PEI sponsors several competitive senior thesis research funds to which undergraduates may apply for support for travel, research and supplies for field work and research on an environmental topic in the U.S. and abroad. Students usually apply for funds during the spring semester of their junior year for senior thesis research during the summer. Requests may also be made in the fall of the senior year.

Applications must include a brief proposal (1-2 pages), a letter of support from your advisor and a budget. For additional information, please see Dean Fowler 2009 memo.

The Becky Colvin Memorial Fund
This fund was established in memory of Becky Colvin ‘95, an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) major who was strongly committed to field ecology and environmental studies. The Fund provides an annual grant to support undergraduate environmental field research projects for the senior thesis. Juniors in the Environmental Studies Program (ENV) or EEB are eligible for this award. Nominees will be selected from the submitted applications by the Director of PEI and the Chair of EEB. The final selection will be made in consultation with the Colvin family.

The deadline for applications is April 3, 2009. Applications are available here.

For further information, please contact Lynne Johnson at ljohnson@princeton.edu.