1. Edward C. Armbrecht, Jr., Family Fund (Managed by Peter Otis)
The Armbrecht Fund supports students in their studies and associated activities as they prepare to become leaders in sustainable forestry, natural resource management and environmental studies. Preference will be given to FES students who will work on projects and research related to local environmental issues and organizations based in West Virginia.

2. Berkley Conservation Scholars (Managed by Prof. Brad Gentry) The purpose of the Berkley Gift is to fund internships for students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies to work with US land conservation organizations to help develop and apply new, innovative strategies for land conservation. For the summer of 2010, five to six Berkley Conservation Scholars will be selected. In the past several years, sponsoring organizations have included the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, the Trustees of the Reservation, the Vermont Land Trust and the Great Land Trust (Alaska). A $6,000 award will be made to each scholar chosen for the summer. The scholars will then be free to apply the funds to an internship with a private land conservation organization in the US.
Application Deadline: February 8, 2010

3. Carpenter/Sperry Fund (Matching Funds; Managed by Prof. Gabe Benoit)
This program has two components: (1) The larger (up to $2,500) is designed to match funding support that students have received from other sources to support their summer internships and research. (2) The smaller (up to $1,000) is given to students to seed new research or to help them finish off or present a research project (e.g., a conference poster or a publication).

Application Deadline: Rolling - First come, first served

4. Compton International Fellowship Program (Managed by Nat Delafield)
The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies is fortunate to have received a grant from the Compton Foundation to support research by master’s and doctoral students from Sub-Sahara Africa and Mexico, Central and South America. The research focus should be on conservation and sustainability with linkages to the fields of peace & security and population & reproductive health. The objective is to produce graduates who are able to contribute to the conservation of natural systems and to appropriate development necessary for long-term sustainability. Candidates must have the disciplinary depth and credentials to command a position in their chosen fields, but also have the breadth to draw upon the expertise and perspectives of other disciplines.

A stipend of up to $10,000 for masters students and $15,000 for doctoral students will be awarded per fellowship. Master’s degree students should be conducting summer research. Ph.D. candidates should be advanced students with coursework completed and with an approved dissertation research proposal for work based in a developing country. Often the research project is the same one being vetted by the Tropical Resources Institute (TRI), but not always. The Compton Foundation’s web site provides more background information at: www.comptonfoundation.org.

For more details, please see Peter Otis or Amity Doolittle.

5. Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship Program (Managed by Lisa Kleintjes Kamemoto)
The Program supports students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) who are enrolled in multidisciplinary masters degree programs in environmental studies or similar fields at partner universities, show high leadership potential, and are committed to careers as practicing conservationists.

Application Deadline: December 7, 2009

For questions, please see Linda Jacobs

6. Hixon Center for Urban Ecology Student Research Fellows
The Hixon Center for Urban Ecology wishes to build relationships with FES students focusing on urban ecology and to support internship opportunities.

Application Deadline: Mid-February, 2010

7. Jubitz Family Endowment for Research Internships (Managed by Peter Otis)

Climate change issues and forest ecosystem stewardship in the coastal forests in Oregon, Washington, Southeastern Alaska, Western Canada, Siberia and Bhutan are preferred, but other projects that support projects relating to environmental stewardship, with an emphasis on rivers and their watershed ecosystems will be considered. Projects that have core qualities relating to the development and education of child at-risk, or peacemaking activities and environmental stewardship may also be funded.

Application Deadline: Proposal applications must be submitted by Tuesday March 30, 2010 to Peter Otis

8. MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
Various grants available

Application Deadline: February - March 2010

9. J.W. Saxe Memorial Prize in Public Service
The J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund provides scholarships of $1500 annually to one or more undergraduate or graduate students working in public service.

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010

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10. The Rosemary Ripley Family Fund
International Internships in Business and the Environment
Summer 2010

PURPOSE: The Rosemary Ripley Family Fund Internship promotes both business and conservation goals by enabling one or more Yale graduate and professional students to engage in a summer internship after their first year of study at Yale. The specific details of these internships will be submitted in proposal form and may range widely in terms of purpose, place, and process by which the effort will move forward. Besides the general requirement to incorporate business and conservation/environment elements, these internships must also have a clear international component.

ELIGIBILITY: Any Yale graduate and/or professional student having at least one year of course work yet to complete.

AMOUNT OF AWARD: Up to three grants of $10,000 to support a summer internship. These funds can be used for travel, living, research, or other purposes associated with the proposed project.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Interested applicants must submit a short, 5-7 pages, double-spaced, proposal describing the problem and activities they would like to pursue during the summer 2010 period. The proposal should be as specific as possible about the basic problem to be addressed, the institutional setting in which the internship will occur, the timing of tasks and overall duration of the internship, expected outcomes and prospective final products, and estimated expenses to accomplish the tasks and overall activities. Two letters of reference are required – one appraising the applicant’s academic preparations for the internship and another describing the significance of the problem and the applicant’s capacity to accomplish the work proposed.

DEADLINES AND SUBMISSION: Submit your proposal to the office of Dean Sharon Oster via email, care of Boni Candelario (boni.candelario@yale.edu), or in hard copy (Dean’s Office, Yale School of Management, P.O. Box 208200, CT 06520-8200) by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2010.

AWARDS: A faculty advisory committee will read and consider all submissions and then select those demonstrating most potential. Decisions will be reached and announced on Wednesday, March 31, 2010.

11. Cameron Speth Fellowships (Managed by Peter Otis)
The Cameron Speth Fellowship provides funding for students from developing nations and Japan to carry out summer internships at the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Application Deadline to either organization: March 2010

12. Edna Bailey Sussman Fellowship Program (Managed by Peter Otis)
The purpose of the program is to help those individuals pursuing careers, the activities of which affect the environment, to understand the interaction of their chosen profession with environmental concerns. Work is to be conducted within the United States of America.

Application Deadlines: February 5, 2010 (Round 1); and possibly a second deadline in early March (Round 2)

13. Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program and Environmental Leadership Grants Program (For questions, contact Peter Otis or Bethany Zemba) The Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation identifies and nurtures environmental leaders who have the ability and determination to make a significant impact, and supports initiatives that will have direct and measurable results to improve environmental quality. The Foundation accomplishes this by awarding academic fellowships and project grants, sponsoring professional development activities, and fostering a growing network of Switzer Fellows, environmental practitioners and organizations.

Guidelines

Application Deadline: February 1, 2010

14. Yale F&ES Tropical Resources Institute (managed by Nat Delafield)
TRI supports summer research in all tropical regions.

Application Deadlines: TRI Fellowship Proposal: Due February 26, 2010, by 5:00 p.m.

15. Yale F&ES Summer Internship Fund (Managed by Peter Otis)
The Fund has been created by the Dean’s Office and is administered by the Career Development Office to provide financial support for internships with non-profit and public employers/ hosts who provide little or no funding.

Application Deadline: Rolling - Beginning Friday, April 2, 2010