PREDOCTORAL FELLOWS

The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) announces the sixth year of its Predoctoral Fellowship Program. Each predoctoral fellowship provides one year of support in an amount up to $60,000 to be used for tuition, stipend, and/or research expenses depending on individual needs. Students are eligible for support during any stage of their doctoral program including those who are applying to a doctoral program at the time of this application. Students must be enrolled in any one of the divisions of Johns Hopkins University in a PhD, ScD, or DrPH program.

This year, for the first time CLF Predoctoral Fellowships will be awarded to Johns Hopkins University predoctoral students who are committed to the discovery and/or application of knowledge in one of CLF’s three program areas:

Application Due: April 4, 2008

Farming for the Future Predoctoral Fellowship: Support for predoctoral students committed to the discovery and application of knowledge about the public health, environmental, economic, social and policy implications of industrial food animal production (IFAP) and other forms of industrial agriculture; and / or work examining more sustainable alternatives of food production in the U.S. and/or abroad. (Application)

Eating for the Future Predoctoral Fellowship: Support for predoctoral students committed to the discovery and/or application of knowledge about the environmental, economic, social and health impacts of current food systems in the U.S. and/or abroad; sustainable alternatives to current food systems; increasing food security; appropriate food choices for ecological and human health; and effective health promotion and behavior change interventions related to dietary choices.(Application)

Living for the Future Predoctoral Fellowship: Support for a predoctoral student committed to the discovery and/or application of knowledge about water quality and availability; competing demands for water; the food system’s contribution to climate change; sustainability initiatives within higher education, a key impetus for societal change; and impacts of toxic chemicals on ecological and human health. (Application)

Announcement of Awards: May 2008

For further information contact:
Leana Pitkevits, MS
Program Coordinator, Center for a Livable Future
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 North Wolfe Street, E2150
Baltimore, MD 21205-2179
Tel: 410-502-7578   Fax: 410-502-7579 
Email: lpitkevi@jhsph.edu