Information Session: 2025 IGS Graduate Student Summer Fellows Program

The Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) invites applications for the 2025 IGS Graduate Student Summer Fellows Program. The program offers graduate students from across BU the opportunity for capacity building, mentoring, and interdisciplinary analysis to support their independent research projects in planetary health and human well-being, the governance and politics of sustainability transitions, and energy systems of the future. Information Session Join us to learn more about the application process. Past IGS Summer Fellows will be in attendance to give their insights about the program. Lunch will be served. RSVP by 9 am on Friday, February 28. Program Overview The 10-week (May 22, 2025–July 24, 2025) fellowship includes a financial stipend (or research budget) of $5,000 towards your summer work, structured interaction with IGS core and affiliated faculty, and a collegial atmosphere that fosters peer support and intellectual growth. Summer Fellows are expected to conduct independent research that is geared toward an academic audience and could be published in the future. The 2025 summer program will be held in person at the IGS offices on the Charles River Campus at 111 Cummington Mall. The program is open to Boston University full-time graduate students from all Schools and Colleges. Learn more and apply on IGS's website at bu.edu/igs/gssf. The application deadline is March 21.