Community Partner Application
Overview
Organizations looking for information on the selection process can see our Community Partner Information Sheet.
Please fill out the online application using the information described in the Community Partner Information Sheet. Please note that if you prefer, you can upload a word document with the application information at the end of the online application.
Organizations will be notified of their status in the second week of January. Organizations who are not selected as Environmental Fellowship sites may still find other Bowdoin students with summer fellowship funding to fill their needs. The Environmental Studies Program can provide more information on these opportunities.
Online Community Partner Application
Deadline: January 7, 2022 5:00pm
Please provide the following:
1. A brief overall job description of what the fellow would be doing through a placement in your organization. Please keep your description under 150 words. We will use this when advertising the position.
2. Answers to the following questions:- What are two potential projects the student would undertake over the course of the 10-week fellowship?
- What can your organization provide a student in terms of skill and professional development, and connections to the community? Please list the primary supervisor.
- A brief statement on ways that we can connect our program to your organization’s mission. Specifically, we are interested in ways that the fellowship can build towards ongoing community-based projects and community-based research in partnership with the Environmental Studies Program. Is there a specific community or research project that the student can contribute to and that can lead to a longer-term partnership with the Environmental Studies Program at Bowdoin College? This will help us support students in identifying ways that can bring their experience back to the Environmental Studies Program.
As part of the application process, we will also be asking students who apply to identify a specific way to connect their fellowship to the Environmental Studies Program. This might be in the form of helping us develop a community-based project or class lab exercise in partnership with your organization, presenting on a project that they worked on, talking to ES students about opportunities to engage in the community, or pursuing an independent study after the summer fellowship program. Note that the student is not under any obligation to implement the idea, but in the past, we have found that student initiated projects have led to longer term community partnerships.