Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program – Be an environmental change-maker
How can inclusion change conservation?
The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at UW gathers students from across the country for an immersive 2-month summer program to dig deep into matters of social justice and biodiversity conservation.
DDCSP@UW is designed for students who want to pursue a career path in conservation and are at the beginning of their studies at a four-year college.
Applicants must be interested in how humans interact with the nature…that’s you, Environmental Studies students!
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or “dreamers.”
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From the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program: Engage with people, exploring their conservation issues and landscapes across the urban – wildlands gradient of Washington State – the places where conservation is actively unfolding. Interacting as a single group, together with instructors, conservation professionals, and community members at the heart of conservation controversies, DDCSP Scholars will learn to use the natural and social science techniques that underpin inclusive conservation.
We’re looking for 20 freshmen and sophomores to join us for an 8 week immersion course this summer. Our program starts in Seattle and travels to various ExUrban (wildlands and rural) landscapes in Washington addressing urban conservation issues. Scholars don’t have to be environmental science, or even science, majors, but should demonstrate a commitment to the environment and to diversity, and be curious, creative and enthusiastic – incipient change-makers. Because the program is geared for students early in their college careers, we are only able to take freshmen and sophomores. If you know of an upper-level undergraduate student or a beginning graduate student looking for an internship, please direct them to the George Melendez Wright Young Leaders in Climate Change, a program sponsored by the UW College of the Environment and the National Park Service.
Want more information? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions or contact DDCSP@uw.edu.
Conservation Scholars have all travel, food and lodging paid during their 8-week summer program, and will receive a weekly stipend of $500.
Read more about last year’s scholar stories via the College of the Environment and apply to be a part of the 2016 cohort. This is an amazing opportunity to discover how you can make a difference, to develop leadership skills and to start carving your future career.