Introducing Brown Environmental Fellows
Science for Smarter Policy
*** Online Application Now Available ***
Deadline January 15, 2010
The Brown Environmental Fellows (BEF) Program will introduce undergraduate environmental scientists to the dynamic interface between environmental science, policy, and practice. Working with Brown faculty and environmental practitioners, fellows will gain direct experience pursuing environmental research in the context of regulatory and conservation practice. A shared senior seminar will build leadership and engagement skills and provide a broader perspective on the challenges of understanding global environmental change and the search for solutions.
THE FIRST COHORT OF BEF STUDENTS BEGINS SPRING 2010
Timeline:
Fall 2009 - Project development. Prospective fellows work with a Brown mentor and an environmental practitioner to develop a research plan addressing a practical or policy question of current interest to the practitioner.
Spring 2010 - Selection of Fellows. Research teams chosen through a competitive process. Applications available in early October. Throughout the spring, fellows and mentors refine project scope and direction.
Summer 2010 - Research. Fellows pursue research project, working closely with faculty and external mentors.
AY 2010-2011 - Analyze, Reflect, and Build Skills. The Global Change Senior Seminar will place the Fellows’ research in a broader context and build skills in leadership and policy engagement.
*** Online Application Now Available ***
Deadline January 15, 2010
The following faculty members have already committed to participating in the program and we encourage the involvement of additional faculty mentors. Interested faculty mentors should contact BEF program director Heather Leslie (Heather_Leslie@brown.edu) for more information.
- Professor Kenneth Breuer (Engineering and renewable energy technologies)
- Senior Research Engineer Chris Bull (engineering, energy and sustainable technologies)
- Assistant Professor Erika Edwards (plant physiology and evolution and global change)
- Assistant Professor Meredith Hastings (atmospheric chemistry, nitrogen cycling and global change)
- Assistant Professor Heather Leslie (marine conservation science and policy)
- Assistant Professor Sri Nagavarapu (environmental economics, development)
- Assistant Professor Stephen Porder (biogeochemistry and global change)
- Assistant Professor Jeremy Rich (microbial ecology)
- Assistant Professor Dov Sax (invasive species and global change)
- Assistant Professor Kate Smith (conservation medicine)
- Professor Emeritus Tom Webb (paleoecology, climate modeling)
*** Online Application Now Available ***
Deadline January 15, 2010
The BEF Program is supported by the Henry and David Thoreau Foundation,
with additional support from The Swearer Center for Public Service, The Environmental Change Initiative,
and the Center for Environmental Studies at Brown University.
For additional information, contact Heather Leslie at Heather_Leslie@brown.edu