Hillel's Jacob Burns Endowment in Ethics supports a wide range of initiatives designed to foster the transmission of Jewish ethical principles and values to Jewish college students as well as the broader campus community. The Grants are designed to stimulate awareness on campus about ethical issues that are relevant to the lives of Jewish college students. Grants will be allocated for an array of quality projects that represent a diversity of campuses. Projects could include, but are not limited to, campus discussions and workshops, retreats and conferences, scholars-in-residence, and campus-wide forums. Applications are accepted from Hillel Foundations, Hillel Program Centers and Hillel Student Organizations.

Criteria
In addition to the general grant criteria, proposals will be judged on their relevance to the student population and the degree to which they involve students, Jewish and non-Jewish, in raising awareness and acting upon Jewish ethical values. Proposals will be judged based upon the following criteria, which must be demonstrated in your application:

• The selection of various target populations of Jewish students, the general campus community, and the community at large for participation in the program
• The ethical issues to be featured in the program
• How the initiative will raise awareness about the ethical issue(s)
• How the initiative will transmit Jewish values pertaining to the issue(s)
• How the initiative will instigate action among the students to serve as change agents on campus and in the community

Funding will not be offered for:

• Exclusively social justice (tzedek) focused programming

Funding
Maximum Grant: $3,000. Only one proposal from each agency will be accepted annually. Proposals must follow the format of the application and must demonstrate all of the criteria listed above.

The committee is unable to fund all of the proposals it receives. If a grant proposal is approved, it may be approved for partial funding.

Deadlines
Applications must be received by May 31, 2006. Programs submitted are to be implemented in the following academic year.

Allocation Process
Upon the Review Committee's approval of the proposal, half of the allocated funds will be awarded immediately. The remaining funds will be awarded only following:

• The completion of the project
• Submission of the program to Hillel's Program Exchange

Any unspent funds allocated by the committee must be returned.

Checks will be issued to Hillels or appropriate organizations only and will not be issued to individuals.

Evaluation
You must submit the program to Hillel's Program Exchange within one month of the completion of the program.

Publicity
All publicity must visibly state that funding for the project has been made possible by Hillel's Jacob Burns Endowment in Ethics.

Applying for a grant
Applications for this grant are accepted on-line. You do not have to fill out the application all at once (you will be able to save in process and return), however we still recommend that you look at a blank application form before filling it out to make sure you have all the necessary information.

Application session is closed. 

Questions? Contact:
grants@hillel.org