Wesleyan University
ER-18: Sustainability Research Incentives

College of the Environment internships are for students to do research under the guidance of a faculty mentor during the Summer or Fall, 2013, on projects directly concerned with Environmental Studies. These internships are available to students and faculty across the entire University. The summer internship will run from May 28, 2013 – August 1, 2013, while the Fall 2013 internship would run the term of the semester. The internship awards $4000 to a successful applicant. Summer internship can be awarded to students doing research off campus and outside the Middletown area as long as there is a well-developed plan for faculty mentorship.

Each year, the College of the Environment gathers a group of Wesleyan faculty, scholars of prominence from outside Wesleyan, and undergraduate students into a year-long academic think tank on a critical environmental issue. The aim of the think tank is not only to generate a deeper understanding of the thematic issue, but also to produce scholarly works that will influence national/international thinking and action on the issue. The think tank should serve as a focal point for the global intellectual community concerned with the environment. Scholars and students in the think tank are expected to produce scholarly works by the end of the academic year. Each year the scholars and students will report on their findings at the annual Earth Day Celebration.