Application Guidelines

Application Process

The mission of the Leopold Leadership Program at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment is to advance environmental decision making by providing academic environmental scientists the skills and connections they need to be effective leaders and communicators. It brings together outstanding academic scientists from across North America, provides them with leadership and communications training to assist in working with nonscientific audiences, and builds a network of scientists and trainers committed to science outreach beyond the academy.

The program invites midcareer academic environmental scientists from North America (Canada, Mexico, and the United States) to apply for the 2009 Leopold Leadership Fellowships. Applications are welcome from a broad range of disciplines including biological, physical, and social sciences and technical, medical, and engineering fields related to the environment. Applicants must be employed by an academic institution, be midcareer as a tenured or tenure-track professor, and be active in research and teaching. The program does not accept applications from scientists employed by NGOs, the private sector, or government agencies.

Please read the following information thoroughly before completing and submitting your application. Also, please be sure to thoroughly review the Fellowship Details and Training sections of the program's Web site before applying.


SCHEDULE AND DEADLINE: The deadline for applications for the 2009 Leopold Leadership Fellowships is April 14, 2008. Candidates will be notified of the outcome of their applications in late November 2008. The public announcement of the 2009 Leopold Leadership Fellows will occur in March 2009.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Applications must be submitted using the online forms as below. Applications submitted by fax or through the mail will not be accepted.

Online application: https://woods-intranet.stanford.edu:8991/cgi-bin/allp_fellow_app.php

All application materials must be submitted in English.

Applicants will be notified by email when their materials have been received. For an application to be considered, all components must be received by the deadline. Incomplete, partial and late applications will not be considered.

NOTE:

• To be eligible for a Leopold Leadership Fellowship, applicants must commit to participating in both week-long training sessions in their entirety. There will be no exceptions. See the Training Schedule for dates and locations. Do not apply if you know you are not able to attend both sessions from start to finish.
• Leopold Leadership Fellowships may not be deferred. Selected Fellows are eligible to participate in training during the year for which the fellowship is awarded only.
• The training is offered in English and is oriented toward outreach and communication with the media, NGOs, policy makers and government agencies, and industry in the United States.