Carriebright Fellowship

The Carrie Gordon Tribute Fellowship (also known as the "Carriebright") provides up to $10,000 in funding to a Princeton in Asia fellow or a recent alumnus/a (within 5 years of his/her PiA year) to work in Asia beyond the end of his/her fellowship. The funding must be used to support a public service project of his/her choice that best embodies Carrie’s spirit, enthusiasm and commitment to public service. The projects may be personal (a Vietnamese-American fellow who would like to build a library in her family's home village) or wider-ranging (a fellow in China who needs support for a project to bring eyeglasses to all the students in the area of Hunan in which he taught). Criteria for selection will include the project's impact, feasibility and sustainability, as well as the qualifications of the applicant.

How to Apply

The application for the 2013-2014 Carriebright Fellowship is now closed. The deadline for the 2014-2015 Carriebright Fellowship will be May 1st, 2014. Application details and guidelines will be posted by September 1st, 2013.

Previous Grant Winners

Oakley Strasser

2012

Laos

Oakley is working with hill tribe communities in rural northern Laos to construct vegetable gardens and chicken coops at local schools and create supplemental educational curricula and community engagement activities.

Glenn Brown & Lizzie Presser

2011

Thailand

Glenn and Lizzie, who both served as PiA fellows at Khon Kaen University in the Isaan region of Northeastern Thailand, are now working to launch Isaan’s first online news journal.

Wesley Hedden

2010

Cambodia/Vietnam

Passionate about all things Cambodian and Vietnamese – especially food, history, and rural life -- Wesley is building a cultural exchange program that will bring young people from both counties into cultural dialogue with each other.

Annie Vodhanel Preis

2009

Indonesia

Annie is conducting a storytelling project based in Indonesia, serving the communities of Aceh Tengah and Aceh Besar, both of which were devastated by the 2004 tsunami and heavily impacted by decades of civil conflict.

Brent Scharschmidt

2008

Thailand

Brent is spending a year on the Thai-Burma border in order to understand the obstacles facing health care delivery in conflict-affected areas -- as well as help find ways around them -- by implementing a malnutrition program targeting children under age 5.

Even Pay

2007

China

Even is building a bridge between domestic Chinese NGOs and the international development and media community through a wiki-format, English-language website profiling local organizations.

Ann Waddell

2006

China

Seeking to bear witness to the profound effects of urbanization and industrialization on those who are left behind, Ann is living in the village of Dadizui in southeastern Sichuan Province, taking videos and large-scale photographs and compiling these visual narratives in a book.

Aaron Ellerbee

2006

Japan

Aaron is writing and illustrating a bilingual children’s book on the theme of international understanding and friendship.

Dan White

2005

Vietnam

While serving as a PiA fellow at Can Tho University Dan launched The Can Tho Youth Empowerment Project, which works to cultivate meaningful exchanges between students at Can Tho University and the broader community by engaging in charitable works.