Fellowships

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Paid Conservation Fellowship Opportunity with UW Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Washington is a diverse, committed, and creative community from around the country that aims to change the face and future of conservation.

What we do: We support emerging conservation scholars in developing innovative perspectives and skills by providing opportunities to explore nature conservation and its relationship to environmental justice in both urban and rural contexts. We apply critical analysis to human interactions with each other and the rest of the natural world to help scholars find a conservation practice and career path that is right for them.

Who we’re looking for: We are looking for 20 undergraduates who reflect cross-cultural perspectives with an emphasis on students from historically excluded groups in the conservation field.

While all applicants should be interested in a potential career in conservation, applicants do not need to be natural-science majors. We are looking for students interested in nature and wildlife conservation from any majors. We create cohorts of students with a wide range of interests, experiences, and perspectives, asking only that they demonstrate a commitment to conservation and equity, and are curious, creative and enthusiastic!

Application Period
– Application closes – February 1, 2022 at 11:59pm Pacific Time
– 2022 program dates – June 20, 2022 to August 14, 2022


Fellowship OfficeUCSC Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

Each March we select 20 early-undergraduate Scholars from around the country to participate in a two-year conservation fellowship program focused on the summers between academic years, with the following benefits:

  • Each summer Scholars receive a $4,400 stipend and funding to cover travel, room, and board.
  • During the first year, Scholars participate in an eight-week, immersive field course on conservation practice, leadership, and ecological research while traveling with a close group of peers and mentors through California.
  • During the second summer, Scholars pursue eight-week research and practice internships with nationally recognized conservation organizations, labs, and tribal, federal, and state agencies.
  • professional development retreat after the second summer brings Scholars together and prepares them to apply for jobs and graduate school.
  • Throughout the two years, we work with ‘home mentors’ at each Scholar’s campus to provide ongoing support.
  • Mentorship persists well past program completion and Scholars join a nationwide alumni network for peer support and professional networking.

We serve all students who can study in the United States without a visa (including citizens, nationals, residents, refugees, DACA, undocumented, and more) and plan to finish a four-year degree with a graduation date AFTER December 2023.  We highly encourage applicants from groups underrepresented in environmental conservation to apply. Visit our FAQ for more questions about eligibility and criteria.

I hope you will share our program information with faculty, advisors, freshmen, sophomores, eligible juniors, and others in your professional and community networks.  We would be happy to visit groups virtually to talk more about the program.  We are having two more informational webinars on January 10th (jointly with our sister program at the University of Washington) and on January 19th.  Applications are now available and will close at 11:59 pm Pacific Time on Friday, February 1, 2022.

Please incorporate the attached flyer, slides, and short video into talks and presentations, or print and distribute it.  For more information, visit conservationscholars.ucsc.edu or email us at scholars@ucsc.edu.


Reboot student fellowship for SACNAS students!

Reboot is a publication and community reclaiming techno-optimism for a better collective future. This February Reboot is running the second iteration of our student fellowship, an 8-week book club and writing workshop for undergraduates interested in themes of technology, humanity, and power.

Fellows will receive a stipend for their participation (funding provided by the Omidyar Network) and will be placed in five-person topic-based cohorts (the intersections of technology and: race, labor, government/law, business, education, media, climate, urbanism, and healthcare) with a mentor that will meet synchronously each week.

Ideal candidates have demonstrated interest in social good, are vibrant community members, and are eager to study these issues through an interdisciplinary lens. We especially welcome applicants who are underrepresented in the tech industry. Applications are due January 21.

More information is available here and at live events we’re hosting where students can learn more: we’re a Q&A with Reboot Fellows January 12, and a Public Interest Tech Mixer January 19th.

If applicants have any questions, please reach out to Lucas from Reboot at lucas_gelfond@brown.edu or hello@joinreboot.org!


National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

  • Three years of funding for a Ph.D. in eligible STEM fields
  • Can apply as a senior in undergrad or within 1st two years of a Ph.D. program
  • S. Citizens

https://www.nsfgrfp.org/


GEM Fellowships

  • For Master’s or Ph.D. funding in engineering or applied science programs
  • Must agree to intern with a GEM Employer member after sponsorship

https://www.gemfellowship.org/


D. E. Shaw Research
Undergraduate Fellowship

Thursday, January 13 – Friday, January 14, 2022

D. E. Shaw Research (DESRES) seeks current freshmen and sophomores in STEM fields who self-identify as Black, African-American, Hispanic, Latinx, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander to participate in our Undergraduate Fellowship that will take place on January 13–14, 2022. This is a two-day educational opportunity to learn about the research and scientific computing projects at DESRES, to participate in skills-building workshops in computational biochemistry and scientific visualization, and to connect with members of our interdisciplinary team and peers from across the country who share an interest in science and technology. We will offer a stipend to all Undergraduate Fellows. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the program will be held virtually this year.

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying, please email your resume and a personal statement (approx. 200 words) to DESRESFellowship@DEShawResearch.com with the subject line “2022 Undergraduate Fellowship Application” by Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The personal statement should address your interest in the Fellowship and describe what makes you a compelling candidate. We are excited to receive and review your applications.

About D. E. Shaw Research

D. E. Shaw Research is a New York–based independent research laboratory that conducts scientific research in the field of computational biochemistry. Our group is currently focusing primarily on long molecular dynamics (MD) simulations involving proteins and other biological macromolecules of potential interest from both a scientific and a pharmaceutical perspective. An integral part of our effort consists of designing and developing custom hardware and software to carry out this research. We are also pursuing drug discovery programs, leveraging the insights enabled by our novel technologies to focus on drug targets that span a range of therapeutic areas. Our team includes computational chemists and biologists, computer scientists and applied mathematicians, and computer architects and engineers, all working collaboratively within a tightly coupled interdisciplinary research environment under the leadership of our chief scientist David Shaw. For more information about the group, please visit www.DEShawResearch.com.

As an organization, we believe our strength lies not only in the talent of our individual team members but also in our collective support of a diverse and inclusive workplace and in our commitment to fostering a collaborative, collegial, and flexible environment in which all of us can do our best work. We embrace diversity along all dimensions, and respect and value the unique qualities, perspectives, and identities of every person in our group.


The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (Annual)

 

Application Opens: N/A

Application Deadline:  October 29th 2020

 This is a merit-based graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants who are 30 or younger as of the application deadline. Every year the program selects 30 Fellows, each of whom receives up to $90,000 over one to two years for full-time graduate study in any discipline or profession at a US graduate institution. Fellows also join an extraordinary community of past recipients that includes over 550 New Americans working at the tops of their respective fields. If born abroad, an applicant must be a naturalized citizen, a green card holder, or a DACA recipient. If born in the United States, an applicant’s parents must have been born abroad as non-US citizens. Applicants must be applying to graduate school or in the first two years of their graduate program as of the application deadline. More information and the online application can be found at www.pdsoros.org


The Ford Foundation Fellowship  (annual)

 

Application Opens: Sept. 8th 2020

Application Deadlines:  Dissertation/Postdoc Fellow (Dec. 10th 2020); Predoc Fellow (Dec. 17th 2020) 

Opportunity Description

Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation.

Eligibility to apply for a Ford fellowship is limited to:

  • All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card); individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program; Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; political asylees; and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation;
  • Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations); and
  • Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S.

For more information:  https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm


American Chemical Society Scholars Program (Annual)

Application Opens: Nov. 1st

Application Deadline:  March 1st 

This is a renewable scholarship that awards between $1000 and $5000per year for students meeting the criteria below.  Please forward to folks in chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, biochemistry, materials science, and chemistry departments. Full list of acceptable majors is on our website www.acs.org/scholars.

Eligibility requirements:

  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident (application in progress ok)
  • Attending or planning to attend an accredited 2- or 4-year U.S. institution for their undergraduate degree
  • African-American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, and/or American Indian ethnicity
  • 3.0 GPA or higher
  • Majoring in a chemical science and planning a career in the same (pre-med, pre-nursing, pre-pharmacy are not eligible)
  • Open to high school seniors, college freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors (attending for a 5th year or second bachelor’s degree)

To apply:

  1. Complete the online application at www.acs.org/scholars
  2. Submit Student Aid Report via email to scholars@acs.org
  3. Arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to scholars@acs.org
  4. Arrange for official transcripts to be sent to scholars@acs.org or to our mailing address.

More information and the application can be found at our website (www.acs.org/scholars).