Apply for P2J
Pipeline to Justice Award
The Social Justice Initiative’s Pipeline to Justice Award (P2J) is a one-time award of $5000 to $7500 designed to support community organizers and activists in completing undergraduate or graduate degrees at University of Illinois Chicago. Since 2012, the P2J program has been an academic conduit for students who have a dedicated practice of community organizing and commitments to social justice. This program is committed to increasing education access for students who are engaged in leadership and activism in national and local justice-based movements.
P2J works to enable and empower students to continue their activism in service to their home communities, and to view their college training as another asset in their activist toolkit rather than a distraction from it.
Ideal candidates for the Pipeline to Justice program will have had a demonstrable impact as community organizers or activists with respect to social justice movements in their communities––locally, nationally or internationally––and must be one of the following:
- Undergraduate UIC student
- Graduate UIC student
To be considered for the Pipeline to Justice program, a student must fill out our application form at go.uic.edu/P2J2025 and submit their nominator letter of recommendation to Lzaval20@uic.edu.
Applications for the 2025 cycle of P2J are due no later than November 1, 2025.
Required:
- Student Personal Statement (two pages maximum)
- Letter of nomination from a teacher, coworker, or mentor
- Student Resume
If you have any questions please contact: Lzaval20@uic.edu