UVA's Environmental Institute

Formerly the Environmental Resilience Institute (or "ERI"), UVA's Environmental Institute has a new name and an expanded mission. UVA's EI supports interdisciplinary research and training that is both great and good at the intersection of climate change and human well-being.

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Sound Recording of the Ocean
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UVA students and faculty members in discussion
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Map of earthquake waves Morocco
Osman Ozbulut, a professor in the UVA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and EI affiliate, has expertise in how structures withstand stress.
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UVA's Rotunda at dusk
The Environmental Institute has appointed acclaimed environmental attorney and natural resources policy expert Elizabeth Andrews as the first Environmental Sustainability and Resilience Practitioner Fellow.
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A UVA hydrologist and EI affiliate explains why the hurricane brought so much devastating water – and warns of the threat the flooding poses next.
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The UVA Lawn at Dusk
At this annual event, UVA’s Environmental Institute facilitated conversations around the role, power, and challenges of community-engaged and place-based research.
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Extreme Weather Events and a Changing Environment

Climate Change and the Disproportionate Health Burdens

Millions on the Move: Climate Change, Displacement, and Migration

Climate change is real. So are the solutions.
Initiatives
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Climate Collaborative
Large, interdisciplinary research teams addressing climate-related challenges
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Climate Restoration Initiative
Interdisciplinary team focused on negative emissions & carbon removal strategies for Virginia
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Decarbonization Corps
Projects to increase the pace of decarbonization through research projects
Seed Grant Opportunities
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Rapid Response
Funding on an ongoing, rolling basis for time-sensitive research
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Spark Funding
Funding for individual researchers ready to build novel research
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CoLab
Funding teams for 1-2 years on novel interdisciplinary collaborations
Fellowships
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Climate Fellows
Postdoctoral program for researchers focused on climate change & impacts
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Global to Community
Postdoctoral fellows who work as a cohort to bridge global-scale modeling
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Practitioner
Non-academic pracitioners who enhance research & teaching in environmental issues
Student Opportunities
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Internships
10-week summer internship program for UVA students
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Externships
Opportunities for UVA students to shadow workplace mentors
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Environmental Futures Fellows
Opportunities for UVA graduate students to conduct summer research
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