National Network for Enviromental Management Studies Fellowship (NNEMS)

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2010 National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship program as a NNEMS Program Coordinator.  The NNEMS program is managed by the Environmental Education Division within EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection and Environmental Education.  The purpose of the NNEMS program is to:

 

 

Provide students with practical research opportunities and experiences in EPA’s program and regional offices and in its laboratories

Increase public awareness of and involvement in environmental issues

 Encourage qualified individuals to pursue environmental careers

 Help defray the costs associated with the pursuit of academic programs related to the field of environmental protection, such as pollution control, science, engineering, technology, social science, and specialty areas.

 

Information on last year’s NNEMS program can be found on the NNEMS Web site at

http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/students.html.

 

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact carolyn.pitera@ttemi.com.

Smithsonian Fellowships

In-Residence Fellowships at the Museums, Research Institutes and Offices of the Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian offers fellowships for research in the following fields:

• Animal behavior, ecology and envirnmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics
• Anthropology, including archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology
• Astrophysics and astronomy
• Earth sciences and paleobiology
• Evolutionary & systemic biology
• Folklore
• History of science and technology
• History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative art
• Materials research
• Molecular biology
• Social and cultural history of the U.S.

Early contact with potential advisor(s) is strongly recommended.

Postmark deadline is: January 15, 2009

Programs:

1. Smithsonian Institute Fellowship Program:
   • Senior Fellowships – for scholars more than seven years beyond the Ph.D.;* term is three to twelve months; stipend: $42,000 per year plus allowances ($47,000 for Earth and Planetary Sciences Senior and Postdoctoral Fellowships)*
   • Postdoctoral Fellowships – for scholars up to seven years beyond the Ph.D.; term is three to twelve months*; stipend: $42,000 per year plus allowances ($47,000 for Earth and Planetary Sciences Senior and Postdoctoral Fellowships)*
   • Predoctoral Fellowships – for doctoral candidates to conduct dissertation research; term: three to twelve months; stipend: $27,000 per year plus allowances
   • Ten-week Graduate Student Fellowships – for graduate students to conduct independent research usually before having been advanced to candidacy if in a Ph.D. program; term: ten weeks; stipend: $6,000
2. Latino/a Studies Fellowship Program – This program offers awards to US/Latino/a predoctoral students and postdoctoral or senior scholars to pursue research related to Latino history, art, and culture using Smithsonian resources. Term: three to twelve months with opportunitey to spend up to a third of the time in the field but not at the home institution; Stipend: Predoctoral fellowships offer a stipend of $27,000 per year plus allowances and post-doctoral and senior fellowships offer a stipend of $42,000 per year plus allowances.

Additional information and application materials at: http://www.si.edu/research+study

*See details on Web site

The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship

Taken from the Web Site: http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/teaching/indiana/index.php

About the Fellowship

The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields– science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—into teaching in high-need Indiana high schools.   Learn more…

Funded through a $10 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, the Fellowship offers rigorous disciplinary and pedagogical preparation, extensive clinical experience, and ongoing mentoring. Eligible applicants include current undergraduates, recent college graduates, midcareer professionals, and retirees who have majored in, or had careers in, STEM fields.

The Award

The Fellowship includes:

·          a $30,000 stipend

·          admission to a master’s degree program at one of four participating Indiana universities

·          preparation in a high-need urban or rural secondary school

·          support and mentoring throughout the three-year teaching commitment

·          guidance toward teaching certification

·          lifelong membership in a national network of Woodrow Wilson Fellows who are intellectual leaders

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, is a program that provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with a public-interest organization focusing on arms control and international security issues.  The fellowship is offered twice yearly, in the spring and fall.  It lasts from six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington.  The Scoville Fellowship does not award grant or scholarship money to students.   Scoville Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and advocacy in support of the goals of their host organization and may attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and Congressional hearings.  They have written fact sheets, letters to the editor, op eds, magazine articles, briefing books and reports, organized talks and conferences, and been interviewed as experts by the media.  Many former Scoville Fellows work for NGOs or the Federal Government, or attend graduate school in political science or international relations, following their fellowships. Visit their website at http://www.scoville.org.  There is no application form; the application requirements are listed on the website, as are links to the websites of each of the twenty-five participating organizations and information on the work of current and former Scoville Fellows.  Applications may be submitted via email.   All U.S. citizens and foreign nationals residing in the United States are eligible to apply; non-U.S. citizens living outside of the United States are not.
 

Sonoma County Economic Development Fellowship

The Sonoma County Economic Development Fellowship provides recent college graduates with an opportunity to gain practical experience and make substantive contributions in economic research, report development, policy analysis, and project management in the field of county economic development.  Each year the Sonoma County Economic Development Board Fellowship offers multiple Project Coordinator positions. The Project Coordinator position is a one-year paid position that runs from approximately mid July to the end of June. Students from all disciplines with research and report experience are encouraged to apply; applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree by the start of the position.

In addition to research responsibilities, the Project Coordinator will be charged with coordinating advisory groups and taskforces comprised of leaders from local businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and community groups. During the yearlong program, Project Coordinators develop project management skills including budgeting, fundraising and strategic planning; and, they experience economic development first-hand.

Information on Sonoma County, the Economic Development Board, and examples of reports can be found on the EDB website: www.sonoma-county.org/edb.

Federal e-Scholar Portal

The e-Scholar site provides links to Jobs, Internships, Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, Apprenticeships and Cooperative Education within the Federal Government for educational opportunities available to students high school through doctorate level and career professionals. Their goal is to simplify the process of finding educational opportunities and to assist Federal agencies in attracting talented professionals.
http://www.studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.asp 

MIT Energy Fellowships

2009-2010 Named Energy Fellowships for new graduate students beginning their studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in fall 2009.  MIT Energy Fellowships support several dozen first-year doctoral students interested in pursuing graduate research opportunities in energy across a wide array of disciplines.  More information about the Society of Energy Fellows at MIT is available at http://web.mit.edu/mitei/education/fellowships/  

Prospective graduate students should apply through the normal admissions process to the academic departments in which the graduate degree will be pursued.

More information at: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/

See the MIT Web site for graduate school application deadlines.