects in South India. Another past fellow traveled with a group of students from the United States across India conducting AIDS/HIV prevention education while simultaneously establishing a plan to create a self-perpetuating group in India do continue the work after they left. These Fellows have all been highly motivated, perseverant, and thoughtful individuals with a great deal of passion towards their topics.

Currently, students at UNC-Chapel Hill are working to raise the Fellowship's $125,000 endowment, a fund that will guarantee that this opportunity is available to all students for years to come. These fundraising efforts, as well as the Fellowship itself, are coordinated by the MGF Co-Chairs of Sangam.

Congratulations to the 2008 MGF Fellows!

We would like to congratulate Naman Shah and Grace McNair for being selected as the 2008 Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship Chairs