Environmental Fellowship Opportunities

Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program

https://www.pmf.opm.gov.
The PMF program is a prestigious, government-wide fellowship that aims to recruit graduate students (masters, law, or doctorate) who demonstrate promise as future leaders into public service. It is a two year program that provides opportunities for leadership and management development and it leads to a permanent job with the Federal Government.The PMF program includes opportunities with dozens of federal agencies in many disciplines.

Switzer Environmental Fellowships

http://www.switzernetwork.org/
The application period for Switzer Environmental Fellowships is now open. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2011. If you know of an environmental leader in graduate school in New England or California who may be a candidate for a Switzer Fellowship, we encourage you and your grantees to spread the word! Switzer Fellows work in the traditional sciences such as biology, chemistry, and ecology, as well as in fields like law, environmental policy, and environmental health and justice. They receive $15,000 for their academic studies, and access to other leadership and professional development grants and benefits beyond the fellowship award. Switzer Fellows work across a broad spectrum of sectors and in a wide variety of environmental fields.

Marine Biological Laboratory: Summer Program in Neuroscience (SPINES)

http://hermes.mbl.edu/education/courses/special_topics/spines.html This program provides a four week training in neuroscience in seminar, lecture, and demonstration format; in ethics using case studies; and in skills such as grant writing, teaching, and public speaking, using a lecture and workshop format. Students also attend lectures in either the neural systems and behavior or the neurobiology courses. Fellowships are available to augment the training of both pre- and postdoctoral students. The program is targeted to groups underrepresented in science (African-American, Hispanic American, and Native American), although applications from any qualified student are welcome. SPINES is funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health and provide all costs of attending the course, including travel, housing, and meals at MBL.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens: Graduate Fellowship in Residential Environmental Education

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/gfree/
A northwoods Wisconsin residential learning experience culminating in an extraordinary master's degree in natural resources with a focus in residential environmental education. Through a unique partnership, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources (UWSP-CNR), Treehaven Environmental Learning Center, and Conserve School provide a distinctive 2-year fellowship. Completion of the fellowship will result in a master of science in natural resources with an emphasis in residential environmental education.

Environmental Defense Fund: Tom Graff Fellowship Program

http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=371&redirect=jobs
For the 2010-11 Tom Graff Fellowships, EDF is seeking individuals from diverse backgrounds who have recently earned undergraduate or graduate degrees, or who are talented professionals from other fields seeking their first professional experience in environmental advocacy. Candidates with a demonstrated interest or training in environmental sciences or issues are encouraged to apply. Historically black colleges and universities, colleges with strong environmental programs, and law schools are among the targets for recruitment.

Maryland Sea Grant

http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/programs/research/reu/index.html
Each summer, the Maryland Sea Grant Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program offers fourteen students the opportunity to conduct marine research on the Chesapeake Bay — the program is especially designed for students majoring in such fields as biology, chemistry, ecology, environmental science, engineering, physics, marine science and mathematics.The Maryland Sea Grant Program, with support from the National Science Foundation provides each fellow with a stipend of $4,200, dormitory costs and round-trip travel expenses.

ChevronTexaco Conservation Award

http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/26251-Chevron-Conservation-Aw...
Nominations are now being sought for North America's oldest private conservation award program, judged annually by a panel of independent conservationists. The program recognizes outstanding contributions to the conservation of natural resources and offers volunteers, conservation professionals and non-profits organizations alike the opportunity to receive $15,000 towards their conservation work.

Resources for the Future: John V. Krutilla Research Stipend

http://www.rff.org/About_RFF/Pages/JohnVKrutillaResearchStipend.aspx
The grant is intended for young scholars who have been awarded a doctoral degree in the past five years. The focus of the award is research related to environmental and resource economics. Special attention will be given to applications that seek to pursue research into one or more of the areas pioneered by John Krutilla. The awardee may be invited to present the results of the research activities at RFF in the year after completion of the work. The Krutilla research award was established with the generous support of the Krutilla family, Industrial Economics, Inc., and a number of John’s colleagues, friends, and former “students.”

Resources for the Future: Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

http://www.rff.org/About_RFF/Pages/GilbertFWhitePostdoctoralFellowshipPr...
Resources for the Future (RFF) will award resident fellowships for the 2009-2010 academic year in honor of Gilbert F. White, retired chairman of the RFF Board of Directors, distinguished geographer, and statesman of science. The fellowships are intended for researchers who have a doctorate degree and wish to devote a year to scholarly work in areas related to natural resources, energy, or the environment.

Advanced Simulation and Training Fellowships

http://www.ist.ucf.edu/link_foundation.htm
The Link Foundation awards up to five fellowships to qualified doctoral students in academic institutions per year, with each grant totaling $25,000 to support students while they complete their dissertation research. This program, in place since 1990, has awarded fellowships—approximately $1.3 million worth—to qualifying doctoral students studying in the simulation and training field at U.S. and Canadian universities. No limitations have been placed on citizenship.
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