PRO-LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS

Eligibility

• Enrolled or intending to enroll during the Fall 2024-Spring 2025 academic year at eligible campuses
  • 2024 Eligible Campuses: University of Nebraska Omaha, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Arizona State University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• A minimum of either 1-2 years in undergrad remaining; 2 years for students new to ADA, 1 year for students who have volunteered on an ADA Dialogue Team in previous years
• Able to fulfill the scholarship requirements, as outlined in the Requirements Section
• Believe abortion kills an innocent person and should therefore be illegal in all circumstances*

* Only exceptions for Life of the Mother situations.  

Requirements

Beginning in August, students will receive the scholarship in three disbursements totaling $1,000 per semester.  Failure to comply with each requirement below will render a student ineligible to receive further funding.

• Attend summer training (new scholars only): 

New scholars will learn how to persuade pro-choice people using ADA’s 7-minute argument and how to teach the argument to other students during the all-expenses-paid summer training. Summer training is 2-weeks. During week 1 scholars will learn ADA’s arguments and practice on their own campus. During week 2, scholars will take an all-expenses-paid trip to another campus and practice teaching the argument to volunteers at that destination. Training dates are finalized in May based on finalists availability. You will be asked to submit availability with your application. 

Dates: July-August – Dates TBA – See example schedule 

Returning scholars are exempt from this requirement. 

• Devote 50 hours each semester to ADA Dialogue Team activities, with at least 50% of the hours spent on Campus Outreach. 50 hours per semester is approximately 3.5 hours per week. Eligible activities include:
  • Campus Outreach: Scholars will work one-on-one with ADA staff to survey peers on abortion and use ADA’s 7-minute argument to persuade pro-choice people. 
  • Campus Mentoring: Scholars will work one-on-one with other ADA volunteers, listening to their conversations and providing feedback. 
  • Weekly Dialogue Team Meetings: Scholars will host a 1 hour weekly meeting on campus for all members of the Dialogue Team (scholars and non-scholar volunteers). The purpose of these meetings is to share stories from campus, bond as a group and prepare for upcoming events. 
  • Dialogue trainings hosted by ADA staff: As leaders of the Dialogue Team, scholars will help advertise, recruit, lead and attend dialogue trainings for non-scholar volunteers. All time spent recruiting for these training counts towards scholar hours. 
  • Local ADA events: ADA hosts 3- 1 hour events that qualify for scholar hours. Scholars can obtain additional hours by being a guest speaker at optional ADA presentations. 
  • Dialogue Team Leadership: Scholars will work together to run the Dialogue Team on their campus. Scholars can receive hours for leadership tasks that need to be done for the team; such as taking photos, booking rooms, leading meeting, etc. 
  • Miscellaneous opportunities approved by ADA staff

• Advertise and recruit peers to attend Dialogue Trainings and join the ADA Dialogue Team:

As leaders of the Dialogue Team, scholars help the team succeed by advertising and recruiting people to volunteer in the program. Each scholar will have a goal of recruiting 3 volunteers to the Dialogue Team. 

Note: Non-scholar volunteers are eligible to apply for the scholarship during the following academic year and will be given preferential acceptance based on volunteer involvement during the prior year.

• Participate in ADA’s “Prayer Team” Program

The “Prayer Team” program is where a team of community members support a particular scholar’s activism through prayer, receive a monthly email update on that scholar’s conversations and have the opportunity to meet that scholar at 2 in-person events. Scholars will be expected to participate in the Prayer Team program, regardless of personal religious views, in the following ways:

1. Provide stories from campus to ADA staff once a month to be shared with prayer partners
2. Provide conversation related “prayer requests” to ADA staff for prayer partners once a month. Example- “Have more confidence in conversations” or “Find more open-minded people on campus”
3. Attend the 1 hour “Prayer Team” kick-off event; scholars will share a story from campus and a prayer request at the event. Prayer partners will then pray for the scholars; scholars are not expected to participate in the prayer other than silently and respectfully being present in the room.

See FAQs for more details on the Prayer Team Program.

• Maintain a 3.0 GPA

• Submit a short reflection form at the end of every academic year offering feedback to improve the Dialogue Team and Scholarship experience.

• Adhere to ADA’s Code of Conduct

READY TO APPLY? 

• Step 1: Read the Eligibility & Requirements
• Step 2: Read and prepare your answers to the Essay Questions
• Step 3: Submit an Online Application
• Step 4: Ask two people to submit Recommendation Forms

Application Deadline: May 3rd, 2024

Finalists will be contacted to schedule a phone interview and must submit proof of enrollment. 

Finalists will be notified by May 31st, 2024 by email regarding whether or not they’ve been selected as a Scholarship recipient for the Fall 2024 Semester.

Please contact info@abortiondialogueacademy.org with any questions about the Phillip Baumberger Scholarship or the application process.