In order to help you prepare your application for the Next Generation Fellowship, we provide the full list of questions included in the application. Note: there are three separate tracks to this fellowship, and you will respond to only on set of track questions per application. If you wish to apply for more than one track, you must submit multiple applications.
The following questions are asked as part of the Next Generation Fellowship application. For questions, please contact rafteryc@ucar.edu. Required questions are marked with an asterisk (*)
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- Your name*
- Your preferred name, if different from above
- School email address*
- Personal email address* If successful, we will use this to keep in touch with you in the years following your internship when your school email address will likely no longer work.
- This fellowship is for graduate students (Masters or PhD). You must be enrolled in graduate school in Fall of the year you apply and must not graduate before Spring of the following year. Do you meet these requirements? If you are not sure, email rafteryc@ucar.edu to discuss.*
- Current College or University*
- Which degree will you be pursuing as of this fall? Masters, PhD or other?*
- What is the name of the graduate program you are currently enrolled in?* If you are not enrolled in a program, please provide your department name and area of research interest.
- When do you plan to graduate from your current program? *
- Are you currently a full time or part time student? *
- Please list any previous higher education degrees you have received, including the year you received them and the school from which you graduated. Include your undergraduate degree(s) including associates degrees, and graduate degrees, if applicable. e.g. Associates degree in Engineering, 2015, Foothills Community College; Bachelor's degree in engineering, 2018, CU Boulder *
- Have you participated in any NCAR/UCAR programs in the past? If so, please provide the name of the program and year of participation. e.g. SOARS protégé 2018-2020; GVP 2022
- Which fellowship track are you applying for?* Earth System Science Fellowship, Diversity & Inclusion Fellowship or Public Policy Fellowship*
- Long Form Question: Please discuss how the power and privilege (or lack thereof) associated with your social identities have shaped your experiences in science. Examples of social identities include, but are not limited to race, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, socioeconomic status, disability status, first generation student status.* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
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| Track Specific Questions |
| Earth Systems Science |
Diversity & Inclusion |
Science Policy |
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- Long Form Question: Please outline your career goals and how this fellowship will help you achieve your goals* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
- Long Form Question: Describe what you plan to accomplish during your time as a Next Generation Fellow. Please include specific resources that UCAR/NCAR/UCP will be uniquely placed to provide for you during your fellowship.* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
- If selected, is there a particular scientist or group you would like to work with at NCAR or UCP? If so, please include a name and email.*
- Long Form Question: Discuss your opinion on the role diversity, equity and inclusion efforts play within the field of Earth System Science, and your contributions to these efforts.* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
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- Long Form Question: Describe your commitment to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the atmospheric and related Earth system sciences and the role you see yourself playing in making progress toward these goals.* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
- Long Form Question: Describe what you plan to accomplish during your time as a Next Generation Fellow. Please include specific resources that UCAR/NCAR/UCP will be uniquely placed to provide for you during your fellowship.* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
- Long Form Question: In what way do your goals for your time as a Next Gen Fellow align with UCAR’s DEI Strategic Plan? * (max 1600 characters + spaces)
- Long Form Question: How would participating in the Next Gen Fellowship support your future career goals?* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
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- Long Form Question: Describe how the Next Generation Fellowship will support your career goals if (choose one): (A) You intend to pursue a career as a scientist, how do you envision that a public policy experience can further your capacity to conceive of and conduct science? OR (B) You intend to pursue a career as a public policy professional, what graduate work are you pursuing now that will best enable this career path?* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
- Long Form Question: Describe how/why diversity, equity, and inclusion within the science policy community can yield better public policy.* (max 1600 characters + spaces)
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| Additional Information for all applicants |
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| Email your two letters of recommendation to rafteryc@ucar.edu by the application deadline. Either the applicant or person writing the recommendation may submit the letters. |
- Please provide the names and emails of two references.* NOTE: You are responsible for contacting your references and sending letters to rafteryc@ucar.edu. The program will not contact your references directly. We ask for this information for record keeping only.
- Any other information you would like the review committee to have?
- Optional Demographic Survey (link provided in application)
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