Awards
ForEverglades Fellowships provide up to $30,000 / year for stipends, tuition fees, travel, and other research-related expenses. The amount of money associated with the fellowship is subject to change. The number of fellowships depends on the number and quality of applications. The duration of this fellowship is set for 12 months.
Areas of Special Interest
In general, The Everglades Foundation will support research advancing Everglades physical, chemical or biological processes, or research in economic impacts of environmental changes. The Everglades Foundation has identified several specific research areas that are of special interest. However, proposals focused on other research topics relevant to Everglades restoration are also welcome. Cross-disciplinary research efforts are of special interest.
1. Impacts of climate change, sea-level rise, and saltwater intrusion on the Greater Everglades.
2. Greater Everglades water quality modeling, monitoring, and analysis (contaminant detection, removal processes, and climate change assessment).
3. Novel approaches for conservation of species in the Greater Everglades in the light of ecosystem restoration and climate change.
4. Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling.
5. Groundwater nutrient loading in the great Everglades area.
6. Quantification of ecosystem services and economic benefits of Everglades restoration.
7. Temporal and spatial mapping of geochemical properties in the Greater Everglades.
8. Ecosystem response to variations in water flow and quality.
9. GIS, remote sensing, and geostatistical applications in landscape ecology.
10. Habitat restoration, fisheries or wildlife ecology, and resource management.
11. Florida Bay research including engineering, hydrology, water quality, ecology, and economics
The Selection Process
All applications will be reviewed by experts to determine the potential contribution of the work to Everglades restoration. Recommendations from leading professors and investigators currently active in Everglades research are important. Other factors include the applicant’s prior research and/or publication record, academic record, the personal essay, and the interdisciplinary nature of the research. Preference will be given to students who have not already received funding from a ForEverglades Fellowship.
ForEverglades Fellowship Requirements
After receiving The Everglades Foundation ForEverglades Fellowship, recipients will be expected to update The Everglades Foundation every 6 months on their academic progress, research results and relevant activities.
Recipients may be interviewed occasionally for Everglades Foundation newsletters, and their research will be publicly disseminated.
ForEverglades Fellows should provide to The Everglades Foundation the following deliverables from their individual projects:
- A final report (scientific or technical paper) due one month after the termination date of the scholarship at the latest. The report should be in the format of a high quality scientific research paper approved by the faculty supervisor.
- Presentation of results during seminar series organized by The Everglades Foundation (The latest results obtained while conducting Everglades-related research).
The Everglades Foundation reserves the right of access to all data or metadata generated by the project. All publications or presentations resulting from this program should acknowledge the contribution of The Everglades Foundation.
Materials to Include
The application for The Everglades Foundation ForEverglades Fellowship should contain the following:
- A cover letter.
- A proposal describing the research that the fellowship would support (no more than 3,000 words including bibliography). The proposal is to clearly emphasize the expected contributions to Everglades research and relevance to Everglades restoration.
- Research budget detailing the proposed expenditure from fellowship.
- A timeline of proposed research activities.
- A personal essay of no more than 1 page on the candidate’s career goals and how the fellowship will support those goals and contributions.
- A curriculum vitae.
- Academic transcripts.
- A letter of reference from the student’s major professor.
- One other academic or professional letter(s) of reference preferably from an investigator(s) currently engaged in Everglades research.
- Other relevant or supporting work products or documentation (such as published papers, presentations, awards, etc.) could optionally be included.
The ForEverglades Fellowships are open to full-time graduate research students from all universities pursuing degrees in earth sciences, biological sciences, engineering, geography, planning and resources management, and economics. Cross-disciplinary research efforts are of special interest. Graduate students enrolled in any academic institution in the United States are welcome to apply for the ForEverglades Fellowships except for the FIU ForEverglades Fellowship - which is limited to FIU graduate students.
1. ForEverglades Fellowship
Open to graduate level students from all universities in the United States that are engaged in Everglades related research.
2. FIU ForEverglades Fellowship
Open to students pursuing graduate studies at the Florida International University and conducting Everglades research.
3. ForEverglades Patrick Lee Fellowship
Only United States citizens conducting graduate level research related to Florida Bay are eligible to apply. Research related to the Florida Bay ecosystem (hydrology, water quality, ecology, economics) is of special interest. Engineering and technological solutions will be given priority.
4. VoLo ForEverglades Fellowship
Open to graduate level students from all universities in the United States. Only projects pursuing research on climate change in the Everglades will be considered for an award.
5. ForEverglades Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's Outdoor Fund Fellowship
Open to graduate students from all universities in the United States conducting research on habitat restoration, fisheries or wildlife ecology, and resource management throughout the Everglades.