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	APPLICATION INFORMATION What We Are Looking For Through the Napier Awards, Pilgrim Place seeks to nurture leadership by students committed to long-term work for a just, peaceful and sustainable world. With these Awards we are eager to stimulate the integration of sound theory and innovative practice among future leaders. Applicants must have demonstrated the personal skills for successful leadership, must show a broad knowledge of the background and current state of the particular social frontier they wish to address, and must present a creative proposal for a practical project in which they will be engaged during at least part of their first year following graduation. The Award is a $10,000 stipend for the implementation of this project. Note that an applicant may pursue study in the year following college, but this student must develop a practical project that will either precede (for example, during the summer following graduation) or accompany the student's graduate coursework. In this third year of the Napier Awards, we encourage applicants’ creativity in defining their projects and are happy to receive a wide variety of proposals. We encourage practical, hands-on work which will prepare applicants for leadership in their chosen fields. It is expected that applicants will have taken the initiative to establish a collaborative relationship with one or more local individuals and/or organizations where the project would be carried out. The sketches of earlier Napier Fellows suggest the variety of possible project proposals. Who May Apply Applicants will be graduating seniors from the five Claremont Colleges who have demonstrated outstanding leadership promise in some aspect of the quest for a just, peaceful and sustainable world. Selection Process Each of the colleges will nominate up to three applicants for the Awards. The two Awardees will be chosen from the colleges’ nominees by a selection panel at Pilgrim Place. The selection process will include an interview with each of the nominees. Important Dates Spring 2012: Information about the Napier Awards is disseminated at each of the five Claremont Colleges by the faculty/staff person playing the lead contact role for the Awards. October 17, 2012: Deadline for students’ submission of Napier Awards application material to the Napier contact person at each college. The contact person can also supply additional information about the application and nomination process. They are: Claremont McKenna – Edward Haley or Kirsti Zitar, Kravis Center 354 Harvey Mudd – Karl Haushalter, Jacobs 2313 Pitzer – Nigel Boyle, Scott Hall 217 Pomona – Maria Tucker, 228 Smith Campus Center Scripps − Thierry Boucquey, Balch 201 November 7, 2012: Each college submits up to three nominees and all supporting materials to Pilgrim Place. Sunday, November 18, 2012: All nominees will meet at Pilgrim Place for lunch and conversation with potential mentors. Sunday, December 2, 2012 and Sunday, January 27, 2013: Continuation at Pilgrim Place of the process begun on November 18. Friday, February 15, 2013: Napier Awards Day at Pilgrim Place. All nominees will be honored at a reception and two Awardees publicly announced at a festive banquet. Winter - Spring 2013: In the months following Awards Day, the two Award recipients and all Award nominees are encouraged to meet periodically with Pilgrim Place mentors about their shared vocational interests and plans for the future.