The Joseph R. Slevin Award Fund was established in December 2005 with a gift from Katherine Day Slevin and her children, Peter Slevin, Jonathan Slevin, Michael Slevin and Ann Peck. Spendable Income from the Joseph R. Slevin Award Fund provides one or more annual scholarships for students in the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism who obtain full-time summer internships in the area of political or economic reporting.