Green Corps Fellowship
reen Corps is a nonprofit field school for environmental organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to identify and train the next generation of environmental leaders. The program includes environmental and public health campaigns, and placement assistance in permanent positions with leading environmental groups.
The program begins in August 2008, with the Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and concludes with graduation in August 2009.
Salary and Benefits: Salary of $23,750, optional group health care coverage, paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student loan repayment for qualifying staff.
Deadlines vary by location. Apply online at www.greencorps.org. Please contact Jesse Littlewood, recruitment director, at jesse@greencorps.org for more information.
Humane Studies Fellowship
The Institute for Humane Studies awards scholarships of up to $12,000 for graduate study in the United States and abroad. Approximately 100 scholarships are awarded to graduate students in any field who are exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society through their academic work and at any stage before completion of the Ph.D.; this includes law students, MBA students, and other professional students. Applicants of all nationalities are eligible to apply. Fellowships are awarded through a competitive process each year to full-time students at an accredited degree-granting institution. Humane Studies Fellowships are awarded for one year; students are eligible to reapply in subsequent years. To apply for a 2008-09 Humane Studies Fellowship, please visit their website at www.theihs.org/hsf in summer 2007 to complete the online application. Completed applications are due by late December.