IBE’s graduate fellowship program enhances our ability to expand beyond client work and drive industry transformation more broadly. IBE graduate fellows publish whitepapers and other tools, free to the public, that guide the entire green building movement forward.
Program Objective
The goals of the fellowship program are to further IBE’s mission to advance the development of healthy, thriving built environments while supporting graduate student success and preparing students for professional careers after graduation. Fellows expand IBE’s capacity to translate academic research to practice through industry-transforming tools.
Program Outcomes
IBE fellows receive funding to develop professional resources such as whitepapers, case studies, educational resources, and policy briefs. During their year-long tenure, fellows work with an interdisciplinary team, gaining exposure to the many facets of sustainability, and receiving professional mentoring and sustainability skills training.
IBE fellows come from many academic disciplines and contribute to the industry in diverse ways. For example:
- A Masters of Public Health candidate developed a whitepaper to inform a new lifelong housing certification and communicate the values and principles of lifelong housing.
- A Communications Ph.D. candidate crafted a whitepaper that introduces a competency model for regenerative practice.
- A Masters in Sustainable Enterprise candidate developed a toolkit to support low-budget, tropical K-12 schools in implementing the Whole-School Sustainability Framework.
Supporters
In 2016, IBE was designated as a Program in Research and Scholarly Excellence (PRSE) for setting a standard of excellence in research, teaching, and service that serves as a model for CSU programs and beyond. This designation by CSU’s Office for the Vice-President of Research provided seed funding, which was enhanced by CSU’s Graduate School, to establish IBE’s fellowship program. But IBE needs additional support to continue this game-changing program.
Help Us Transform the Industry
If you are a first-year CSU graduate student, we invite you to apply for an IBE fellowship. Applications are due by April 28, 2019.
If you are a community member, your donation will help sustain the IBE Fellowship Program, supporting our capacity to guide the entire green building movement forward.