Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowship

The ENVS Summer Research Fellowship program supports ENVS undergraduate majors to work with an ENVS faculty member or faculty affiliate and/or their research group for the summer. The student may contribute to an existing scholarly project (including a project led by a faculty member, postdoc, or graduate student) or design their own independent project (e.g., honors) carried out under the mentorship of a faculty member.ÌýÌý

Students will receive up to $3,000 in fellowship funding which may be used as a stipend to cover the student’s time and living expenses during the fellowship or allocated to cover the cost of data collection, travel, conference attendance, or other project-related costs. This opportunity is available to all ENVS majors. Students may re-apply over multiple years.ÌýÌý

To apply, students must first identify a faculty mentor to support the development of the proposal. The faculty advisor will be asked to provide a brief mentorship statement outlining how they will support the student fellow’s training and professional development during the fellowship. The student applicant and faculty advisor should independently apply.

Eligibility

  1. The student applicant must be a degree-seeking ENVS major in good standing at the time of the fellowship, and with a GPA of 2.5 or above. Students who graduate before the fellowship concludes are not eligible.ÌýÌý
  1. The scope of the fellowship must involve a research or scholarly project within the domain of environmental studies or sciences. This includes (but is not limited to) fellowships focused on understanding principles of the natural environment; investigating human-environment interactions; evaluating perspectives or values related to the environment; or projects that propose, develop, or evaluate practical or policy responses to environmental problems.Ìý
  1. Faculty mentor is an ENVS faculty member or faculty affiliate with the capacity to support a research fellow over the summer months.Ìý
  1. Funds will be disbursed by April 2026 and should be utilized by no later than August 19, 2026.Ìý

Students will be required to submit a brief report summarizing their work within one month of completing the fellowship.ÌýÌý

Applicants and their advisors should complete the application by March 27, 2026.ÌýÌý

Students are encouraged to pursue additional funding to support their research or professional development goals through CU’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), the Patricia Sheffels Undergraduate Research Fund, or other similar opportunities.ÌýÌý

For questions, please emailenvsundergrad@colorado.edu.Ìý