EVST News
January 13, 2024
Welcome back to Campus!
New Course Highlights
E&EB 212 Data Science in Ecology and Conservation is a seminar-style course. It is currently under review for QR designation (which should be in place before semester start) and is taught by Walter Jetz, director Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Environment Studies at YSE and director of the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change.
CSYC 224 Approaches to Sustainable Food and Agriculture considers the multiple roots and possible futures of organic farming, local food, urban agriculture, controlled environment agriculture, and related concepts, contestations, trends, and fads. The course includes three required Friday afternoon working visits to the Yale Farm at the end of the semester, which will ground discussions in hands-on work in the soil and is taught by Mark Bomford, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Program.
EVST 300 Canada's Response to Global Environmental Wicked Problems is a seminar that surveys Canada’s responses to eleven Global Environmental Wicked Problems that have emerged into the public consciousness and discourses over the last ten to fifteen years. The course is taught by Dawn Bazely, a University Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, at York University who is this year’s recipient of the Yale Fulbright Canada Distinguished Visiting Professorship.
Certificate in Food, Agriculture, and Climate Change| Find retroactively approved courses here, and upcoming courses for next semester here.
Events
2025 ORISE Summer Internship Showcase | Thursday, January 16 1pm - 3pm | Learn about summer 2025 internship opportunities available through ORISE! A live informational session will provide a high-level overview of the featured programs. After the presentation, program representatives will be available for 1-on-1 chats to answer your program-specific questions.
Fox International Fellowship: Info Session | Friday, January 17 12pm - 1pm | Provides research fellowships through exchanges with renown universities around the world. Attend an information session to learn more about the fellowship and available research opportunities. The fellowship supports one academic year of independent research projects. The objective of the Fox International Fellowship Program is to identify and help develop potential world-class statesmen and women who may participate in guiding the world toward a peaceful order in the 21st century. Ben Finkel EVST '24 received the Fox Fellowship to conduct wind power and Green Hydrogen research in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read about Ben here.
Conversation With Dan Gross - career paths in clean energy and climatetech | Tuesday, January 21 11:45am - 12:45pm, Evans Hall, School of Management room 2400 | Dan Gross, instructor of Yale’s Renewable Energy Project Finance course and Director of Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, will host a conversation about career paths in clean energy and climatetech. The conversation will focus on advice for skills in demand, thoughts on the impact of the incoming administration and how the climatetech and clean energy sectors can reinvent themselves in response, and of course a lot of time for Q&A. Register here.
2025 Common Good & Creative Careers Networking Event | Friday, February 21, 1pm - 3pm | This in-person networking event is a great way for organizations to engage with Yale talent. The event is being held at the Golden Center at St. Thomas More Catholic Church & Center at Yale at 268 Park Street in New Haven. The event set-up is similar to a career fair, but smaller in scale, offering more opportunity to network with Yale students. Participating organizations will be offering opportunities for students to learn about their work in: education, nonprofit, government, energy and the environment, think tanks, the arts, entertainment, publishing, journalism and more.
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Spring Opportunities
The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy is hiring 8-10 Research Assistants for the Spring 2025 semester | Application and further details are available on the Yale student employment portal | RAs will actively research a wide range of sustainability issues and topics, support the broad priorities of the Center, and support the time sensitive project needs of the Director and project leaders. This can include providing editorial support, preparing presentations or research reports, and providing policy analyses or data assessments across several of our projects, including the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Global Commons Stewardship Index (GCSI), Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF), or Remaking the Global Trading System for a Sustainable Future Project (RTP). Start dates for the position will be on a rolling basis per the candidate’s availability, with the expectation that all Research Assistants will be working by January 21st. Research Assistants are expected to work 10-12 hours/week, including mostly remote work and some occasion for in-person presence.
Public Humanities Grant Program | Offers small grants of $250–3,000 for public humanities projects broadly related to the environment. Read news items about some past grant projects here. Apply via the application webform by Friday, February 7th @ 1:00pm. Decisions will be announced by the end of February. Visit their website for more details.
Summer Opportunities
Yale Summer Internships and Fellowships
For over 20 years, the Summer Environmental Fellowship has funded hundreds of Yale students interested in learning about environmental issues. View a full list of past SEF awards here and an interactive map of Summer Environmental Fellowships awarded since 2014 here.
Summer Environmental Fellowship (SEF) and Climate Technologies Fellowship| Rising sophomores through rising seniors interested in learning about environmental issues are eligible to apply. EVST juniors are especially encouraged to apply for the SEF to support summer senior essay research. A wide variety of summer plans qualify for the SEF, as long as they provide students with an environmental research or training opportunity. The Summer Climate Technologies Fellowship is available to all Yale College undergraduates interested in technologies related to climate change. Apply by March 14th.
The Yale environmental summer 2025 opportunities below can be found on the EVST website, here.
2025 YPCCC/Pulitzer Center Fellowship for Climate Reporting | Apply by Sunday, February 2nd
Yale Carbon Containment Lab Summer Internship | Apply by Sunday, February 9th
Yale Sustainable Food Program's Lazarus Summer Internship | Apply by Friday, February 14th
Undergraduate Student Research in Argentina | Apply by March 1st
Yale Sustainable Food Program's Global Food Fellowship | Apply by March 5th
Tropical Resources Institute (TRI) Fellowship | Apply by Friday March 14th
EVST Summer Environmental Fellowships | Apply by Friday March 14th
Western Resources Fellowship at Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative | Apply by Monday March 17th
Ongoing Compilation of Summer Opportunities for BS Program Students
Additional Yale funding opportunities can be found by clicking the button below:
Other Fellowship Opportunities
Middlebury School of the Environment Summer Program | Apply by Saturday March 1st
Alaska Conservation Foundation’s conservation internships | The ACF is offering 13 internship opportunities across Alaska that are 12 weeks in length and will start at the end of May/beginning of June. Alaska Conservation Foundation provides a grant to each host organization to cover an intern stipend of $7,000 and reimburse intern travel costs to and from Alaska up to $1,200 for those with intern positions outside Anchorage, $1,000 for those in Anchorage. Apply by February 12th.
Environmental Law Institute 2025 Research & Policy Intern | ELI is hiring interns to support the research and publications departments of the Institute. Interns work directly with staff attorneys, editors, scientists, and policy analysts on a variety of projects. Substantive areas of focus in local, regional, federal, and international policy and law include: climate change, green technology, land use, biodiversity, air quality, public health, hazardous waste and brownfields, wetlands and watersheds, armed conflict and the environment, environmental management systems, public participation, environmental justice, Indigenous issues, and environmental enforcement. Details here. Apply by January 13th at 11:59pm ET.
HR&A 2025 Summer Analyst Fellow Program | Accepting applications for our 2025 Summer Analyst Internship program through Monday, January 13, 2025. We encourage candidates with a concentration in urban planning, real estate finance, economic development, public policy, housing finance, or a related field to apply. Apply by January 13th at 11:59pm ET.
Middlebury School of the Environment | Scholarship opportunities for undergraduates interested in spending 6 weeks in Monterey, California, this summer are available. The priority deadline for funding is January 15th. Financial and scholarships are offered in the following areas:
- Using storytelling and media to help influence environmental change
- Environmental science and ecology
- Environmental equity, justice and conflict transformation
Montana Conservation Corps has a mission of "Inspiring young people through hands-on conservation service to be leaders, stewards of the land, and engaged citizens who improve their communities." Their Conservation Interns and Fellows program focuses on natural resource initiatives and provides young adults a chance to gain hands-on experience while making a measurable difference in communities. of our positions are open until filled and the hiring process is competitive. Early applications are encouraged. Apply here.
2025 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship | Provides a scholarship award (up to a maximum of $9,500) for two academic years of full-time study and a 10-week, full-time internship ($700/week) during the summer at a NOAA or partner facility. The internship is conducted between the first and second years of the award, and provides "hands-on" multidisciplinary educational training experience involving student scholars in NOAA-related science, research, technology, policy, management, and education activities. Awards also include a mandatory NOAA orientation during the last week of May in the first year of the scholarship award; a housing allowance ($400/week) for student scholars who do not reside at home during the summer internship; round-trip travel to the internship site including reimbursement for incidentals; travel expenses for attendance and participation at the NOAA Science and Education Symposium (Final Week presentations) in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the completion of the internship; and conference travel to attend up to two professional conferences and present the results of the NOAA internship project. Apply by January 31st.
Overland Summers | Overland recruits leaders from America’s finest colleges and universities. They are are looking for summer leaders with drive, good judgement, and commitment. Apply here by January 21st or March 31st.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at BIOS: Collaborative Marine Research | Details of the 2025 BIOS REU Program will be posted when online applications open in late January/early February. To receive REU announcements please send a request to bios.education@bios.asu.edu.
Scientists in Parks Fellows | Scientists in the Parks Internship program provides PAID internships within a National Park. The Scientists in Parks Program is currently seeking motivated applicants to complete numerous exciting projects in America's national parks. Applications are now open for positions beginning May - September 2025. Click here to learn more and apply by January 21st.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's (SERC) Internship Program | Offers undergraduate an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in environmental research and public engagement. Interns at SERC conduct independent projects over 10 -16 weeks on a wide range of topics including, including habitat loss, climate change, and invasive species. Choose from a variety of opportunities including research labs, environmental education, and science communications. .Apply by February 15th using the SOLAA web portal.
UC San Diego/Scripps Institute of Oceanography MPL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM | The Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) at world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at UC San Diego Summer Internship program is a paid ten-week research program where students complete their own individual research project under the mentorship of some of the most notable scientists in the world. Students attend weekly seminars, participate in hands-on activities, and more. Interns receive a $18/hour salary and a $6,000 taxable stipend to offset costs of housing, meals, transportation, etc. Visit the Internship Program FAQ page for details. Apply by January 24th at 4 p.m. Pacific time. Decisions will be emailed to applicants by the end of April.
UNH Summer '25 Sustainability Fellowship | Fellows undertake sustainability projects designed to create an immediate impact, offer an extraordinary learning experience, and foster meaningful collaboration. While working with their mentors and host organizations, Fellows are supported by their Fellowship peers as well as an active network of partner organizations, alumni, and the UNH team. Apply here by February 9th.
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Resources
- Do you have questions about the EVST major? Meet with EVST's BA DUS or BS DUS, reach out to a Peer Mentor or Certificate or Graduate School Liaison, or join Yale Environmental Studies on GroupMe.
- Weekly DUS office hours are posted on the EVST website.
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