Transformative Experience and Saladin Scholars awards
For many years, the John E. Sallstrom Honors College has supported and promoted the high-impact practice of faculty-mentored undergraduate research and creative endeavors by encouraging students to use honors options as a way to conduct research and to prepare conference presentations, by taking students to present their scholarship at the Georgia Collegiate Honors Conference, the Southern Regional Honors Conference, and the National Collegiate Honors Conference, by offering research conference grants to honors students who are invited to present their research at other academic conferences, and by inviting students to present their research and creative work to other honors students on campus. Those conference grants have been made possible, in part, by a generous gift from Dr. Lynne S. Wilcox.
Thanks to a generous gift from Dr. Kenneth Saladin, the longstanding research conference grant program is now part of a larger Transformative Experience Grant/Scholarship program, which the John E. Sallstrom Honors College launched in spring 2021. Georgia College Honors students who have maintained an institutional GPA of 3.3 or higher and who are not on probation for social conduct may apply for funds up to a cumulative total of $500 in a given academic year to support undergraduate research, internships, community-based learning, and/or study abroad. Applications are considering on a rolling basis for projects undertaken during the academic year in which the application is submitted. The last date on which an application may be submitted is May 1.
Complete an application to be considered for a Transformative Experience Grant/Scholarship.
Additionally, thanks again to Dr. Saladin’s gift, the John E. Sallstrom Honors College launched a new Saladin Scholarship program in spring 2021. Georgia College Honors students who will have completed 12 credit hours of Honors coursework by the time the proposed program is undertaken, who have maintained an institutional GPA of 3.3 or higher, and who are not on probation for social conduct may apply for a Saladin Scholarship (up to $2000) to support undergraduate research, internships, community-based learning, and/or study abroad undertaken to serve as a springboard for application to graduate school and/or a national scholarships program. The next Saladin Scholarship recipients will be selected in spring 2027 for projects to be undertaken during summer 2027 or the 2027-2028 academic year. The application deadline is Feb. 15.
Complete an application form to be considered for a Saladin Scholarship.