Campus Scholars Program

FIRE is excited to offer a year-long, paid, remote program as part of our efforts to educate and empower students on American college and university campuses. This opportunity gives current undergraduates the opportunity to collaborate with FIRE in defending civil liberties on campuses across the country, while also working with our staff to create and build a personal project to promote FIRE’s mission on their own campuses.

• →Create, draft, and complete a personal project congruent with FIRE’s mission, and funded through a FIRE grant, over the course of one semester
  • →Examples of a personal project could include:
    • →Host a free speech conference on campus
    • →Build a free speech website
    • →Research proposal aligned with FIRE’s mission
    • →Or, something that we haven’t thought of! (See past project examples here.)
• →Attend the FIRE Student Development Summit in early 2027. This event is fully-funded by FIRE. All travel expenses are paid by FIRE.
• →Assist with various projects such as research, development, and outreach tasks, throughout the course of the semester
• →Recommend fellow peers to FIRE events, our Summer Internship program, and the Campus Scholars Program 
• →Submit a final report detailing the outcomes and impact of their project

• →A résumé
• →A project proposal outlining their goals and plans
• →A budget estimate, detailing how they would use the FIRE grant to support free expression or First Amendment rights on their campus
  • →Budget guidelines and instructions

Proposals do not need to be final, but they should include a clear objective, a plan for achieving that objective, and a thoughtful, realistic budget.

Selected applicants will be invited to participate in a formal interview, which will include an opportunity to present their proposed project.