Brown University
Voss Environmental Fellows Program
Grant year(s)
20112009Principal investigator(s)
Heather Leslie, Stephen Porder, Christopher Bull, and Martha DownsDepartment name(s)
Environmental Change Initiative and Center for Environmental StudiesProject description
Voss Environmental Fellows (previously known as Brown Environmental Fellows) is a different kind of summer research experience that introduces undergraduate environmental scientists to the dynamic interface between environmental science, policy, and practice. Student-faculty-practitioner teams develop research projects to meet shared objectives – directing scientific discovery into channels that will inform current and future management choices.
A distinctive component of the program is a shared senior seminar, which builds communication, leadership and engagement skills, and provides a broader perspective on the challenges of understanding global environmental change and the search for solutions.
