Application Process for the Summer of 2025 is now open.

The prize ($5,000 maximum) supports approximately six weeks of travel and reflection during the summer of 2024 for the purpose of enhancing the education of a Rice undergraduate through experiential learning and grow in a setting not readily available in the classroom. All full-time, returning undergraduates are eligible to apply. Students graduating in the spring of 2025 are not eligible to apply.

Please refer to the “Guidelines and Submission” page for more details.

The submission deadline (without exception) is Sunday, November 3 at 11:59 p.m. All submissions should be sent to wiess@rice.edu.