Jointly funded by Northwestern University and the Circumnavigators Club Foundation, the Circumnavigators Travel-Study Grant Program offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  The winner will receive a $9,000 award to travel to at least five different countries (excluding the U.S. and Canada) on at least three different continents during the summer between junior and senior years, studying/researching a topic of her/his choosing.  The 2011 winner Ben Shorofsky compared sustainability initiatives in three developing and three developed countries, exploring whether technology or people offer the best mechanisms for sustainable development. The 2010 winner Meixi Ng visited schools that are focusing on transformative education in marginalized communities, while 2009 winner Sam McAleese studied conservation efforts in national parks around the world.  In other words, you can study whatever you want as long as it fits into a global context.