Paid Summer Opportunity For Qualified CUNY Grad Students (Due 3/25)

Application due March 25, 2016 The Natural Areas Conservancy is collaborating with the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College CUNY, the Science and Resilience Institute @ Jamaica Bay and the National Park Service to conduct ecological assessments in Jamaica Bay this summer.   Through Brooklyn College’s recently funded CUNY Strategic Initiative a new experiential course Environmental Field Investigations (EESC 7903) in Jamaica Bay is being offered Summer Session 1, May 31 – June 24 followed by an eight-week paid internship July 5 – August 26.   The Brooklyn College Environmental Investigations Field course will provide CUNY students with …

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Mid-Atlantic #CoastalStorms Graduate Research #Fellowship: Deadline April 1

Click here for the flyer On behalf of the NOAA Coastal Storms Program and the Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant Programs, Virginia Sea Grant is excited to announce the availability of a mid-Atlantic coastal storms graduate research fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic years.  Please help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity broadly with your networks. Additional details can be found below. The  is open to full-time graduate students at any academic institution in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York who are engaged in research relevant to coastal storm issues in the mid-Atlantic. In addition to supporting the student’s …

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3/15: #ApplicationDeadline for #ArchivalResearchGrant or the #DianediPrima #Fellowships

About the event ARCHIVAL RESEARCH GRANT Lost & Found is a publishing project centered on student archival research in 20th century cultural materials. Poised at the intersection of scholarly investigation, innovative publishing, and cultural preservation, each Lost & Found chapbook emphasizes the importance of collaborative and archival research. The work of Lost & Found is multi-valent and involves: archival research at all stages of its development, digital practices, public events, oral history, mentorship, transcription, and editorial support. The Center for the Humanities is delighted to announce 2016 Lost & Found Research Stipends available for doctoral students from all disciplines at …

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Travel Stipends to attend the 2016 Earth Educators’ Rendezvous #EER

Call for Participants for GeoNeeds Workshop at the 2016 Earth Educator Rendezvous July 18-22, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2016/overview.html As part of the NSF-funded GeoNeeds project, funding is available to support approximately 20 participants (faculty and college administrators) to attend the 2016 Earth Educators’ Rendezvous (EER, http://serc.carleton.edu)This event will include the GeoNeeds 2-day workshop on increasing diversity in the Earth Sciences. The goal of the GeoNeeds project is to extend instruction in the Earth Sciences at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) or at institutions that serve a significant population of students from Under Represented Minorities (URMs; including 2 year colleges). We hope that you …

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Research & Writing fellowship with The Natural History Museum

Not An Alternative (NAA) is seeking a Fellow to assist with research and writing projects associated with our ongoing project The Natural History Museum –a mobile and pop-up museum that highlights the socio-political forces that shape nature, yet are excluded from traditional museums. The museum’s primary subject of study is the fossil fuel ecosystem–characterized by a complex set of interrelated feedback loops encompassing energy, politics, society, economics, and culture. We turn an anthropological gaze on traditional natural history museums as ideological habitats within this ecosystem. The Research & Writing Fellow will help to compile a sort of “people’s history of natural …

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New Diversity Environmental Fellows Program for Graduate Students

The School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan has launched the Environmental Fellowship Program (EFP). This unique program aims to diversify the environmental and conservation philanthropic sector by supporting the career aspirations of graduate students from traditionally underrepresented groups. The program’s goal is to help develop the careers of a new generation of leaders and decision-makers in environmental philanthropy. Fellows are placed in a 12-week paid internship with a philanthropic organization or NGO. Partner foundations and organizations include, but are not limited to, the Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) and their member organizations. These valuable internship opportunities expose students …

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#CésarChávez #Postdoctoral #Fellowship in #LatinoExperience and #Culture

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CÉSAR CHÁVEZ POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION INFORMATION Dartmouth College invites applications for the César Chávez Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Fellowship supports a scholar whose research addresses aspects of Latino/a experience and culture. Particular attention will be given to candidates who work in any of the following fields: Comparative Literature, English, Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies, Spanish, Women’s, Gender, or Sexuality Studies or an interdisciplinary field that incorporates one or more of these disciplines. This fellowship is designed to nurture the academic career of a new scholar by providing opportunities to pursue research while gaining mentoring from Dartmouth faculty. The …

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1/20: #Internships #PostDocs #Fellowships #Professorships #Awards

Summer Internship @ IBM Performance Marketing Analytics 2 x Post Docs in Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, and Society @ Dartmouth Provost’s Office Pre-Dissertation Summer Research Awards 2016 Presidential Diversity Post Docs @ Brown Assistant Professor in Environmental Policy at Northeastern Illinois ERI Archival Research Awards  2016 2016 Great Lakes Summer Student Fellows Program (Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research) Assistant Professor in Human Geography @ FIU (510813)

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Fully-Funded Fellowship in Earth Science Teaching

Behind the scenes at the Museum—and immersed in an urban classroom. Learn to teach Earth and space science in the New York City area through the Master of Arts in Teaching Urban Residency Program at the American Museum of Natural History, the first urban teacher residency program offered by a museum. The program is housed within the Richard Gilder Graduate School. Full-time 15-month program with stipend Small class sizes and one-on-one mentoring Science coursework at a world-class museum Learn to teach in a supportive nurturing environment Work alongside scientists and urban teachers Graduate with real-world teaching experience Ongoing professional support following graduation Share …

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Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grants

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy is soliciting submissions for grants for 2015. The awards support scholars in the final stages of their work toward a PhD–that is, in their research and dissertation preparation after their proposal has been approved by their committee. You have previously recommended a candidate for an award, and we hope you will alert other prospective candidates know about the awards this year. The deadline for 2015 proposals is January 31, 2016. Click here to learn more.    

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