FELLOWSHIPS
ENRP offers several fellowship opportunities for Kennedy School and Harvard students. Kennedy School master's students who have completed one year of study can apply for the Roy Family Summer Environmental Internship. Harvard and Kennedy School Ph.D. candidates can apply for a year of support through the Joseph Crump Fellowship.
Crump Fellowship
ENRP offers the annual Joseph Crump Fellowship in conjunction with the Center for Business and Government to support a Harvard Ph.D. candidate conducting research on the environment, natural resource management, or the intersection between energy and the environment. Preference is given to Kennedy School students.
The Jospeh Crump Fellowship for 2007-2008 was awarded to Robyn Meeks, a Kennedy School second-year doctoral student. This summer, Robyn will work with KSG professor, Micheal Kremer, on the Rural Water Project in Kenya, evaluating methods of providing clean water to peri-urban households, focusing on the health effects and water quality improvements. Robyn received her master’s in water science, policy and management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
The Joseph Crump fellow is expected to be involved with one or more ongoing research projects within the sponsoring centers and to write at least one publishable paper in the area of energy, environment, or natural resource policy.
Former Crump fellows completed work on topics such as "Technological Diffusion in China's Iron and Steel Industry" (Karen Fisher-Vanden '98); "Institutional Change in the Electricity Industry: A Comparison of Four Latin American Cases" (Carlos Ruffin, '00); and "Thirsty Colonias: Determinants of Water Service Coverage in South Texas" (Sheila Cavanagh, '02).
For information, contact: Jo-Ann Mahoney
Roy Family Summer Internship
For the past seven years, the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) has offered paid scholarships for innovative summer projects that ordinary would not offer a salary. The Roy Family Summer Environmental Internship allows returning Kennedy School students to craft their own internship for a public, private or non-profit organization abroad or in the US.
2007 receipients:
Fausto Guerra: International Development Enterprises in Myanmar
Fausto will evaluate the social and environmental impact of low-cost irrigation pumps among poor farmers Myanmar. The IDE Myanmar project is aimed at developing environmentally sustainable methods for improving the welfare of underprivileged rural families.
Allison Van: Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation International (CPALI) in Madagascar
Allison will look at wild silk moth farming and cocoon collection as a potential micro-enterprise to both generate income and promote biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. Allison will assist CPALI in developing a training program and marketing strategy for the sustainable production of wild silk.
A committee of select faculty and environmental leaders review the applications and determine the awards. The committee will weigh the merits of the proposed project, the qualifications of the applicant, and the employing organization's ability to pay. Some preference will be given to internship offers from organizations that would be otherwise unable to pay to have an intern. Roy interns are announced in early May.
For information, contact: Amanda Swanson
Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellowship
The Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellowship, made by the Science Technology and Public Policy Program and the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, supports Kennedy School of Government PhD candidates conducting early exploratory research on energy or environmental issues. The fellowship is designed to enable doctoral students to expose themselves to a wide range of researchers and research approaches early in their training before they make their ultimate choice of a dissertation topic. The $7,000 award can be used for a variety of activities such as conducting field work, providing support for an internship, or learning a foreign language in a host country. The award is a tribute to the late Dr. Vicki Norberg-Bohm whose work focused on understanding the process of technological change and the role of public policy for stimulating innovation and diffusion of environment-enhancing technologies.
See the 2007 recipients here.
For information, contact: Nancy Dickson
