Alfred and Anita Schnog Travel Award
The Alfred and Anita Schnog Travel Award for Holocaust Studies provides grants of up to $4,000 for travel to international sites OR up to $3,000 for travel to domestic sites to engage in faculty-mentored applied learning projects examining the social, cultural, and geo-political forces that enabled the Holocaust to occur as well as its impact and legacy.
The award is available to UNCW sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students with a GPA of 3.0 or above. Recipients have traveled to France, Germany, Greece, Poland, and Serbia, as well as Boston and New York City, to study the Holocaust.
Awardees present their research findings at the Schnog Travel Award Project Showcase, which is attended by members of the Schnog Family Foundation and the UNCW community.
Application Deadline: January 30, 2023
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"My Schnog Paris trip was transformative. Honestly, I probably never would have gotten to go there without this award." - Kris Rafferty
2022 Schnog Travel Award Project Showcase
Past Recipients and Funded Research Projects
Monument to the Jewish Victims of Fascism and Fallen Fighters - Belgrade's Sephardic Jewish Cemetery (photo: Madison Stringfellow)
Schnog Essay Challenge
The first Schnog Essay Challenge called for essays exploring the relationship between Sebastian Haffner, Defying Hitler, and the origins of the Holocaust. The first-place winner received $300; second-place winner $200.
2022 Award Recipients:
1st Place - Mikaela Chambers, "Haffner and the Holocaust: How German Behavior and Nazi Strategy Made the Holocaust"
2nd Place - Amanda Piejak, "Origins of the Holocaust"