Week of January 25, 2021
Environmental Studies Summer Fellowship Program: Learn more & Apply Now!
This video describes the fellowships, the fellowship application process, and the experience of three of our summer fellows from last year:
Andrew Meredith (Maine Based Fellowship with Maine Conservation Voters)
Olivia Blair (Maine Based Fellowship with The Nature Conservancy)
Lauren Caffe (Sustainability Fellowship with the Town of Camden Maine)
You can find information on the fellowship program and the video at the fellowship website: Fellowships and Opportunities | Bowdoin College
Winter break is a great time to start to apply for summer fellowships. All applications are online and we have included a PDF of the fellowship application on our website to help you start to prepare your application. You can apply at any time up until the deadline (see each fellowship’s deadline below).
The following fellowships fund students to work for an organization of their choice anywhere in the world:
Maine Based Fellowships (8) – funds students to work for a Maine based organization or community.
Deadline: Wednesday, Feb 24th at noon
Summer 2021 placement descriptions are now online. This summer we have placements with the following organizations. Please note that our organizations have developed remote options for the summer if in person fellowships are not a possibility due the pandemic or if on-campus housing is not an option this summer:
Bicycle Coalition of Maine (Portland)
Brunswick Planning and Development (Brunswick)
Brunswick Topsham Land Trust (Brunswick)
Cathance River Education Alliance (Topsham)
Coastal Enterprises Inc (Brunswick)
Growing to Give (Brunswick)
Maine Conservation Voters (Augusta)
The Nature Conservancy (Brunswick)
Environmental Studies Fellowships (Sustainability and Environmental Justice) (2-3)
– funds students to work for an organization of their choosing. You can work in Maine, in your community, or anywhere in the world. We have listed organizations interested in hosting a fellow this summer if you are looking for ideas for organizations.
Deadline: Wednesday, February 24th at noon **Winter break is a good time to identify and contact organizations for this fellowship**
New listings of organizations interested in hosting a fellow have been added!!
Cooke Environmental Research Fellowship (1-2) – Funds students to conduct community based research under the guidance of a faculty mentor and in partnership with a community organization of the student’s choosing **Winter break is a good time to identify contact faculty sponsors and host organizations for this fellowship**
Deadline: March 10th at noon
Feel free to email me if you have any questions at all. Cheers, Eileen (ejohnson@bowdoin.edu)
BOWDOIN EVENTS
Bowdoin Public Service, Maine Government Fellowships, 2021
Info Session, Tuesday February 2, 3:00-4:00 or Thursday, February 28 4:00-5:00
Harlem Rising: A Community Changing the Odds (Geoffrey Canada)
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 4:00 EST
Save the Date- A Conversation with DeRay McKesson
February, 23, 7:00 pm EST
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