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Leopold Leadership Program 2013 Fellowships

*Deadline: Monday, April 16, 2012*

The Leopold Leadership Program invites midcareer academic environmental
scientists from North America (Canada, Mexico, and the United States) to apply
for the 2013 Leopold Leadership Fellowships.

The Leopold Leadership Program provides researchers with the skills, approaches,
and theoretical frameworks for translating their knowledge to action and for
catalyzing change to address the world's most pressing sustainability
challenges. Through a competitive process, the Leopold Leadership Program
selects up to 20 Fellows annually to participate in two intensive training
sessions a year apart to build and enhance their skills for leading change
wherever they choose to work on local to global scales. Our goal is to create a
community of engaged scientific leaders who link their knowledge to
decision-making about the environment and sustainability.

The program seeks candidates with terminal degrees in a broad range of
disciplines including the biophysical and social sciences and technical,
medical, and engineering fields related to the environment and sustainability.
Applicants must be employed by an academic institution in North America, have a
faculty position (preferably at the associate professor level or equivalent or
above), and be active in teaching and research. Every applicant must
demonstrate:

-A faculty position;
-An active role in research and teaching in an area of environmental and
sustainability science at a Canadian, Mexican, or U.S.-based higher education
or research institution;
-A reputation for outstanding science;
-Interest, willingness, and an appropriate professional position to
synthesize, interpret, and communicate the results of their work, connect
scientific knowledge and decision-making, and engage with stakeholders on
solving sustainability challenges;
-Passion and capacity to exercise leadership in the environmental arena and
enthusiasm to communicate science for improved environmental policies and
practices;
-Commitment to participate in all the activities of the yearlong fellowship,
including both training sessions and the practice year in between;
-Intent to share what is learned in the training program with students,
colleagues, and other stakeholders through courses, workshops, and other
outreach efforts; and
-A desire to remain an active member of the Leopold Leadership Network after
the conclusion of the Fellowship year and assist other Fellows as mentors and
coaches.

The 2013 training schedule is:

Core training
June 17-25, 2013
Trinity Conference Center, West Cornwall, CT

Practice year
Fellows practice new skills during the academic year in context at their home
institutions or in other venues.

Final session
June 12-16, 2014
Trinity Conference Center, West Cornwall, CT

The application packet and complete information about the program are available
at: http://leopoldleadership.stanford.edu

Support for the Leopold Leadership Program is provided by the David and Lucile
Packard Foundation and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.