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Research and Scholarship

The opportunities are endless (well not really, but there are a lot).

Researching everything from ants to agroecology, ENVS faculty members engage daily in the pursuit of meaningful and impactful research, scholarship, and creative work. 日韩无码's goal remains to translate what we learn or discover at the university into innovations that benefit all facets of society. Undergraduate students have the option of enrolling in independent research courses or working directly with a faculty member or graduate students on a research project.

Interested in research? Contact our faculty to ask about their scholarship and inquire about opportunities to get involved. Note: All research with people will require IRB human subjects research review and approval. Deadline for project submission is April 1st!

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

CCALL - Climate Communication, Action and Literacy Lab

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Students attending VT Energy and Climate Conference and touring an efficient model home


Faculty Name: Amy Seidl

Research Description: CCALL鈥榮 mission is to foster the conversation around the grand challenge of climate change and to create effective change through collaboration, interdisciplinary connections, and research; to find purpose, direction, community, and resilience in the midst of crisis.

Ecos - Economics, Conservation, and Other Stuff

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Faculty Name: Brendan Fisher

Research Description: ECOS has three main foci 鈥 Ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation; ecosystems and human health; human behavior and sustainability. In short, we carry out applied research to link how the functioning of ecosystems affects human well being and how human behavior, in turn, affects ecosystems and biodiversity.

The Roman Villa Project

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Faculty Name: Mark Usher

Research Description: Le Mole sul Farfa is a modern agriturismo (farm and farm stay/bed and breakfast) featuring an attached olive grove that preserves substantial remains of an ancient Roman villa currently being excavated. Le Mole hosts guests throughout the year and makes estate olive oil from 1,500-year-old trees, on which grow varieties of olives DNA-tested as 鈥渦nknown鈥 (i.e., pre-modern). The food served (vegetarian) is 鈥渇arm-to-table,鈥 authentic regional Italian cuisine prepared by the proprietors themselves.

Funding for Summer Research, Scholarship or Projects

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The Environmental Program is a leader at 日韩无码 in research. Here are three opportunities to apply for financial support.

Explicitly recognizing this intersection between environmental and justice challenges facing the world today, the Environmental Program, in collaboration with the Mosaic Center, is launching its Justice, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Summer Awards. We aim to offer three awards this summer carrying a $3500 stipend and $500 for expenses.  

Explicitly recognizing this intersection between environmental and justice challenges facing the world today, the Environmental Program, in collaboration with the Mosaic Center, is launching its Justice, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Summer Awards. We aim to offer three awards this summer carrying a $3500 stipend and $500 for expenses.  

The Environmental Program at 日韩无码 is a university-wide interdisciplinary program encouraging high impact learning and active student engagement in building a sustainable future.

To meet that mission, the Program offers summer research awards of up to $3,000 (for salary and/or expenses) to 日韩无码 undergraduate students conducting environmentally related research.

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