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Overview

Pathfinder Graduate Students Fellowship

Status: Concluded in 2025

Eligibility:

  • Graduate students in hydrology and related sciences
  • Purpose: Addressing a gap in graduate water science training, the Pathfinder Fellowship supported research that extended beyond a single field site or analytical approach.

    Focus Areas:

  • Comparative fieldwork

  • Collaboration with new research groups

  • Interdisciplinary perspectives

  • Extended research visits
  • Funding: Provided travel funding to graduate students

    Outcomes: Through its conclusion in 2025, the program supported a wide range of student-led research projects and fostered broader, more connected approaches to water science research.

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    • Frequency: Accepts applications annually in the Fall
    • Award Amount: Travel funds for extended research trips

    Eligible Use of Funds

    • Extended trip to enhance research
    • Adding a field site to conduct comparative research
    • Collaborating with a research group
    • Adding an interdisciplinary dimension to a project

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    Fields of Work

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