2009 Bullitt Environmental Fellowship Call for Applications



The Bullitt Environmental Fellowship is a two-year, $50,000/year
fellowship for graduate students interested in pursuing leadership
positions within the environmental field.



The Bullitt Environmental Fellowship is offered in memory of
longtime Foundation Chair, Priscilla Bullitt Collins. In her honor,
an outstanding, environmentally knowledgeable graduate student from
a community under-represented in the environmental movement, who
has demonstrated exceptional capacity for leadership as well as
scholarship, will receive a two-year, $50,000/year fellowship
award.



Priscilla (Patsy) Bullitt Collins who devoted much of her life to
working for the public good, donating first her time and energy and
thenafter receiving a multi-million-dollar
inheritancedonating all of her money to causes she believed in.
She embraced the idea of stewardship, supporting projects that
touched the future in someway, whether by nurturing a love of
reading in children or setting aside open spaces for generations to
come.



ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants must first secure a recommendation from a
faculty member. Only faculty recommended applications will be
considered.



Eligible applicants will be:



    * Currently enrolled in a graduate candidate program, not
restricted to environmental studies;

    * Prepared to demonstrate a strong desire and capacity for
leadership; and

    * Seeking leadership opportunities to make substantial
contributions to the environmental field.



APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

The fellowship is offered to graduate students in universities
within the Foundations areas of focus Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
western Montana, southern Alaska, and British Columbia. The Bullitt
Foundation supports efforts in these states to build regional model
of a healthy, sustainable environment.



    * All applications will be reviewed and scored based on faculty
recommendations, applicant responses, and thoroughness of the
application package.

    * A blue-ribbon selection panel will review finalist
applications and an in-person interview will be required for final
selection.

    * Award recipient must be willing to attend an award event to
be held in Seattle, Washington at a date to be announced in June,
2009.

    * Application materials are attached, and are available for
download at the Bullitt Foundation Web site<http://bullitt.org/news/bullitt-environmental-fellowship-call-for-applications>
.

    * No applications will be mailed from or available in the
Bullitt Foundation offices.

    * All completed application packages must be received at the
Bullitt Foundation office NOT LATER THAN APRIL 6, 2009.

    * A confirmation of receipt will be provided to each eligible
applicant.



Mail to:

Bullitt Environmental Fellowship

1212 Minor Avenue

Seattle, WA 98101-2825

Inquiries may be directed to: info@bullitt.org