The Contribution Project returns to Cornell, expands to two SUNYs
By Juan Vazquez-Leddon
College of Engineering student Aryaman Anupam Thareja ’25 chats with other contributors and guests attending the 2023 Contribution Project Student Showcase in the Human Ecology Commons.
College of Engineering student Aryaman Anupam Thareja ’25 chats with other contributors and guests attending the 2023 Contribution Project Student Showcase in the Human Ecology Commons.

The Contribution Project, a program that grants $400 each to undergraduates with ideas for how to make a difference in the world, is expanding from Cornell to Binghamton and Stony Brook universities.

Students can apply through Feb. 19 on the Contribution Project website.

“It is exciting to invite other universities to be a part of this project that we know Cornell students have enthusiastically engaged with and enjoyed,” said Anthony Burrow, director of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, which is the home of the Contribution Project, and the Ferris Family Associate Professor of Life Course Studies in the College of Human Ecology.

In 2019, Burrow received the Engaged Scholar Prize from what is now the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, and used the prize’s monetary award to launch the Contribution Project.

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