The Tropical Resources Institute, or TRI, is an interdisciplinary, non-degree-granting center located within the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The mission of TRI is to support interdisciplinary, problem-oriented student research on the most complex challenges confronting the conservation and management of tropical environments and natural resources worldwide. TRI also sponsors and promotes educational initiatives throughout the academic year that focus on timely conservation and development issues in the global tropics.
TRI administers both the TRI Endowment Fellowship, which supports Masters and Doctoral level research in the tropics each year, as well as the Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellowship, which provides tuition and post-graduate support to exceptional students from developing countries.
Acting Director: Carol Carpenter, Senior Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist in Natural Resource Social Science and Adjunct Lecturer in Anthropology
Program Manager: Lisa Bassani
Current TRI Student Research in the Tropics (by region)
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TRI Awards 2012 Sabin Fellowships
Ten students have been awarded Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellowships by the Tropical Resources Institute at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES). Read more...
31 F&ES Students Awarded TRI Fellowships
Twenty master’s and 11 doctoral students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) have been awarded TRI Endowment Fellowships by the Tropical Resources Institute.
The fellowships support interdisciplinary student research on the conservation and management of resources across the global tropics. Read more...
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