Scholarship and Internship Opportunities


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Scholarships:


Annie's Homegrown Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship
Best-known for its bunny-adorned boxes of organic mac-n-cheese, Annie's Homegrown also maintains a strong commitment to sustainable agriculture. Each year, it awards monetary scholarships ($2,500 and $10,000) to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing food- and agriculture-related degrees.

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Brower Youth Awards (Earth Island Institute)
"Dave was extreme before your daddy was born," or so says the promotional video about renowned environmentalist David Brower, the first executive director of the Sierra Club and founder of Friends of the Earth, League of Conservation Voters and the Earth Island Institute (among many other accomplishments — like three Nobel Peace Prize nominations). Brower died in 2000, but his legacy lives on in the Brower Youth Awards, an annual award given to six young environmental activists and students (age 13-22). Winners receive $3,000 and a weeklong gathering in San Francisco that includes participation in the Bioneers conference and an overnight backpacking trip.

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Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Education Scholarship
Open to minority students living and studying in Missouri, this $1,000 renewable award supports scholars pursuing a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degrees including civil, mechanical, agricultural or environmental engineering, geology, biology, wildlife management, environmental chemistry or environmental law.

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Dr. W. Wesley Eckenfelder Scholarship (pdf application download)
Civil, chemical or environmental engineers and environmental science students can apply for this annual scholarship of $3,000. The scholarship recognizes Dr. Eckenfelder — a trailblazing scientist named by Environmental Protection magazine as one of three "20th Century Pollution Control Pioneers."

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Garden Club of America Scholarships
The GCA helps to spread its love of gardening and civic improvement to future generations through a series of botanical scholarships. It offers support to working professionals (e.g. landscape architects and horticulturists) and students alike, including three scholarships ($2,000 each) focused exclusively on environmental studies during the summer months.

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National Environmental Health Association Scholarship
Environmental health and public health students (grad and undergrad) are eligible for $1,000 in support toward their tuition and fees during their junior or senior year. This scholarship was designed to encourage students' "early commitment" to the field.

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Middlebury Fellowship in Environmental Journalism
You don't need stellar reporting skills to know the world of print journalism is in serious trouble. Still, the need for compelling, beautifully crafted nonfiction lives on. Middlebury College's Environmental Journalism Fellowship does its part to ensure the continued legacy of storytelling by shepherding 10 writers at the beginning of their careers through an "ambitious reporting project in print, Web-based or radio journalism." The fellowship provides $10,000 in living and reporting expenses, plus in-person trainings and ongoing support throughout the yearlong program.

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Morris K. Udall Scholarship
As a member of the Arizona House of Representatives in the 1960s, Morris Udall pioneered several pieces of important conservation legislation, including the Alaska lands act of 1980 (aka ANILCA), which doubled the size of the national park system. Now, the Udall Foundation provides annual scholarships of $5,000 to 80 undergraduates who are studying environmental studies, and Native American and Alaska Native students who are studying tribal public policy or native health care. In addition to monetary funding, students fly to Tucson, Ariz., for a weeklong leadership conference.

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Switzer Foundation Fellowship
Exceptional environmental grad students from New England and California are welcome to apply for the Switzer Environmental Fellowship program. Accepted fellows receive a one-year $15,000 award toward their graduate study, as well as leadership support and networking opportunities with their peers.

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Windstar Environmental Studies Scholarship
In addition to being a talented, soulful singer/songwriter, John Denver was committed to protecting the natural environment. In 1976, he paired up with Thomas Crum to found the Windstar Foundation with the hope of "[inspiring] individuals to make responsible choices and take direct personal actions to achieve a peaceful and environmentally sustainable future." In 1997 — the same year as Denver's untimely death — the Windstar Foundation launched an annual environmental studies scholarship, which awards two $500 scholarships to undergraduate juniors and seniors and one $1,000 scholarship for a graduate student.
Fulbright: Be mindful of the number of fellowships they give out to certain
countries. You can improve your odds by applying to a "less popular"
country. In your statement, explain why you must go to the country of
interest for your research, and why going to another country or institution
will not be the same.
www.fulbright.org
Late September

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National Science Foundation: NSF if much more basic science and research
oriented. It tends to be uni-discipline oriented. Explain how your work is
filling in the gaps to the current knowledge in the field.
www.nsf.gov
Deadline: early Novemeber

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Graduate/PhD/Masters
Teresa Heinz (**Not sure if this fellowship is still being offered**):
Teresa Heinz is interested in individuals who can successfully communicate
between the fields of science and policy.

http://www.heinzfamily.org/programs/environmentalscholars.html
Deadline (from 2 years ago): January 31, 2008

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STAR Fellowships

http://www.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/

EPA STAR: The STAR fellowship is more application and interdisciplinary
oriented. This fellowship is interested in environmental leaders who can
use numerous disciplines, but namely science, to advance environmental
policy. Show that you are working to solve prominent environmental
problems, not just studying the problem.

EPA’s STAR graduate fellowship program supports master’s and doctoral
candidates in environmental studies. Each year, students in the United
States compete for STAR fellowships through a rigorous review process.
Students can pursue degrees in traditionally recognized environmental
disciplines as well as other fields such as social anthropology, urban and
regional planning, and decision sciences. Since the program began in 1995,
EPA has awarded approximately 1,500 STAR fellowships to students in every
state and most territories. Fellowships have helped educate new academic
researchers, government scientists, science teachers, and, environmental
engineers.

STAR fellowships are intended to help defray the ever-increasing costs
associated with studies leading to advanced degrees in environmental
sciences. The actual amount awarded per year will vary depending on the
amount of tuition and fees and the number of months the stipend is needed.

Benefits of an EPA STAR Fellowship include: Up to $37,000 per year of
support, including $12,000 per year for tuition and fees, $20,000 per year
in a monthly stipend, and an annual expense allowance of $5,000. Master’s
level students can receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral
students can be supported for a maximum of three years with funding
available, under certain circumstances, over a period of four years.

Deadline: October 22, 2009

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GRO Undergraduate Fellowships

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering Greater Research
Opportunities Undergraduate Fellowships for bachelor level students in
environmentally related fields of study: opens September, 2009.

Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of
undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the
summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to
$17,000 per year of academic support and up to $7,500 of internship support
for the three-month summer period.

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EPA Marshall Scholarship Program

In recognition of the global nature of environmental challenges and the need
to pool the resources of many nations to solve environmental problems, EPA
has joined with the United Kingdom's Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission,
which has been administering the esteemed Marshall Scholarship since 1953.
Through an EPA Marshall Scholarship, up to three talented individuals with
strong backgrounds in environmentally relevant sciences are selected each
year to receive up to five years of graduate education assistance. The first
two years are supported by the UK through a Marshall Scholarship to a
university in Great Britain. Successful candidates may receive up to three
additional years of support towards a doctoral degree, either in England or
in the US. Applications are due each year in October. Go to the Marshall
Scholarship web site for more information:
http://www.marshallscholarship.org/ .

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Seniors
NATIONAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE CONSORTIUM (NPSC)

CRITERIA: Unique award for graduate work in: Astronomy, Chemistry,Computer
Science, Geology, Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics, and All
Engineering
ELIGIBILITY: Minority or women
AMOUNT: Up to $200,000 over 6 years to receive doctorate
TO APPLY: On-line
DEADLINE: November 5

Welcome to the National Physical Science Consortium. If you aspire to a
graduate degree and career in the physical sciences, biochemistry, computer
science, and related fields of science and engineering, you may be a
potential NPSC Fellow. If you represent an agency, business, industry, or
laboratory looking to enhance your pool of talented young scientists,
especially women and underrepresented minorities, we hope you'll consider
becoming a Fellowship sponsor. Created by a national task force, and with a
17-year record of success, the NPSC brings today's industry leaders together
with tomorrow's most promising science scholars.

Since inception in 1989, NPSC has awarded 374 graduate fellowships. Of those
fellows, 148 have received a PhD, 79 have received a Master’s Degree, and 78
are currently enrolled. Ninety-two percent of NPSC fellows have been female
or members of underrepresented minority groups or both. Between 2000 and
2007, current employers selected the following number of fellows: LANL (6),
LLNL (8), NSA (48), Sandia-California (14), Sandia-NM (33).

IMPORTANT NOTICES:
A. NPSC's online application typically opens August 25 and closes November
5.

B. NPSC offers two programs, as explained on the other pages of this site.
Each program uses the same online application:

Traditional NPSC Program. Initial support may be for two or three years, or
for a full six years, depending on the employer-sponsor. Students typically
apply while seniors in college.

Dissertation Support Program. A fellowship program that provides support
while the graduate student conducts dissertation research. Students should
apply in the year prior to the beginning of their dissertation research
program, but not before they can describe their intended research in general
terms.
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Seniors
FORD FOUNDATION PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS/MINORITY

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fellowships/
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958

In 2010, the Ford Fellowship program will award approximately 40 predoctoral
fellowships. The predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for
individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.

ELIGIBILITY: African American, Alaskan Native, Mexican Americans, Native
American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders, Puerto Ricans attendinggraduate
school
Stipends and Benefits

Annual stipend: $20,000
Award to the institution in lieu of tuition and fees: $2,000
Expenses paid to attend at least one Conference of Ford Fellows
Access to Ford Fellow Liaisons, a network of former Ford Fellows who have
volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current fellows.

DEADLINE: November 12, 2009

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