GSB Fellowship Student Learning Agreement
GSBF [ELSJ 134-5] Syllabi
GSBF 3-part Research Project
GSBF 3-part Portfolio Assignment
The Global Social Benefit Fellowship provides a comprehensive program of mentored, field-based study and research for undergraduate juniors within the GSBI worldwide network of social entrepreneurs. It is a program of practical social justice, in the Jesuit educational tradition. Social entrepreneurs tackle the human family's greatest needs around the world by promoting the use of innovative technology to meet the needs of underserved communities using business models. Examples of essential goods and services social entrepreneurs provide include: access to clean renewable, off-grid energy; mobile devices to access public health, microfinance and education; and provision of safe drinking water.
This fellowship trains student leaders to address fundamental human needs by:
- Orienting them to the concepts of social entrepreneurship (a course in spring quarter of junior year)
- Placing them in the field within our social entrepreneurship network for immersion experiences with underserved communities (during the summer following their junior year, overseas or locally, for up to a month)
- Serving the GSBI in-residence program in August (at Santa Clara University)
- Mentored reflection and senior year student research projects on campus during senior year (fall and winter quarters)
This is a richly rewarding fellowship, which requires an intensive, year-long commitment. Each fellow will receive a support package to cover all international travel, in-country expenses, research costs, and a modest summer stipend. All costs are covered.
Students from all disciplines are eligible to apply during the winter of their junior year. For more information contact Keith Warner, CSTS Director of Education at kwarner@scu.edu.
GSBF Timeline
Fellows will be named in late February, are required to take an orientation class in the spring quarter of their junior year, and upon return, a mentored reflection and research class. Fellows are expected to devote to this fellowship the time equivalent of one course per quarter for four quarters (spring and summer of junior year; fall and winter of senior year). Research projects will be presented at an academic forum in winter of the fellow's senior year. Ideally, mentored research projects will enhance senior theses and capstone projects.
The GSB Fellowship builds on the signature program of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society: the Global Social Benefit Incubator. For the past decade, GSBI has sponsored up to 20 global social entrepreneurs for eight months of mentorship and training by Silicon Valley executives and SCU faculty, as well as an intensive two-week "boot camp" on SCU's campus. The entrepreneurs, including such well-known success stories as Kiva.org, VisionSpring, Husk Power Systems, and Solar Sister, learn the skills to hone their business plans and fulfill their social missions. GSB Fellows will be placed with one of the 140 enterprise organizations in this network.
The Center for Science, Technology, and Society promotes the use of science and technology to benefit the underserved worldwide, primarily by working with socially minded entrepreneurs. The CSTS implements its mission through its signature program, the Global Social Benefit Incubator, its partnership with The Tech Museum in The Tech Awards program, Frugal Innovation Labs in partnership with the School of Engineering, and its educational and public engagement activities.
Eligibility and Deadlines
| Focus |
Eligibility |
Applications Due |
Amount |
Time Period |
| Comprehensive training within the GSBI network with a focus on social entrepreneurship, including a spring course, summer field placement, and mentored research senior year |
High performing Juniors in all majors |
January 2013
|
All Costs |
15 months |
