Other Organizations' Scholarships and FellowshipsGraduate Fellowships for Transportation Planning and Engineering Students Deadline: Based on department of choice The Graduate Program in Computational Transportation Science (CTS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago invites applications from prospective transportation planning Ph.D. students. As a National Science Foundation-funded Integrative graduate Research Education and Traineeship (IGERT), CTS engages students and faculty from multiple disciplines in collaborative research to improve the efficiency of day-to-day transportation. Fellowships provide an annual stipend of $30,000 for two years plus full tuition and fees, along with funding for international research experiences and domestic travel. Students must apply BOTH to a participating doctoral program at UIC (i.e., Urban Planning and Policy) AND directly to the IGERT program. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required. The deadline for Ph.D. applications to the College of Urban Planning and Policy is January 1. The CTS IGERT program accepts applications on a rolling basis. To obtain application materials or for additional information, please visit http://cts.cs.uic.edu or e-mail cts@cs.uic.edu.
Clark University Graduate Programs and Fellowships Clark University's Department of International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE) offers four IDCE graduate programs and fellowships up to $48,900 in: Community Development and Planning, International Development and Social Change, Environmental Science and Policy, and Geographic Information Sciences for Development and Environment. The Community Development and Planning program provides current and future community development practitioners, activists, and scholars with a strong foundation — based on theory, skill development, and practice — to take on the challenges of urban revitalization in the United States. To learn more about the Community Development and Planning program at Clark University, visit www.clarku.edu/idce. For information and application materials, visit www.clarku.edu/departments/idce/admapplynow.cfm or e-mail idce@clarku.edu.
The Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Design School "The fellowship provides a unique opportunity for nurturing the leadership potential of the most promising men and women in design and other professions related to the built and natural environment." For information and an application
The Population-Environment Fellows Program The Population-Environment Fellows Program, sponsored by USAID and administered through the University of Michigan, provides assistance to overseas agencies linking the population and environmental dimensions of development. Fellows are placed in two-year assignments with host institutions, providing assistance and technical support. The PEFP supports the capacity of host country institutions to respond to development problems in an integrated way and develops a cadre of future leaders with expertise in population and environment issues. Qualified applicants must hold a graduate degree in a relevant area, have coursework or experience demonstrating both population and environmental expertise, and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Applications are due annually April 1 and November 1, though they are accepted on a rolling basis. Inquiries as well as formal applications for Sites and Fellows may be obtained by letter, telephone or fax by contacting:
Note: Given the demands on FEMA resources as a result of recent disasters, a community planning fellow will not be selected for the 2006-2007 academic year. The MMC expects to be able to offer a fellowship on FEMA's behalf for the 2007-2008 academic year. Open to graduate planning students, the fellowship program offers the students
an opportunity to familiarize themselves with hazard mitigation as an aspect
of planning. To date 10 fellowships have been awarded.
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