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What is a CIRES graduate research fellowship?
A CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship provides support for an outstanding current or prospective graduate student affiliated with CIRES. Students receive tuition coverage, partial health insurance, half-time stipends during the academic year, and can include 100% salary during the summer.
Who is eligible?
Any current or prospective Ph.D. student advised by a CIRES Fellow is eligible for this one-time award. Fellowships can be used either to recruit prospective students or to support advanced students. Funding for prospective students may be used in their second year if a Teaching Assistantship covers their first year.
Applying for a Fellowship
Candidates are evaluated on the likelihood for environmental science contribution evident in their University of Colorado application and/or accomplishments to date. Independence, passion for science, and ability to communicate are considered. Limits will not be put on departments or general topics. To understand what is required of them, candidates should read the instructions for faculty sponsors (PDF).
Who nominates and who decides?
Each CIRES Fellow may nominate one student for a fellowship each year. A committee of three CIRES Fellows who have not nominated any students will select the final recipients.
For more information, contact Suzanne van Drunick, Assistant Director
for Science (suzannev@cires.colorado.edu).
For additional graduate research assistance, see also:
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March 3, 2008
Six students selected for 2008-09 CIRES research fellowships
Six Ph.D. students at CU-Boulder will have the unique opportunity to tackle exciting science questions with top researchers in their fields as part of the CIRES graduate research fellowship program. The students will explore pressing environmental topics, such as how mountain pine beetle affects Rocky Mountain watershed quality and what are avenues for moving beyond conservation-policy conflicts for the Greater Yellowstone area.
This year's recipients are Kelly Baustian, David Cherney, Leigh Ayn Cooper, Christopher Harig, Samantha Stevenson, and Nicole Trahan. The students represent the following CU-Boulder departments: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Geological Sciences, and Environmental Studies.
CIRES awards research fellowships to graduate students every year in order to attract the best talent to CU-Boulder and offer current and prospective students the opportunity to conduct professional research and publish their work. Students selected for the fellowship receive tuition coverage and a yearly stipend.
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