2025 GRANT RECIPIENT
Keyla Serafin
Simmons University
- Award date
- Award amount
- $1,000
Preserved from our original 2025 winner announcement.
SUNEET SINGAL GRANTThe project desk
Good questions.
Useful skills.
A first step.
Connect what you study to something you can contribute. Start with a question, shape a small project and make a realistic plan.
01 / PURPOSE02 / PLAN03 / PRACTISE
THE NEXT STEPFrom a field of study
to a useful experiment.
to a useful experiment.
Program notice The 2025 round is historical. The 2026 $1,000 round is approved; applications are preparing.
Read 2026 rules and dates ↗THE SUNEET SINGAL GRANT / PAST WINNERS
Part of our
Grant story.
Celebrate a past recipient of the Suneet Singal Grant. Each announcement keeps its original year, university, award date and amount.
Explore the award historyA more practical kind of preparation
Give your ideas
some working space.
The Suneet Singal Grant’s published essay theme asks why you chose your field and what contribution you hope to make. Our resources help you explore that connection through specific questions, realistic plans and honest evidence.
Use the tools for your own learning. They do not determine eligibility, write your application or promise an award.
Open your project desk
One idea. Three useful tools.
01 / FIND YOUR WHYConnect your major
Plan a project
Put the numbers
Connect your major
to your purpose.
Capture the experience that interests you, a skill to develop and a possible contribution.
Open the reflection planner →02 / MAKE IT PRACTICALPlan a project
you can finish.
Define a manageable question, the resources it needs and evidence you can honestly report.
Read the project guide →03 / KNOW WHAT IT NEEDSPut the numbers
on the page.
Estimate costs, separate confirmed funding from requests, then download your budget.
Use the budget planner →A first project, made concrete
Start smaller.
Learn something real.
An education student wants to practise explaining study techniques. A first step could be a single workshop, a simple worksheet and feedback on which instructions need to be clearer.
That gives the student something to plan, something to test and a useful question for the next attempt.
Work through the illustrative example ↗A study skills
workshop.
- Start with
- One session and one worksheet
- Learn about
- Explaining a process clearly
- Observe
- Where participants need help
- Estimate
- $84 in illustrative expenses
Planning example only. No actual program result or funding award is represented.
Read. Think. Try something.
Ideas for your next step.
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The person behind the name
About Suneet Singal.
Suneet Singal has a professional background in real estate and corporate finance. His past executive roles include chief executive officer of FC Global Realty Incorporated and acting chief executive officer of First Capital Investment Corporation.
Read the professional background ↗The program, clearly explained
Find the facts
before you apply.
Read the published theme, historical requirements and current status notice in one place.