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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Latest News

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New Environmental Institute Offices

The Environmental Institute Welcomes Two New Directors

Leon Szeptycki and Moira O’Neill join current director Karen McGlathery and associate director Andres Clarens on the leadership team of UVA’s Environmental Institute.
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Assistant Professor Mohamed Ismail Advances Decarbonization of Building Materials through EI CoLab

The Institute recently awarded a CoLab grant for an interdisciplinary research team decarbonizing construction by considering hemp as a building material.
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Researchers Urge Closing Outdated Water Rule to Aid Colorado River Crisis

A UVA-lead team offers a pragmatic start to solving needs in the water-scarce American West.
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UVA Environmental Institute Appoints Bobby Vance as 2024-2025 Practitioner Fellow

The Institute welcomes Vance, an award-winning architect with a focus on sustainability solutions for challenges in the design and construction industry.

Upcoming Events

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Panel Discussion on Community-Engaged Research
Climate change is real. So are the solutions.

Karen McGlathery, Director

Initiatives
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Climate Collaborative
Large, interdisciplinary research teams addressing climate-related challenges
https://environment.virginia.edu/about-climate-collaboratives
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Climate Restoration Initiative
Interdisciplinary team focused on negative emissions & carbon removal strategies for Virginia
https://environment.virginia.edu/restore
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Decarbonization Corps
Projects to increase the pace of decarbonization through research projects
https://environment.virginia.edu/decarbonization-corp
Seed Grant Opportunities
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Rapid Response
Funding on an ongoing, rolling basis for time-sensitive research
https://environment.virginia.edu/rapid-response-grant
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Spark Funding
Funding for individual researchers ready to build novel research
https://environment.virginia.edu/spark-grants
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CoLab
Funding teams for 1-2 years on novel interdisciplinary collaborations
https://environment.virginia.edu/colab-call
Fellowships
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Climate Fellows
Postdoctoral program for researchers focused on climate change & impacts
https://environment.virginia.edu/g2c-fellows
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Global to Community
Postdoctoral fellows who work as a cohort to bridge global-scale modeling
https://environment.virginia.edu/g2c
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Practitioner
Non-academic practitioners who enhance research & teaching in environmental issues
https://environment.virginia.edu/practitioner-fellows
Student Opportunities
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Internships
10-week summer internship program for UVA students
https://environment.virginia.edu/news/summer-internship-program
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Externships
Opportunities for UVA students to shadow workplace mentors
https://environment.virginia.edu/news/environmental-externships
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Environmental Futures Fellows
Opportunities for UVA graduate students to conduct summer research
https://environment.virginia.edu/grad-fellows
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