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Graduate Education Programs

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Carson Scholars

The Carson Scholars Graduate Program is dedicated to training the next generation of environmental researchers in the art of public communication.

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Environment and Society Graduate Fellows

The Environment & Society Fellowship was created in 2013 as a funding opportunity for graduate students to practice use-inspired, collaborative research and science communication. The Fellowship supports projects that connect social or physical sciences with the environment and decision-making.

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Ilíiaitchik: Indigenous Correspondents Program

The Ilíiaitchik: Indigenous Correspondents Program supports 10-12 Indigenous students through a year-long professional development, communication skill-building, and community-building program led by Indigenous mentors in fields ranging from environmental journalism and science, to photography and music production.

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Institute for Energy Solutions Graduate Student Summer Fellowship

The Institute for Energy Solutions Summer Fellowship Program provides graduate students with the opportunity to work in research laboratories, private industry, government agencies and NGO's on renewable energy-water related research and projects. This is the perfect opportunity for students to work outside of their current research lab and work in a setting that will enrich their studies.

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Resilience Graduate Research Awards Program

Resilience Graduate Research Awards Program (formerly known as Native Pathways Graduate Research Awards Program) is designed and administered by the Haury Program to strengthen the academic pathways for Resilience students and scholars, with an emphasis on University of Arizona programs and people devoted to tribal resilience education, research, and outreach.

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Natural Resource Workforce Development Fellowship

The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (SW CASC) Natural Resources Workforce Development (NRWD) Fellowship was developed to provide graduate students with opportunities for training and practice in developing use-inspired and actionable science to inform natural resource management decisions.

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Resilience Internships and Student Experiences (RISE)

The RISE program within AIR provides funding to University of Arizona undergraduate and graduate students completing resilience internships that cross academic boundaries and international borders.

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Resilience Master's

The Master’s in Resilience Practice program emphasizes hands-on, solutions-oriented learning that prepares students for leadership roles in the rapidly growing resilience, adaptation, and sustainability career sector.