Student Awards and Scholarships

Through the generosity of a number of donors, the Institute for the Environment offers awards and scholarships to UNC undergraduates. Many of them help students attend one of the program's field sites, and almost all of them support students who are willing to do internships or other community service activities.

Award Types

Awards are one-time payments awarded to a student on the basis of need, merit, or some other basis such as attendance at a specific Institute field site. Students who win awards are notified by April 30. Some awards require you to be admitted to a specific field site in order to be eligible to apply. The deadline to apply for field sites (through Study Abroad) is mid-February. Unless otherwise noted, awards are paid to each winning student's account with the University Cashiers Office. The balance remaining, if any, after expenses in the award semester have been cleared will be issued to the winning student by the Cashiers Office (not by the CEP) as a check.
Scholarships are continuing support for undergraduate students at Carolina, generally requiring you to maintain good academic standing with the University and, in the case of those given to, and administered in part by the Institute for the Environment, generally requiring applicants to show interest in environmental majors or meet similar requirements. They may requre you to complete an application form. You can obtain additional information about scholarships at Carolina from the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, (919) 962-4168.
Fellowships are one-time or continuing support for graduate students at Carolina. In the case of those given to, and administered in whole or in part by the Institute, generally open only to graduate students at UNC in certain areas of advanced environmental study. They may require you to complete an application form and/or further application activites. You can obtain additional information about support for graduate students at Carolina from the Graduate School.

Award Name	Amount	# Available	Site Restrictions	Award Basis	How to Apply
AEFS Anonymous Awards	$2500	3	Albemarle Ecological Field Site	NEED	Automatic consideration
Two students attending the 2004, 2005, and three students attending the 2006, 2007, and 2008 sessions of the Albemarle Ecological Field Site will each receive a $2,500 award. This award, which was given by anonymous donors, is on the basis of need. There is no application process. The award is given each of these sessions to the two or three students admitted to the Albemarle Ecological Field Site demonstrating the greatest financial need.
Glaze Award	$600	2	Thailand Field Site	MERIT	Inquire with Field Site Director
A $600 award is made to one UNC student attending the Thailand Field Site and one Thai (KMUTT) student participating in the Thailand Exchange Program. This award was made possible by founding CEP Director Bill Glaze. If you win this award, its payment is contingent upon your acceptance to, and actual attendance at, the next session of the Thailand Field Site.
Mary and Watts Hill, Jr. Awards	$2500	4	N/A	MERIT	Inquire with Greg Gangi
$2,500 awards made to four UNC undergraduates every year. Recipients of these awards must undertake an internship (which may be in Summer, Fall or Spring) during the academic year the award is made. This endowed award was made possible by Mary Hill of Chapel Hill, in memory of her late husband, Watts Hill, Jr. At least half of the awards each year must be to science majors working with UNC Department of Marine Sciences or Institute of Marine Sciences faculty in Chapel Hill, Manteo or Morehead City. All awardees must, in their internship, work with Institute for the Environment, Department of Marine Sciences, or Institute of Marine Sciences Faculty.
Richardson Award	$2680	1	Highlands Field Site	N/A	Inquire with Field Site Director
A $2,680 award made to one student in each session of the Highlands Field Site who undertakes an internship with the Highlands Biological Station, including its Nature Center and Garden. The award will be made for five successive years. This award was made possible by the Inman Foundation of Atlanta, Georgia. If you win this award, its payment is contingent upon your acceptance to, and actual attendance at, the next session of the Highlands Field Site, and of your accepting that session's Highlands Biological Station internship.
Robert Alonzo Winston Scholarship	$10000	1	N/A	N/A	Application
The Robert Alonzo Winston Conservation Scholarship is awarded to one entering undergraduate first-year student at UNC every year. You must be a high school senior, and you must be admitted to UNC to apply for the scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to students who are interested in conservation and who, therefore, intend to major in Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Geography, or Public Policy. The online application includes an essay asking why you are interested in conservation and how you expect study at Carolina will advance that interest. The Scholarship is $2,500 per year for four years, and requires you maintain good academic standing at UNC. It is withdrawn if you do not maintain good academic standing. It ends after four years whether or not you graduate on time. While it is not required, we encourage winners to use the money to pay for summer enrichment activities such as field based coursework, internships and research. It is also recommended that award winners work with an Institute for the Environment advisor to identify suitable summer experiences. The scholarship was established by a bequest from Shirley Rabb Winston and is named in honor of late UNC graduate Robert Alonzo Winston.
Watts and Betsy Steele Carr Awards	$2500	1	Morehead City Field Site	MERIT	Inquire with Field Site Director
A $2,500 award awarded to one student attending each session of the Morehead City Field Site. This endowed award was made possible by G. Watts and Betsy Steele Carr of Greensboro, N.C. If you win this award, its payment is contingent upon your acceptance to, and actual attendance at, the next session of the Morehead City Field Site. Currently, this site is open Fall semesters only.