Funding Opportunities

1. HUCE Undergraduate Summer Research Award - due March 30th
2. The John Briscoe Water Security Internship - due March 31st
3. Harvard College Research Program (HCRP) Research-Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship Award - due April 18th
4. Harvard Environmental Economics Program Student Paper Prizes - due May 4th

HUCE Undergraduate Summer Research Award
**  2016 SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES in ENERGY and ENVIRONMENT ***
http://environment.harvard.edu/student-resources/undergraduate-summer-research-fund

The Harvard University Center for the Environment offers financial support for summer research opportunities in energy and environment (research assistantships and independent research projects) for Harvard undergraduate students to work alongside Harvard faculty.  Please see below for details, and visit the program website for additional information.

The application deadline is Wednesday, March 30th. Sorry, current seniors graduating this May are not eligible for summer support.

Any questions can be directed to:

Eric Simms
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MANAGER
Harvard University Center for the Environment
esimms@fas.harvard.edu
617.496.0746
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The John Briscoe Water Security Internship
The John Briscoe Water Security internship is named in honor of Dr. John Briscoe, for his unparalleled contributions to global and local water management, his courage and pragmatism in tackling controversial issues, ranging from conflicts on international waters to novel approaches to integrating infrastructure, institutions and environmental sustainability in river basins and relentless commitment to improving the lives of people in developing countries. The internship will be awarded annually by the World Bank to an undergraduate student interested in a career in water policy and management and will serve to advance Dr. Briscoe’s desire to bridge academia with policy and implementation.

About John Briscoe
Dr. John Briscoe was a former Senior Water Advisor at the World Bank, Country Director for Brazil, and the 2014 Laureate for the Stockholm Water Prize, also referred to as “the Water Nobel Prize.” A native of South Africa, Dr. Briscoe did his undergraduate studies in civil engineering at the University of Cape Town and his Ph. D in environmental engineering at Harvard University. He has worked in dozens of countries around the world, and lived in his native South Africa, the United States, Bangladesh, Mozambique, India and Brazil. Briscoe’s scientific expertise encompasses engineering, nutrition, epidemiology, demography, anthropology, political science and economics. Briscoe had remained Senior Adviser to the World Bank’s $50-billion water program and subsequently the Bank’s Country Director for Brazil. Later in his career, Briscoe held professorships at Harvard University, in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the School of Public Health, and at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was also Director of the Harvard Water Security Initiative, an interdisciplinary program for graduate students and undergraduates that combined.
In March of 2014, Briscoe won the Stockholm Water Prize, widely known as “the Nobel Prize of water,” for his “unparalleled contributions to global and local management of water—contributions covering vast thematic, geographic, and institutional environments—that have improved the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide.” He provided “the world with tools for peaceful, productive, and equitable management of the Earth’s water resources.”

About the Water Security Internship
The Water Security Internship will be awarded to students interested in a career in water management through the lens of development. The internship will offer students to broaden their understanding of water management challenges and emerging security issues while honing analytical skills. Thus, it will provide them an opportunity to tackle water security, governance and policy challenges through a disciplinary lens.

Interns, who will be paid, will be given a specific task that they will be expected to complete over the course of their internship, under the supervision of a senior staff member. The internship will be located at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC. Interns are responsible for their own living accommodations.

Eligibility
To be eligible for the Internship, candidates must be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate and graduate study programs and have completed at least his or her sophomore year in college or first year of graduate school. Candidates must have a keen interest in water policy issues, especially those related to international development. International experience is preferred, but not a requirement. The start and end date of the internship is flexible.

Application Details
* Cover Letter
* Resume/CV
* Writing Sample of 1,000 word maximum (this does not need to be related to water)
* Application Package should be sent to Claudia Sadoff (csadoff@worldbank.org), copying Laila Kasuri lkasuri@worldbank.org. The deadline for applications is March 31st, 2016 at 5pm EST.
* Selected candidates will be informed of decisions by April 29th, 2016.
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Harvard College Research Program (HCRP) Research-Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship Award
We are pleased to announce a new pilot program that supports hybrid research and public service works named the Harvard College Research Program (HCRP) Research-Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship Award.  The intention of this pilot is to allow undergraduates to pursue the combination of data collection for research with community-engaged public service, which currently is not possible with a regular HCRP summer award.

The award provides up to $4000 for ten weeks in the summer of 2016 devoted to a project that serves a specific local community and provides the opportunity for the awardee to collect data for an academic project concurrently.  Examples of possible projects include the following:
Public service project working in a temporary shelter for undocumented children along the border; Research component of studying the causes of border migration;
Public service project working to prevent the eradication of ash beetle populations in Northeast; Research component investigating biological control measures in light of various arguments on conservation efforts and pest eradication;
Public service project installing potable water in an impoverished community; Research component collecting perspectives from local community members on the challenges of access to water sources and the efficacy of the installation effort;
Public service project working with a nonprofit organization providing arts to students with autism; Research component interviewing students with autism on the benefits of arts opportunities.

Eligibility is limited to continuing students (rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors) in good standing whose research/service project is mentored by a Harvard faculty member.  

Please see the attached program description for more information, which also is included on the URAF website, http://uraf.harvard.edu/hcrp-research-and-service. Applications will be accepted via the Centralized Application for Research and Travel (https://apps2.registrar.fas.harvard.edu), until the deadline of Monday, April 18, at 12:00noon.  Questions may be directed to Margot Vona, the coordinator of HCRP, at mhvona@fas.harvard.edu. 
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Harvard Environmental Economics Program Student Paper Prizes for Academic Year 2015-2016
The Harvard Environmental Economics Program will award three prizes in May 2016 for the best research papers addressing topics in environmental, energy, and natural-resource economics:

HEEP Prize for best undergraduate paper or senior thesis: $1,000
Mossavar-Rahmani Center Prize for best masters student paper: $1,500
The Enel Endowment Prize for best doctoral student paper: $2,000

Following are the rules for authorship of submitted papers:

* Submitted papers and theses must have been completed during the 2015-2016 academic year.
* Co-authored papers are acceptable, as long as allauthors are students, whether at Harvard or elsewhere.
* At least one author must be a qualified Harvard student.
* Papers co-authored with non-students (faculty members, consultants, outside researchers, etc.) are not allowed.
* Competitions for the masters and doctoral student prizes are open to students in any of Harvard’s schools.
* Individual students may appear as an author for only one submitted paper.

Important dates and guidelines for submission:

The deadline for receipt of submissions is Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 4:00 pm. In the interest of fairness, there will be no exceptions with regard to the deadline.

Please submit paper and C.V. in electronic form to Bryan Galcik, Communications Coordinatorfor the Harvard Environmental Economics Program: Bryan_Galcik@hks.harvard.edu
Winners will be announced by Wednesday, May 18, 2016.

Regarding the prize:

Submitted papers will be reviewed—and the winners chosen—by a specially appointed committee.
If a submitted paper is co-authored by two or more students in the same prize category, then each of these students will be acknowledged as a prize winner.
The monetary award will be presented toonly one student—the student submitting the paper by email—regardless of co-authorship (if any). The recipient of the monetary award is free to distribute it as he or she wishes.
     · It is assumed that submitted papers will have been prepared for other purposes (classes, publication, job market, etc.). It is not required or expected that students prepare papers specifically in consideration of the prizes.
The Harvard Environmental Economics Program may ask prize-winning authors if the Program may release their papers as part of its Discussion Paper series.