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PSC Expedition Grants enable students to travel to developing regions to do community service projects that have a prospect of sustainable benefit for the community and continued interest from the student.

To apply for an expedition grant, follow the guidelines for "general grants"here.

Undergraduate donations made these Expedition Grant project possible in summer 2007:

Dember Giraldez, ’10, Course 16
Dember worked in Thailand at the Darunsikkhalai School for Innovative Learning, which uses innovative teaching methods that originated at the MIT Media Lab. He worked with 12-year-olds on a robotics project that helped them learn basic programming concepts. 

Richard Lin, ‘09, Course 3
Desh Mohan, ’10, Course 7
Michael Oh, ‘09, Course 20
Richard, Desh, and Michael installed a solar electric system for a mobile clinic in Tanzania and also helped the clinic acquire and install lab equipment.

Katrina Saulrieta, ‘08, Course 7
Katrina spent this summer working with two orphanages in Latvia, mentoring the children, assisting the social workers, and learning many lessons that she hopes apply in her career as a doctor.  She also appreciated the opportunity to revisit Latvia, where she was born.

Xavier Gonzalez, ‘10, Course 3
Xavier and his team developed a prototype for an innovative biogas system to fuel cooking stoves, which they installed in a rural household in Nicaragua.  They will monitor the system and then plan to install more units in the area.  The team just won second prize for their biogas model  in the MADMEC 2007 “Materials Solutions for Alternative Energy” finals, receiving a $3,000 prize.

Lara Kostun, ‘08, Course 21
Lara worked in Jinotepe, Nicaragua, at the urban Hospital Regional Santiago as well as the rural Silais Health Clinics to provide information for sustaining long-term health. Grant funds covered the cost of necessary medications, water treatment supplies, and utility materials.

Mustafa Dafalla, ‘09, Course 1
Mustafa’s team project won the 2007 IDEAS Competition, and the Expedition Grant helped Mustafa to travel with his teammates to field test their innovative system for combating malaria.