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Are you passionate about climate change and looking for hands-on, community-based experience? The LEJ Climate Action Fellowship is now accepting applications for the 2025–2026 academic year!

In partnership with Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ), this fellowship offers students the opportunity to support environmental education, native plant restoration, and climate justice initiatives in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood. Fellows will earn a $10,000 stipend, commit approximately 15 hours per week, and enroll in a 1-unit seminar during Fall 2025.

We are offering two LEJ Partnership Fellowships, open to full-time undergraduate or graduate students with an interest in climate solutions, environmental justice, and community engagement.

Application Deadline: May 16, 2025
To apply, go to our website to read the application, submit your resume, transcript, and personal statement to Kai Burrus (lburrus@sfsu.edu) with the subject line: Climate Action Fellowship Application – LEJ.

For more details, contact Kai and/or check out our website. https://climatehq.sfsu.edu/climatehq/lej-climate-action-fellowship

LCA’s College Undergraduate Research Experience is pleased to announce the Marcus Undergraduate Research Fellowship, an opportunity for undergraduates working closely with a faculty member to develop, complete, and present a research or creative project.

It awards $3,000 to each student fellow and $1,000 to their faculty mentor to engage in student-initiated research and creative projects in 2025-2026. In addition to funding, recipients will participate in programming that supports their projects throughout the course of the fellowship. Research projects are broadly construed and students from all majors in the College of Liberal & Creative Arts from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences are encouraged to apply.

Please visit https://lca.sfsu.edu/marcus-undergraduate-research-fellowship for full details. Applications are due Tuesday, April 1 by 11:59pm.

Questions? Reach out to Rebecca Eissler, reissler@sfsu.edu, Co-Director of CURE

The 3rd annual Climate Action Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students in all fields of study and is designed to enable a diverse group of SF State students to take action to address climate change from a wide variety of perspectives and to support the development of community and leadership among these and other SF State students focused on climate change.  The program is part of the SF State Climate Justice Leaders Initiative.

   * Application deadline:   March 3, 2025

   * Annual award amount:  $10,000; up to six fellowships will be awarded

   * Undergraduate and graduate students in all majors are invited to apply

   * Under-represented students are especially encouraged to apply

   * Interested students are encouraged to attend an information session

   * Email inquiries may be directed to climate.action.fellowship@sfsu.edu

Eligibility
Current faculty members holding continuing appointments in arts and humanities disciplines who have ten or more years of full-time teaching and scholarly/research/creative inquiry (URSCI) experience or have reached associate professor in a tenure track role.
A current CUR membership.