About the Program
The Marshall Weinberg Fellowship Program is designed for SNRE students interested in a professional development internship. Weinberg internship funding can be used to support internships that take place in the US and internationally. Students must be in good academic standing to apply. Funding amounts are typically $2,500 per student.
How to Apply
2009 Marshall Weinberg Fellowship Program applications are due Wednesday, March 18, 2009. We will start accepting applications on Monday, February 2, 2009. To view what is required to apply, click Apply Now to view the application materials.
Previous Internships Supported by the Weinberg Program
Christopher Theriot interned with the World Wildlife Fund in Indonesia.
Alexandria Teague interned with the National Wildlife Federation, Great Lakes Office.
Anna Ruszaj interned with the Alliance for the Great Lakes, spending seven weeks with this advocacy NGO based in Chicago, IL.
Jasmine Jieru Zhang interned with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Berlin, Germany.
Jennifer Young interned with the Food System Economic Partnership.
Kensuke Mori interned with the Institute for Fisheries Research.
Monique Toubia, a recent graduate of SNRE, participated in a three month long internship with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Shilpy Singh interned with Quality Behavioral Health, Inc.
Tao Zhang interned with the Poyang Lake Ecological Environment and Resource Development Program.
Elizabeth Nellums organized the volunteer teams for the Bioreserve Assessments. She also spent time in the field conducting assessments herself. She organized the data that was collected.
Michelle Martinez worked with the Sierra Club Environmental Justice Chapter in Detroit to investigate the cumulative health impacts of industrial pollution on human health.
Katie Pethan spent summer 2008 in Madagascar, working on a USAID Eco-Regional Initiatives project concerning invasive species management and the question of the invasiveness of Jatropha curcas in the New Protected Areas (NAPs) of the Ranomafana-Andringitra Corridor. Her home base was in Fianarantsoa, at the DAI / ERI USAID office.
At WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Beth Herz worked to empower residents of Harlem to influence environmental policy decisions that affect their lives.
Through Lauren Pidot's Weinberg Fellowship, she was able to spend the summer working with two Belize-based NGOs focused on ecosystem-based management of coastal resources.
Lynn Kalfsbeek co-managed the Bioreserve Program.