School of Natural Resources and Environment

Environmental Justice

Detroit Revitalization Fellows

Typical application deadline: 
April
Page last updated: 
04/12/2011
Contact Phone: 
313-577-6500
Application Deadline: 
April 15, 2011
Funding source home page: 
Wayne State University
Applicant Eligibility: 
Other
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 
  • Academic:
    • Graduate degree in Urban Planning, Public Policy or Administration, Business, or Law, preferred
    • Post-graduate and mid-career applicants welcomed
    • Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree completed, plus 5 years of relevant experience
  • Work experience in real estate, community, economic or business development, or in fields related to urban revitalization preferred
  • Applicants will be evaluated based on their scholastic achievements, oral and written communication skills, analytic skills, campus and community service involvement, political awareness, leadership potential, and work experience.
  • Efforts will be made to recruit a national pool of qualified applicants. Young professionals living in the region and Detroiters who wish to return to the city and help make a difference are encouraged to apply.
  • Non-US citizens must show authorization to work in U.S.
weblinks: 
Fellowship Information
Online Application
Keywords: 
Business/Industry
Economics
Green development
Michigan
People
Social sciences
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Urban Planning
Amount: 
Full pay + benefits for 2 years
Funding Abstract: 

The Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program is designed to attract, develop and retain promising young professionals who will help lead the economic revitalization and development of Detroit. This talent pool is being cultivated in order to build the capacity of public, for-profit, nonprofit and quasi-public organizations, including Detroit’s anchor institutions. The Detroit Fellows program is an outstanding opportunity for those looking to build a career in the fields of economic and business development, real estate and urban planning. It is also an outstanding opportunity to be a key contributor to the transformation of Detroit... to creating the Detroit of tomorrow.

The Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program is modeled after the successful Rockefeller Foundation Redevelopment Fellowships launched in 2007 in New Orleans.  That program, administered by the Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania, enabled key redevelopment organizations in New Orleans to recruit qualified professionals from across the country to work on the rebuilding process there.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Application Process and Required Materials: 

A completed application will include:

  • A completed online form
  • Current resume/ curriculum vitae
  • List of three professional references, including telephone and email contact information
  • A statement of interest (In approximately 500 words, please tell us why you want to be part of this initiative)
  • Transcript: Applicants are also asked to have the academic institution which they most recently attended send a transcript directly to us.
Fund Usage: 
Salary
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Do Something Seed Grants- one award/week

Typical application deadline: 
ongoing
Page last updated: 
04/08/2011
weblinks: 
Grant Information
Online Application
Funding source home page: 
DoSomething.org
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Master's Project
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 
  • The applicant must be 25 OR UNDER.
  • The applicant must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen (You will be asked to prove citizenship and age if you win).
  • You can APPLY for as many grants as you'd like, but you can only win ONE grant from Do Something in a twelve month period (excluding the Do Something Award).
Keywords: 
Activism
General support
Amount: 
$500
Funding Abstract: 

Are you working to start a community action project or program? Do you need money to put your ideas into action? If you answered, "YES!", you are eligible to apply for a Do Something Seed Grant. We give out a $500 Do Something Seed Grant every week to help young people just like YOU!

These grants can be used towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started, or to jump-start your program and realize your ideas for the first time. These grants can also be used towards projects that are already developed and sustainable, towards the next steps of your project and organization to help you as you look to expand your project and grow your impact.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

1. Create a Project Posting (see link below) for your existing project.
2. Check out our Judging Criteria help with your application
3. Fill out an Online Application

4. Check out the FAQ if you have more questions

Required

  • A budget detailing how the $500 will be used
  • A recommendation from a non-family member

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Optional (but recommended)

  • Photos and video of your project
  • Your project's website
Funding Restrictions: 

Grants cannot be used to fund:

  • Travel Costs
  • Individual Sponsorships
  • Shipping Costs
  • Individual School Fees
  • Fundraisers
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture
Conservation Ecology

American-Yemeni Younger Scientists Partnership Project

Typical application deadline: 
April
Contact Name: 
Lindsey E. Marburger, Manager, Earth Systems Program, Federation of American Scientists
Page last updated: 
04/08/2011
Application Deadline: 
April 19, 2011
Contact Phone: 
(202) 454-4696
weblinks: 
Project Information and Proposal Instructions
Funding source home page: 
Federation of American Scientists
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

As the focus of this project is building collaborations between early career American and Yemeni scientists and engineers, all participants must either be enrolled as graduate students in or affiliated with an accredited institution of higher learning in the United States. The project is designed to be interdisciplinary and is open to physical scientists, life scientists, social scientists, and engineers. All participants must have a valid U.S. passport or be able to obtain a valid U.S. passport by no later than May.

Keywords: 
Asia
Economics
Energy
Global change
Green development
International
Natural Resource Management
Policy
Science/technology
Social sciences
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Urban Planning
Water/Aquatic
Amount: 
All travel and living expenses for the week-long workshop to Yemen will be covered.
Funding Abstract: 

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is recruiting participants for its American-Yemeni science partnership project. This project, which begins in June 2011, will develop an interdisciplinary research project between early-career American and Yemeni scientists and engineers that addresses the critical challenge of developing and implementing affordable, sustainable solutions for providing reliable water and energy services to urban customers in water scarce environments. Applicants must submit a short (~4 page) proposal identifying a key need within this above identified challenge and outlining how they propose to address this need through a one year, small scale research project.

Type of Funding: 
Other
Funding Comments: 

Rosina Bierbaum is the Vice Chair of Federation of American Scientists Board of Directors.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

 

 

 

Proposal Requirements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. A statement defining a key research area or need critical to addressing the challenge. This statement should state what this key need area is and why the applicant has selected to address this need.

4. A brief narrative that outlines the research project the applicant would undertake to address the challenge and describes how the project addresses the challenge. This narrative should cover the following topics:

- how the proposed project addresses the need area (as defined in requirement 3);

- how the project addresses the larger challenge of developing and implementing affordable, sustainable solutions for providing reliable water and electricity services to urban customers in water scarce environments;

- how the applicants would integrate the proposed project and its research goals with the larger project if selected;

- how the proposed project and applicant would benefit from collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of Yemeni and American researchers;

- how the team would benefit from the applicant’s participation and from the goals of the individual research project;

- why the project would benefit from site research in Yemen; and

- what resources (including equipment, lab space, field research, human and financial capital) will be necessary for the individual project to be carried out.

5. A participant CV

 

1. A project title.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. A brief narrative stating how the research team would benefit from the applicant’s background, experience, and ideas and why the applicant will benefit from participation in this project.

Fund Usage: 
Travel and living expenses for workshop
Funding Restrictions: 

FAS cannot provide salary reimbursement for participants.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems

Agrawal wins Guggenheim support for book on poverty and adaptation

SNRE Professor and Associate Dean Arun Agrawal was one of 180 recipients of the 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation supports scholars, artists and scientists selected from 3,000 applicants on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise. Professor Agrawal will use the fellowship support to complete a book called "Poverty and Adaptation."

A. Stanley Rand Fellowship

Typical application deadline: 
August
Contact Name: 
Adriana Bilgray, Administrator, Fellowship and Internship Program
Page last updated: 
03/24/2011
Application Deadline: 
August 15, 2011
Contact Phone: 
(507) 212-8031
weblinks: 
Fellowship Information
Application form
Funding source home page: 
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Must consult with scientific staff to identify potential advisor.

Keywords: 
Animals
Behavior
Ecological studies
International
International students
Latin America
Mammals
Plants
Research/field research
Science/technology
Tropical
Amount: 
Up to $2,000 for research expenses + $800/mo. stipend + round-trip airfare to Panama
Funding Abstract: 

The A. Stanley Rand Endowment was built through many generous donations from Stan’s friends, family members, former students and fellow colleagues at STRI. The endowment will fund short term (3-4 month) fellowships at STRI, with preference given to research areas that were of interest to Stan.

This new fellowship program recognizes Stan’s efforts to foster and promote the careers of young biologists, especially those from Latin America, and his belief in the importance of tropical research. Stanley played a monumental role in mentoring countless young students in evolutionary and ecological studies of the behavior of reptiles and amphibians.

Proposals can be in all areas represented by STRI scientists and research associates, but preference will be given to research focused on animal behavior and natural history, evolutionary biology, plant and animal ecology and environmental monitoring.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Applicants are encouraged to seek additional sources of funding, and partial awards are often given.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application includes:

Two page application form, a non-technical abstract, research proposal with narrative and bibliography, detailed 3-month timetable for research, research budget and justification, CV, and academic transcripts.

Fund Usage: 
Stipend, research, travel
Funding Restrictions: 

Projects can last a maximum of 3 months.

Do not include living expenses and/or travel under the research allowance.

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Graduate Fellowship Program

Typical application deadline: 
June
Page last updated: 
03/18/2011
Contact Phone: 
(406) 587-9591
Application Deadline: 
June 15, 2011
Funding source home page: 
The Property and Environmental Research Center
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

* graduate/law student
* must show potential for research and writing in the area of natural resources or the environment and preferably be working on a research paper, thesis, or dissertation.

weblinks: 
Fellowship Information
Online Application
Keywords: 
Ecological studies
International students
Law
Natural Resource Management
Research/field research
Travel
Amount: 
$1,600/mo.+ travel to site
Funding Abstract: 

PERC is seeking graduate or law students who are interested in natural resources and environmental issues and who show potential for research and writing in these areas. Preference is given to those who are working on a research paper, thesis, or dissertation on a natural resource or environmental topic. Successful graduate student candidates typically are working on a master's or PhD thesis on their proposed topic; law candidates most often are hoping to transform a paper they wrote for a class into a law review article.

This fellowship includes:

  • The opportunity to spend 3 months with experts in the free market environmentalism movement;
  • Mentorship by internationally known scholars who are working on natural resource and environmental research topics themselves;
  • Office space and support for completing a research project in an area of specific interest to you;
  • A monthly stipend of $1,600 plus reasonable domestic round trip travel expenses to Montana.
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Complete the online application, which will require the following: http://www.perc.org/enviroprog/students/forms/grad_app.php
*Cover letter
*Resume/Vita
*Description of the proposed research project (2-5 pages double-spaced)
*Writing sample, preferably in the applicant's area of expertise.
*One letter of reference
*Undergraduate and graduate transcripts

Fund Usage: 
salary/stipend, travel
Funding Restrictions: 

Geographic Location: Bozeman, Montana

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Innovation in Social Research Fellowship

Typical application deadline: 
March
Contact Name: 
Jennifer Puckett
Page last updated: 
03/07/2011
Application Deadline: 
March 4, 2011
Contact Phone: 
(734) 764-8354
weblinks: 
Fellowship Information
Funding source home page: 
Institute for Social Research
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 
  • Applicants must have completed all requirements for Ph.D. candidacy (or equivalent degree in a professional school).
  • Applicants must have been admitted to candidacy and must provide a written letter confirming candidacy from the thesis advisor or student's graduate chair. Must be eligible to accept the fellowship and after receiving the fellowship funds must plan to finish within a year.
  • Candidates within the social and behavioral sciences departments or inter-school, interdisciplinary programs with such departments will be given preference; other applicants will be considered, however.
Keywords: 
Behavior
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
International students
People
Psychology
Recreation
Research/field research
Social sciences
Amount: 
$20,000 stipend + tuition + Grad Care
Funding Abstract: 

The Innovation in Social Research Fellowship is designed to support a candidate to complete dissertation research and writing. 2012 will be the last year ISR will offer the fellowship.

The purpose of this fellowship is to promote innovative empirically grounded, social scientific analysis of important intellectual or practical issues pertaining to human behavior or social life. The proposed research should challenge conventional wisdom, use innovative/novel techniques and/or cross-disciplinary boundaries in new and unusual ways. In addition, the award should facilitate such analysis in active association with an ISR research project or program area.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

In most instances the term of the award will be limited to twelve months. If departmental, collegiate or extramural monies complement the ISR award, the term may be extended up to a total of 24 months, but we discourage this.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Nomination materials should include (1) an up-to-date original transcript, (2) two or three letters of nomination from the department chair, dissertation advisor or committee members stating the strengths of the nomination and vouchsafing the candidate's eligibility, (3) a brief [two to three page] description of the project, its title, and its intellectual relationship to an ISR project or archived data including identification of the dissertation advisor and/or committee, (4) an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae.

Fund Usage: 
Stipend, tuition, Grad Care
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning

Robert Kahn Fellowship for the Scientific Study of Social Issues

Typical application deadline: 
March
Contact Name: 
Jennifer Puckett
Page last updated: 
03/07/2011
Application Deadline: 
March 4, 2011
Contact Phone: 
734-764-8354
weblinks: 
Fellowship Information
Funding source home page: 
Institute for Social Research
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 
  • Applicants must have been admitted to Ph.D. candidacy (or equivalent progression in a professional school).
  • Applicants must be eligible to accept the fellowship and after receiving the fellowship funds must plan to finish within a year.
Keywords: 
Behavior
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
International students
People
Psychology
Research/field research
Social sciences
Amount: 
$25,000 stipend + tuition + Grad Care
Funding Abstract: 

The Fellowship Fund was established by the students, colleagues, family and friends of Robert Kahn to honor his lifelong commitment to using the best social science to generate new insights on major social problems and point toward their solutions. The Kahn Fellowship was created in this spirit.

The Fellowship will provide dissertation support for one doctoral candidate each year from the University community who is committed to using empirical science to help solve the deep and abiding challenges confronting society. The Fellowship will be awarded to the candidate whose research gives most promise of dealing innovatively with some major social problem.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

In most instances the term of the award will be limited to twelve months. If departmental, collegiate, or extramural monies complement the ISR award, the term may be extended up to a total of 24 months, but this is discouraged.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application materials should include:

  1. An up-to-date original transcript and CV.
  2. Three letters of nomination from the department chair, dissertation advisor or committee members stating the strengths of the application and vouchsafing the candidate's eligibility as well as supporting the likelihood of completing the dissertation in one year.
  3. A brief [three page] description of the project, including the description of the social issue of interest to the applicant and the way(s) in which the applicant’s research addresses that issue. The statement should be written with an interdisciplinary faculty review panel in mind; i.e., reviewers would NOT necessarily be familiar with the technical vocabulary of a specific field.

Applications are accepted in both electronic and hard copy format. Send electronic applications to Jennifer Puckett in pdf (portable document format). Hard copy applications should be sent to or dropped off at 6065 ISR (Campus Mail 1248). Note, letters of recommendation may be sent directly by the recommender in either electronic or hard copy format.

Fund Usage: 
stipend, tuition, health insurance
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning

Graduate Fellowship on 'Ethnicity in Africa'

Typical application deadline: 
March
Contact Name: 
Dr. Derek Peterson, (Associate Director of the African Studies Center); Prof. Howard Stein, (howstein@umich.edu)
Page last updated: 
02/22/2011
Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2011
Funding source home page: 
The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

- During the entire term of this appointment, you must remain in good standing as a student in a graduate degree program at the University of Michigan.

- During the term of this fellowship, you remain free of competing or conflicting appointments that would prevent your participation in assisting with the conference.

Keywords: 
Activism
Africa
International
International students
People
Population
Social sciences
Amount: 
$8,300.00 stipend/term
Funding Abstract: 

The Center of Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS) at the University of Michigan seeks to appoint a doctoral student to a one-year, non-renewable Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship recipient will be in the 'Ethnicity in Africa: Historical, Comparative and Contemporary Investigations' working group.  Applicants must have advanced to candidacy in a doctoral program at the University of Michigan.  Students working in any discipline in the social sciences or humanities are encouraged to apply. The post will extend from 1 September 2011 to 30 June 2012. 

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

In the company of a larger group of Michigan scholars, the awardee will help to organize a series of interdisciplinary seminars and conferences about ethnicity in Africa. There will be at least one conference convened in 2011-2012 centered on ethnicity, conflict and cooperation in Africa  and as part of your fellowship, you are expected to participate in this scholarly activity. This conference follows on two workshops convened in 2010-2011: 'Approaches to the Study of Ethnicity in Africa' (December 2010) and 'Religion and the Making of the Yoruba' (April 2011).   In your application, address how your research complements these two conference topics.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Interested scholars should apply with:

- an outline of the research they are pursuing, indicating how their research will help advance the interdisciplinary study of ethnicity in Africa.

- a curriculum vitae and up to 10,000 words of scholarly work, published or unpublished.  

- two academic references should be requested to write directly to the Fellowship Committee at the below address describing your scholarly work in the interdisciplinary topics of the fellowship.

Fund Usage: 
stipend
Funding Restrictions: 

Health insurance, life insurance, tuition, and associated fees are not provided with this offer. 

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice

Raoul Wallenberg International Summer Travel Fellowship

Contact Name: 
Wallenberg Selection Committee
Typical application deadline: 
February
Page last updated: 
02/21/2011
Application Deadline: 
February 25, 2011
weblinks: 
Fellowship Information, including link to application
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Graduate and graduate/professional students must be in good standing academically, pursuing a degree full-time, and enrolled for at least one semester following return to the U.S. 

Funding source home page: 
Ginsberg Center
Keywords: 
Activism
Behavior
General support
Health
International
International students
People
Research/field research
Social sciences
Travel
Women
Amount: 
Up to $5,000
Funding Abstract: 

In the spirit of Raoul Wallenberg's experience at Michigan, the Wallenberg International Summer Travel Fellowship will allow selected students to take part in a community service project or civic participation anywhere in the world. The fellowship will support such experiences as, for instance, volunteer work with a humanitarian organization such as a school, clinic, or aid program, or the exploration of humanitarian issues not well understood in the United States.

Several fellowships will be made for summer 2011, each in the amount of up to $5,000 to cover transportation, room and board, and local excursions made in connection with the project.

For 2011, inspired by the dedication of the 2010 Wallenberg medalist Dr. Denis Mukwege, preference will be given to proposals concerned with health systems facing crises, especially those related to gender, reproductive and human rights.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Projects should be at least four weeks in duration and take place outside of the U.S. between May and August 2011. The University’s international travel policies will be followed.

Upon return to the U.S., Wallenberg Travel Fellows will be asked to prepare a brief report and to meet with members of the Wallenberg Committee to discuss their experience. Fellows are also expected to take part in the annual Wallenberg Lecture and outreach activities in the year following their fellowship. 

 

Application Process and Required Materials: 
  • Application form
  • A statement of purpose, that describes purpose and goals of the proposed project or experience and how it addresses the purpose of the Wallenberg International Travel Fellowship.
  • A full budget and timetable that show anticipated costs and any other source of support, pending or confirmed. Equipment will not be funded.
  • A recommendation from the applicant’s principal adviser or another faculty member who can assess the student’s readiness to undertake the proposed project. 
  • An unofficial copy of the University of Michigan academic transcript.
  • Letter of affiliation from any supervising or sponsoring agency.
  • A résumé/curriculum vitae.

Submission:  Applications will be accepted through electronic submission only.

Fund Usage: 
Transportation, room and board, and local excursions made in connection with the project.
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice

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