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Anne Gary Pannell Merit Scholarship


Anne Gary Pannell Merit Scholarship
The purpose of the Pannell Honors Scholars program is to recognize and reward students of exceptional initiative and ability, and to provide them with a unique opportunity to explore an area of interest more fully during their sophomore year. Click here to review application information for the Class of 2016, including important deadlines.

Eligibility
To apply: First-year Honors students in good standing, as well as the top 15 students in the first year class are invited to apply. Students who are accepted into the Honors Program after the fall semester will be considered eligible based on the qualifications and criteria that accompany their application to the Honors Program.

To receive an award: By the end of the spring semester, honors students must have completed the required First-Year Honors courses or approved substitute/s with a B+ average or higher, completed at least 27 credit hours and have an overall GPA of 3.3 or higher. 

Award Information
The selected scholars receive a merit award applied to their Sweet Briar College tuition and a $350 credit to the campus bookshop to purchase textbooks. In addition, the award includes funds to support the student’s proposed project, as approved. The maximum budget allowed is $3000; there is no minimum budget and most project budgets are expected within a range of $750-$1000. Most projects are pursued individually; however, group projects are considered as long as they follow slightly modified guidelines. 

The Honors Committee, a committee of faculty from different departments across campus, reviews all submitted proposals. The total number of Pannell Scholarships awarded depends on the number of proposals received and the amount of funding requested for each project.

Awards will be selected based on:

  • the quality of the proposal;
  • the merits of the project;
  • the alignment of budget to purpose;
  • the commitment and preparation of the student. 

Class of 2016 Pannell Projects

  • Translating and Transcribing Latin Epigraphs
  • Benefits and Theories of Adaptive Sports
  • Eating Disorders – Raising Awareness at Sweet Briar College
  • The Physics of Sports
  • To Make the Best Better: Developing a Training Supplement for Virginia 4-H Teen Leaders
  • Public Health: An Exploration of Global Systems and Costa Rica
  • Curious Caffeine: Coffee and Tea Culture
  • Healing Hooves: Advocating Against Animal Abuse
  • Fanfiction: The History of a Largely Hidden Phenomenon
  • Ancient Far Eastern Ceramics
  • Basics of Medicine: Becoming More than Just a Doctor

Class of 2015 Pannell Projects

  • Chemistry for Everyone — Create and sustain a Wordpress blog on current topics in chemistry (Click on link to read the blog and see how much fun chemistry can be!).
  • Engineering for Girls — Develop and host a series of engineering events aimed at middle school girls.
  • Going Beyond Organic — Learn about sustainable grass-based farming; project includes travel to several working farms.
  • Observing Diversity and Bilingualism in Education — Develop teaching aids to help student teachers better engage with English Language learners; project includes travel to the National Association for Bilingual Education Conference.
  • Chateau de Versailles: A Guilded Cage — Pursuit of a long-standing research interest in the development of Versailles as a political device of the French monarch; project includes travel to France and a visit to Versailles.
  • Traffic Flow Data Collection — Traffic flow data collection project to evaluate optimal locations for banners on the Sweet Briar campus.
  • Reviving Western European Historical Swordsmanship — Research project on methods and techniques of western historical swordsmanship.
  • Doctors Without Borders: Step One — Travel to Costa Rica to explore career interest in working as a physician with the international organization Doctors Without Borders.

Class of 2014 Pannell Projects

  • Careers of the Future: Exploration of Art Law
  • Catalonia Spain on Horseback
  • Door of Hope Ethiopia
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Enzyme Research
  • Examining the Arab Spring
  • Horses of Cumberland Island
  • Sweet Briar Archive project
  • Tour of Chemical Industries