• Job Description

  Req#: 499313

  The Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship seeks to encourage individuals who have the potential to make a significant positive difference in understanding wilderness and how to protect it. The scholarship is available to current qualified graduate students in the United States. It was created in honor of Gloria Barron, a dedicated educator and tireless advocate for wilderness protection, and is administered by The Wilderness Society (TWS), a leading conservation organization based in Washington, D.C.

  Two separate awards of $25,000 each will be given to two graduate students to support their research and preparation of a paper on an aspect of wilderness. Additional funding may be available to pay travel expenses for the recipient to work with staff members of The Wilderness Society on this project. TWS wishes to encourage the publication of this work in an academic journal or other appropriate medium and has additional funds to help cover expenses of publishing and publicizing the final paper.

  The scholarship seeks to encourage individuals who have the potential to make a significant positive difference in the long-term protection of wilderness. In the past, individuals like Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson have made that kind of lasting difference. They possessed all the skills needed to excel in their respective professions, but they also possessed something more: the courage and the vision to think afresh about how and why to protect our wild lands and the ability to communicate those ideas effectively to others.

  Applicants for the Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship must:

  • Be currently enrolled in an accredited graduate institution in the United States at the time of application;

  • Have strong academic qualifications;

  • Have academic and/or career goals focused on making a significant positive difference in the long-term protection of wilderness in the United States.

  Read more about the scholarship, eligibility and application requirements here.

  Application Procedures and Guidelines

  Students applying for the Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship must submit all of the following materials in PDF format combined into one document for an application to be considered complete:

  • A 2-page cover letter must offer insights into the personal motivations of the applicant as well as how wilderness has influenced your life.
  • A 3-5 page double-spaced proposal. The proposal must include a description of the proposed work and a timeline for completion of a paper within 24 months. The 5-page proposal limit includes any images/tables/charts but does not include your list of references/citations. Please use 12-point font with 1-inch margins. See Research Topics for guidelines. Within your proposal, please identify 1-3 TWS staff members you would be interested in interacting with during your time as a Gloria Barron Scholar, and explain how that interaction would benefit your project.
  • A 1-page budget summarizing how funds will be spent. The Gloria Barron scholarship can be used for a wide range of costs and activities to support the scholar in their research and career development. Example expenses can include (but are not limited to) summer salary, school year stipend, travel expenses, conference fees, training workshops, research materials and supplies, etc.
  • A current résumé or curriculum vitae.
  • Two letters of recommendation describing the applicant's ability to meet the objectives of the scholarship and proposed work. One letter should be from the applicant’s major professor, advisor, or committee chair. The letters can be included with the rest of the application materials or recommenders can e-mail the letters directly to barron_scholarship@tws.org .
  • Scanned undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official or unofficial). Due to a 10 MB limit on the total size of your application, we recommend that you scan at 300 dpi if at all possible.

  Please ensure that any documents you include in your application (particularly your transcripts) are not password protected.

  For more information, please contact Mariah Meek at mariah_meek@tws.org - no phone calls, please.

  APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15, 2024

  TWS is an equal opportunity employer and actively works to ensure fair treatment of our employees and constituents across culture, socioeconomic status, race, marital or family situation, gender, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, physical ability, veteran status or sexual orientation.

  As an organization, we aspire to being inclusive in the work that we do and in the kind of organization we are. Internally, this means working as a team that listens to different points of view, recognizes the contributions of every employee, and empowers each employee to bring their whole selves to work every day. Externally, this means ensuring that public lands are inclusive and welcoming so that our shared wildlands can help people and nature to thrive. We are committed to equity throughout our work, which we define as our commitment to realizing the promise of our public lands and ensuring that all can share in their universal benefits.

  To learn more about our commitment, please see http://wilderness.org/our-commitment-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-wilderness-society

• About the company

  The Wilderness Society is an American non-profit land conservation organization that is dedicated to protecting natural areas and federal public lands in the United States.

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