TRI Fellowship Grants

• Description
• TRI Funding Sources and Purposes
  • TRI Summer Fellowship Grants
  • World Agroforestry Centre Africa
  • Compton Foundation, Inc.
• How to Apply for TRI Grants
• Download Forms and Guidelines
• Other Funding Opportunities at Yale

 TRI Fellowships: Introduction and Description

The Tropical Resources Institute Endowed Fellowship is designed to support Master's and Doctoral students conduct research in tropical countries. Each year TRI provides funding and logistical support for 15-20 students. Over the past twenty years has TRI has supported over 300 student research projects. Following the mission of F&ES, these projects are interdisciplinary in nature and cover a wide diversity of issues that surround the management and conservation of tropical resources.

 TRI Fellowships: Sources of Funds, Purposes, and Restrictions

TRI administers three types of fellowships for Masters and Doctoral students summer research projects:

• TRI Summer Internship Fund. Since 1983 TRI has funded over 300 Doctoral and Masters' student summer research projects throughout the tropics. The summer research fellowships are designed to provide students in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies with the opportunity to conduct useful research in tropical countries. Generally TRI awards between 15 and 20 fellowships annually. Each fellow is awarded a maximum of $3000.
• The World Agroforestry Centre Africa (ICRAF) has dedicated funds for Master’s students interested in pursuing research on the interface of agroforestry and conservation.
• The Compton Foundation’s Program [link opens in new window] aims to contribute to the capacity-building of young professionals from Central America and Sub-Saharan Africa, to improve policies and program relating to peace, population, sustainable development and the environment. contact Peter Otis (mailto:peter.otis@yale.edu) at the F&ES Career Development office.

 How to Apply for TRI Fellowships

Due date: Pre-proposals are due December 5th, 2008. These early drafts may come in any form. The idea is to provide you with some feedback and guidance on shaping your research plan. However, the more developed your proposal is, the more feedback we can give you. At a minimum, we expect a working title, faculty advisor, abstract, and research questions. Pre-proposals are mandatory for consideration in the final application. Interested students may email TRI to be added for Classes V2 website access.

Final Proposals must be submitted by February 27th, 2009 at 5:00 pm. Submit 1 electronic copy via email to nathaniel.delafield@yale.edu and three hard copies to the TRI office in the basement of 210 Prospect St.

Eligibility: All Masters and all Doctoral students currently enrolled at F&ES who will also be enrolled at F&ES in the fall of 2009 are eligible to apply to the TRI fellowship program. TRI supports research in all tropical regions.

Length and format: The entire proposal must be double-spaced and written in Times New Roman 12-point font with 1-inch margins, and no more than ten (10) pages long. Include title page and 1-page abstract.

Guidelines and forms are available on the Classes V2 website.

 Other Sources of Funds at Yale

In addition to the fellowships administered by TRI, see the links to additional sources of funding available at Yale for research in the tropics.