Introducing the Independent Environmental Fellowship Program
Submit your application by January 12, 2025, at 23:59 MSK
The Independent Environmental Fellowship Program seeks to connect with aspiring individuals who aim to improve their local environment through small steps on a local level.
We’re looking for professionals, experts, and enthusiasts who are passionate about environmental issues in their communities. Selected fellows will participate in an eight-day study tour to Washington, D.C. to see our local initiatives and connect with American peers. IEFP will take care of all costs.
Let’s learn from each other!
IEFP strives to showcase best practices of environmental stewardship.
We celebrate your accomplishments, initiatives and ideas. What’s working in your neighborhood?
We believe that local efforts lead to big changes.
Whether you are a volunteer, a non-profit expert or a hobbyist, we think your efforts have a big impact across your community.
Community leaders are the ambassadors of change. We’d like to compare notes on how we go about pursuing change to benefit our communities.
Study Tour of Washington, D.C.
The greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area is home to numerous organizations and initiatives that engage in environmental stewardship. We’d like to introduce you to them and to see their progress first hand. Local organizations engage in all sorts of activities, to include:
Cleaning the Anacostia and Potomac rivers
Preserving trail networks
Composting
Recycling
Park maintenance
Who can apply?
This program is designed for aspiring experts that are in the private and non-profit sectors only. This program is not designed for government employees.
Applicants should:
Be Russian citizens, residing in Russia
Have at least three years of work experience in the relevant field
Have a keen interest and dedication to advancing grassroots environmental stewardship in their home communities
Demonstrate a commitment to implementing a community service project in their home community
Demonstrate a commitment and a plan to deliver at least five presentations (to ~20 peers per event) about the knowledge exchange that happened during the trip to their local communities