Awardees

Congratulations on your Summer Experience Grant. We hope you have an enjoyable and meaningful summer experience. We are available to provide you the support needed for you to succeed. As a recipient of the grant, there are several responsibilities that you must fulfill. These expectations were outlined in the Summer Experience Grant Contract and can be accessed via your Experience Cornell dashboard. These are also briefly described below:

  • Save Receipts. As a grant recipient, you are required to save your major receipts and then upload them at the conclusion of your experience. Major receipts include rent, airfare, significant travel costs, clothing (if applicable), and technology (if applicable). The instructions on how to upload will be made available on the last day of your experience via your Experience Cornell dashboard.
  • Submit a Photo. Please make sure that you submit a photo of yourself while involved in an activity at your experience site. The instructions on how to upload will be made available on the last day of your experience via your Experience Cornell dashboard.
  • Submit Reflection. We value the experience you are having as well as your reflection on that experience. There are a multiple types of reflection and we encourage you to consider how the experience has impacted you. You are expected to respond to several short-answer questions as way to capture a piece of your reflection.
  • Experience Completion Supervisor Form. At the end of your experience, we will be sending an e-mail to your supervisor requesting that they complete the Experience Completion Survey. This survey confirms your experience. If we do not receive the survey, we may need to rescind your funds so it is crucial that you assist with this process.
  • Complete Survey. In the fall semester, we will be sending a survey which will assess the different components of your Summer Experience Grant experience. We use the survey to make improvements to the program as well as provide you with another opportunity to have your voice heard. We expect you to complete this survey when it is sent to you.

If you have any questions about these responsibilities, please contact us via e-mail.

Sincerely,
The Summer Experience Grant Committee

FAQs

Students who are offered an award based on an experience from the organization designated in their original application, but then accept an experience from a different employer not detailed in their proposal, must email seg@cornell.edu and then submit a new application. Based on a review of the new application which provides details of the new experience, the committee will either: 1) alter the award; 2) make a new award; or 3) withdraw the award.  Students who were approved for funding for an experience are not guaranteed funding if they change their experience.

If the experience ends prematurely, student awardees must e-mail seg@cornell.edu. Funding may be pro-rated according to time worked and we encourage students to secure an alternate experience. You may be responsible for returning funds if they have already been dispersed. This decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Once grants are awarded, students will be asked to submit paperwork to finalize the acceptance of their award. We work with appropriate offices so students receive their funding as quickly as possible.