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Call for 2011 Leopold Leadership Fellowship candidates

The Leopold Leadership Program is pleased to announce the call for
applications for the 2011 Leopold Leadership Fellowships.  Please forward
this e-mail to anyone you know who might be interested.  Information about
the fellowship, including application forms, is available at the program web
site at  <http://leopoldleadership.stanford.edu/>
http://leopoldleadership.stanford.edu.

Leopold Leadership Program
Call for Applications - 2011 Fellowships
Deadline: Monday, April 12, 2010

The Leopold Leadership Program invites mid-career academic environmental
scientists from North America (Canada, Mexico, and the United States) to
apply for the 2011 Leopold Leadership Fellowships.

The mission of the Leopold Leadership Program is to advance environmental
decision making by providing academic environmental scientists with the
skills and connections they need to be effective leaders and communicators.
Through a competitive process, the Leopold Leadership Program selects up to
20 Fellows annually to participate in an intensive training program designed
to build and enhance their skills in communicating with policy makers, media
representatives, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, and the general
public. Our goal is to create a community of engaged scientific leaders to
inform decision makers addressing society's most pressing environmental
challenges.

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

.         an academic position (either tenured or tenure track);

.         an active role in research and teaching in an area of
environmental science at a Canadian, Mexican, or U.S.-based higher education
or research institution;

.         a reputation for outstanding science;

.         evidence of interest in making direct connections between
scientific knowledge and environmental issues;

.         interest, willingness, and an appropriate professional position to
synthesize, interpret, and communicate the results of their work to peers,
policy makers, the media, and the general public;

.         passion and capacity to exercise leadership in the environmental
science arena and enthusiasm to advocate the importance of science for
improved environmental policies and practices;

.         commitment to participate in the entire two weeks of training and
contribute to the program as well as take advantage of its benefits;

.         intent to share what is learned in the training program with
students and colleagues and other stakeholders through courses, workshops,
and broader outreach efforts; and

.         ability and desire to remain an active member of the Leopold
Leadership Network after the conclusion of the Fellowship year.

The 2011 training schedule is:
Session I   Trinity Conference Center, CT  June 17 - 24, 2011
Session II  Washington, D.C.               September 8 - 14, 2011

The training is offered in English and focuses on U.S.-based institutions,
audiences, and policy making. Full details and application documents are
available online at:  <http://leopoldleadership.stanford.edu>
http://leopoldleadership.stanford.edu.

Support for the Leopold Leadership Program is provided by the David and
Lucile Packard Foundation.

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