Graduate Student Fieldwork Grants on Environmental Justice & Peace

The application cycle for Summer 2025 is now open. All applications must be submitted by Monday, May 5, 2025 at midnight.

The Rapoport Center is offering two grants of up to $2500 each to support summer fieldwork by UT graduate students on two of the thematic priorities of the Rapoport Center’s Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice: environmental justice and peace (or their intersection). These thematic areas are broadly construed and include many types of scholarly interventions. All methodologies and geographic focuses are welcome.

We encourage applications from graduate students at early stages in their research projects. Current UT graduate students enrolled in the 2025-2026 academic year are eligible to apply. There is a strong preference for applications by students pursuing a Ph.D. or other terminal degree in their field.

Awards are based on quality of the application and fit of the project with the thematic priorities. Grantees must submit a 5-page written report on the findings and insights of their fieldwork. Grantees will also be expected to participate in  presentations of their findings for the UT community and Rapoport Center research partners in Fall 2025.

Click here to learn more about current and past recipients and their work.

Application

Please submit the following in .pdf form via our online application system.

• CV;
• Project Description, laying out your research questions and planned fieldwork, their relation to the thematic priorities above (up to 1,000 words);
• Any other funding that you have applied for;
• Itemized budget; and
• A letter of recommendation from your Faculty Advisor confirming their support of your fieldwork project.

Please note: Letters of recommendation can also be submitted directly via email to Caroline Hahn at carolinehahn@austin.utexas.edu.