Application Form
Students interested in participating in Project Ignition must be willing to create and produce an innovative public awareness, service-learning project based on teen driver safety. Students must create the project, along with the support of a teacher/advisor and their school/organization.
Submissions in round one simply require filling out the application form and completely answering all questions. Qualified applicants must then print the application and get it signed by their teacher and principal. Entries without student, teacher, and principal signatures will not be accepted.
Applications should be mailed to:
Project Ignition
National Youth Leadership Council
1667 Snelling Avenue, Suite D300
Saint Paul, MN 55108
Questions?
E-mail: mvankeulen@nylc.org
Phone: (888) 856-7026
FAX: (651) 631-2955
Application Year & Grants
An application year is 18 months long, from round one application to final award announcement at The National Service-Learning Conference each spring.
Key dates for the 2008-09 application year:
- July 2008
- Applications submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. (CDT) on July 3. Applications reviewed on or around July 10.
- August 2008
- Notification of winning grants made (August 1 or soon after) to 25 applicants selected to move into phase two of Project Ignition.
- September 2008
- Presentation of $2,000 grant checks to 25 schools in early September by a local State Farm representative.
- September 2008 - January 2009
- Student teams complete and implement projects.
- January 2009
- Final project submissions must be postmarked no later than Jan. 16, 2009.
- February 2009
- Up to 10 finalists notified by early February and awarded up to $5,000 for travel to The National Service-Learning Conference.
- March 2009
- March 18-21: National Service-Learning Conference in Nashville, Tenn. Projects showcased and presented to an audience of peers. Best of the Best award of $10,000 presented to one school selected by the judges.