Application Links
Summer 2025 trip applications are now closed! Winter 2025 trips will be available in early-September.
The application links (the red boxes below) lead to our available trip application(s). Please click to apply.
Please Note: An application is not considered complete or reviewed unless all short answer responses (only for leader, on first page, and international trip, on second page applications) are completed, the final box that says "...understand and agree to uphold the expectations..." is checked, and the "Submit" button is clicked on the second page.
Student Leaders and Participants Apply
Faculty/Staff/Grad/Prof Advisors Apply
Apply for the Buck-I-SERV Access Fund
Buck-I-SERV 2024-2025 Timeline
Mid-August – Winter trip application opens
Sunday, September 1 – Exploring Columbus Through Service (ECTS) registration opens
Sunday, September 22 – Winter trip leader applications, advisor applications, and international trip applications due
Sunday, September 29 – Winter trip participant applications due and ECTS registration closes
Mid October – Spring 2025 trip application opens
Sunday, October 6 – Winter Leader Training #1
- 5-7 p.m. in Ohio Staters, Inc. Traditions Room
Tuesday, October 8 – Winter Trip Kick-Off
- 6-8 p.m. in Ohio Union Performance Hall
October 9-13 – Exploring Columbus Through Service 2024
- October 9: ECTS Kick-Off from 6-8 p.m. in Great Hall Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
- October 10-12: ECTS check-in and lunch pick-up from 8-10 a.m. in Brutus Buckeye Room
- October 13: ECTS Closing Ceremony from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in Great Hall Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
Sunday, October 20 – Winter Leader Training #2
- 5-7 p.m. in Student-Alumni Council Room
Sunday, November 24 – Spring trip leader and advisor applications due
Sunday, November 17 – Winter Pre-Departure Meeting
- 5-7 p.m. in Great Hall Meeting Room 1
Sunday, November 24 – Spring trip leader applications due
Sunday, December 8 – Spring Leader Training #1 and spring trip participant application deadline
Sunday, December 8 – Spring trip international participant applications due
December 14-21, 2024 – Winter trips travel
Early January – Summer 2025 trip application and Buck-I-SERV Board application opens
Tuesday, January 7 – Winter Trip Welcome Back
- 6-8 p.m. in Ohio Union Performance Hall
Sunday, January 12 – Spring Leader Training #2
Tuesday, January 14 – Spring Trip Kick-Off
- 6-8 p.m. in Ohio Union Performance Hall
Sunday, February 9 – Summer trip leader applications and international trip participant applications due
Sunday, February 16 – Summer domestic trip participant applications and advisor applications due
Sunday, February 16 – Spring Trip Pre-Departure Meeting and summer trip participant applications due
- 5-7 p.m. in Barbie Tootle
Sunday, February 23 – Summer Trip Leader Training #1
- 5-7 p.m. in Student-Alumni Council Room
Tuesday, March 4 – Summer Trip Kick-Off
- 6-8 p.m. in Ohio Union Performance Hall
March 8-15, 2025 – Spring trips travel
Tuesday, March 18 – Spring Trip Welcome Back Event
- 6-8 p.m. in Ohio Union (exact location TBD)
Sunday, March 23 – Summer Trip Leader Training #2
- 5-7 p.m. in Student-Alumni Council Room
Sunday, April 13 – Summer Trip Pre-Departure Meeting
- 5-7 p.m. in Cartoon Room 1
May 3-10, 2025 – Summer trips travel
General Application Tips:
On the Buck-I-SERV application you will be able to select as many trip options as you are willing to participate in, you could even select ALL of them! Buck-I-SERV places all partcipants by a lottery system. Remember to keep your mind open to ALL break options, we love them all and the communities can't wait to meet you.
We have a lot of questions within the application, and it's possible the form could time out while you work, meaning the loss of all your text work. To avoid that frustration, type short answer/essay responses in a separate document. This point is really important if you are completing leader or supplemental questions. Once responses are drafted, log back into your application, paste essay answers into the form and then submit the application.
If you submit your application and need to make a change, you can do so until the application due date. Just log back into your application, and you should see your completed information. Hit submit, and any changes will be saved to your submitted application.
You will receive a confirmation email after the successful submission of the Buck-I-SERV application. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please resubmit the application.
All Columbus campus students are eligible and encouraged to apply for Buck-I-SERV.
Cost:
See application for individual trip prices.