Would You Study the Hudson River for $15K?

By On February 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Earth Sciences, Ecology, Engineering, Environmental Science, Fellowships, Science, Water & Soil Conservation

Once in a while I come across a fellowship that re-confirms this: there’s a fellowship for everything. The Hudson River Foundation is offering up to three full-time graduate research fellowships to advanced graduate students conducting research on the Hudson River system. Fellowships awarded to doctoral students include a stipend of up to $15,000 for one year, and those for Master’s students will include a stipend of up to $11,000 for one year.

The Foundation’s Hudson River Fund was created to address the need for an independent institution to sponsor scientific research and education programs on the River’s ecological system. This comes after a long series of legal controversies concerning the environmental impacts of power plants on the Hudson River.

The Foundation also has a summer fellowship, the Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship program, to support research on the Hudson River. $3,800 wouldn’t go far in New York City, but the Polgar Fellowships may be awarded for studies anywhere within the tidal Hudson estuary from New York Harbor to the Federal Dam at Troy, New York, including the four marshes of the National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Applications due March 31, 2012.

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Fellowships in Alaska’s Wild Frontier

By On January 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Environmental Science, Fellowships, Natural Sciences, United States

Applications are now open for fellowships in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The Discover Denali Research Fellowship is for research in or near Denali, and the Murie Science and Learning Center Fellowship is for research taking place in Denali or other arctic or subarctic Alaska national parks. These research fellowships are available to graduate students, as well as academic faculty, undergraduates, agency scientists, and private-sector researchers.

Former fellow, Matthew Campbell, a graduate student in the Department of Biology and Wildlife at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, proposed to collect 20 to 30 Blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) from lakes near the headwaters of the Kuskokwim and Tanana Rivers. This research will help scientists better understand how Blackfish and other aquatic organisms moved along historic drainage connections in response to changes in climate, landscape, and drainage patterns. Read about Campbell and other former fellows here.

This year NPS is particularly interested in proposals for research that will help managers make decisions about critical resources. The deadline fellowship applications is Feb. 15, and applications will be considered for funding requests up to $8,000 to be used over one or two years.

 

TogetherGreen Fellowship Program Spurs Innovation Through Conservation

By On November 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Environmental Health, Environmental Science, Fellowships, Public Service, United States

Created through a partnership between the National Audubon Society and Toyota, the TogetherGreen Fellowship program, most commonly referred to as the TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Program, is an 18 month program that provides driven environmental professionals the opportunity to create postitive change in their communities and organizations and to become leaders in environmental conservation.

TogetherGreen Fellows develop and conduct their own Conservation Action Project (CAP), which must focus on one or more of TogetherGreen’s conservation goals, complement National and State Audubon goals, and/or address specific environmental behaviors.  All CAP projects are conducted in the U.S.

To be eligible for the TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership program you must be either a budding volunteer or a professional with six or more years experience in conservation, environmental education, policy, or environmental issues, and a resident of the U.S.

TogetherGreen Fellows receive a $10,000 USD grant to help support their CAP, as well as a myriad of professional development, promotion and networking opportunities.  Click here to see the full list of benefits.

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EDF Climate Corps Summer Fellows Save Corporations Millions

By On September 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Business, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science, Fellowships

The Environmental Defense Fund’s innovative Climate Corps Fellowship is a summer program that places top MBA and MPA students in companies, cities and universities to build the business case for energy efficiency. The results from this year’s class of Climate Corps Fellows: $650 million in energy savings from companies like Target, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts.

“In this economy, everyone is looking for ways to save, and energy efficiency is a huge, and largely untapped, opportunity,” Victoria Mills, managing director of EDF’s Corporate Partnerships program, told Sustainable Life Media. “EDF Climate Corps has shown once again the magnitude of cost savings and carbon pollution reductions available to organizations that know how to look for them.”

This summer, 96 fellows were provided a high-level work placement, training on energy efficiency best practices, and access to experts in the field. EDF Climate Corps fellows are not expected to have a background in energy efficiency, but are chosen on their ability to do technical and financial analyses, manage projects and help facilitate organizational change. Fellows are paid $1,250/week and reimbursed for travel expenses incurred during Climate Corps training.

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International Climate Protection Fellowships in Germany

By On September 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Fellowships, Germany, International Affairs, Natural Sciences, Public Policy, Water & Soil Conservation

Environmental conservation leaders from developing countries could spend a year in Germany on an International Climate Protection Fellowship. The fellowship program’s goal is to promote exchange of ideas among the recipients. To do that, Fellows travel around Germany and get to know organisations engaged in the field of climate protection. The fellowship helps them build a network of contacts that they can then draw upon later when they are working around the world as experts in a range of fields.

‘The International Climate Protection Fellowships are primarily intended for people who are already engaged in climate protection,” says Francois Buscot, a member of the selection committee. Read more. 

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation gave away 14 fellowships this year to leaders from Bolivia, Ecuador, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Uzbekistan and China. Their research covers topics such as the transition from fossil fuels to solar energy in Uzbekistan, the effects of climate and socio-economic factors on dengue fever epidemics in Sri Lanka, or urban planning that reconciles the needs of humans and nature.

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