Community and Citizen Science Fellowship
Training, mentorship, and funding for graduate students in conservation
The Center for Community and
Citizen Science offers the Community and Citizen Science in
Conservation Fellowship in support of graduate students
integrating participatory methods into their research on diverse
environmental topics.
Effective environmental problem solving brings together research, partnerships across disciplines and sectors, and a commitment to iterative learning that supports long-term stewardship. In environmental science, community and citizen science (CCS) approaches can be especially powerful and yield valuable data while also advancing other parts of a program, such as education and community engagement. However, formal training in CCS is not yet widely available for graduate students pursuing degrees in environmental science. Whatever their career paths, graduate students can benefit from an awareness of, and experiences with CCS approaches, applied in a problem context.
The Fellowship provides graduate students with the opportunity for training, funding, and guided hands-on experience with CCS. To qualify for the fellowship, graduate students must complete a 10-week seminar in the spring exploring CCS approaches and applications broadly related to environmental work. Accepted fellows will be awarded a stipend for research support and given mentorship and professional development opportunities throughout the following academic year.
Community and Citizen Science seminar
The Center for Community and
Citizen Science offers a 2-unit ”Community and Citizen
Science” seminar at UC Davis. The seminar involves weekly
discussion and exploration of community and citizen science
(CCS) approaches and applications broadly related to
environmental work. With an emphasis on recent academic
literature, each class focuses on a different topic such as
equity and justice, project design and implementation, and
participant and conservation benefits. Other topics are
identified and explored based on student interest. This
seminar allows students to develop ideas for CCS
projects within their own research.
Students who complete the seminar are eligible to apply for the CCS Fellowship, offered annually by the UC Davis Center for Community and Citizen Science.
If you have any questions, please contact Ryan Meyer, rmmeyer@ucdavis.edu.