ESD Summer Fellowship 2023

The SES Endowment for Sustainable Development will provide up to 3 one month, full-time fellowships for the most compelling proposals for summer research relating to sustainable economic development. The full-time fellowship provides double the standard monthly RA stipend.  

These fellowships are targeted toward students who are working on research that relates in some way to sustainability and/or development economics. To be consider for one of these fellowships, submit a short proposal to me via email by Thursday March 2, 2023 with the following information:

  • Your name
  • Your project title
  • Narrative abstract of no more than 250 words. 
  • Your specific support request: You may request up to one month full-time summer support (equivalent to two times one RA monthly stipend) distributed over the pay periods May 15-August 15 2022 in a way that suits your schedule (paid with the usual WSU paycheck delay).

Send the proposal directly to Professor Jonathan Yoder at yoder@wsu.edu by 5pm April 28.

Important instructions for narrative preparation:  The proposal abstract must explicitly make the case that the work meaningfully connects to or supports sustainability and/or economic development.  Your work need not be directly  or primarily focused on these topics, but your proposal should make the strongest case possible to show that your work relates to sustainable economic development in some way.  Feel free to contact me if you have concerns about whether your project is a good enough fit — or better yet, just send a proposal in and see if it sticks.  If your proposal narrative does not explicitly make the case that your proposed research relates to sustainability or sustainable development, you will not receive funding.

If I do select your proposal to receive funding, actual funding of your project for the summer will be conditional on approval by SES and your current adviser to avoid any other possible commitment conflicts.  These approvals can be acquired if and after your proposal is selected.

If you do receive the funding, you will be expected to provide a 250 word description of your project for posting on this program webpage. This might be the same as the proposal narrative if appropriate.