{"id":104119,"date":"2025-09-18T18:32:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=104119"},"modified":"2025-09-18T18:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:43:34","slug":"applications-open-for-cooperative-extension-fellowship-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/applications-open-for-cooperative-extension-fellowship-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for Cooperative Extension fellowship programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sept. 18, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year-long Cooperative Extension Fellowships are now open for application \u2014 apply by Oct. 24<\/strong>!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Applications are now being accepted for the University\u2019s:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agriculture and Food System Fellows Program<\/a>
Energy Fellows Program<\/a>
Environmental Management Fellows Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Student participants in any of the year-long fellowship programs listed above are matched with a professional mentor to work 500 paid hours on a real-world project that has a positive impact on our local food system, our energy system, environmental protection and climate resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the paid internship, students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Earn three academic credits for professional development training through ITR 301 – Field Experience I; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Participate in industry-led weekly Summer Industry Trainings that feature micro-lectures, site visits and service learning opportunities; and <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Begin to build a professional network in their field of interest through interactions with professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Students in all academic majors are encouraged to apply \u2014 a passion for sustainability and a strong desire to gain professional experience are the only prerequisites. Learn more and apply by Oct. 24 for a program that starts in January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For questions, please contact <\/em>kate@uri.edu<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Sept. 18, 2025 Year-long Cooperative Extension Fellowships are now open for application \u2014 apply by Oct. 24! Applications are now being accepted for the University\u2019s: Agriculture and Food System Fellows ProgramEnergy Fellows ProgramEnvironmental Management Fellows Program Student participants in any of the year-long fellowship programs listed above are matched with a professional mentor to work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-104119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-911±¬ΑΟ-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104128,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104119\/revisions\/104128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}