Joseph E.'68 and Gail Heffernan White '66 Graduate Fellowship

Joe White ’68 and Gail Heffernan White ’66 were generous benefactors of Plymouth State University for many years and active on the Alumni Board and in the Alumni Association. They were teachers, ran an organic farm in Brentwood, and had a deep appreciation of the natural environment. The White’s support of the Center for the Environment started in 2005. In 2007, their annual support was formalized into the Joe and Gail White Graduate Fellowship.

The purpose of this fellowship is to support a full‐ or part‐time graduate student(s) in the fields of environmental science, management, and policy whose research helps address environmental issues of concern in New Hampshire, consistent with the regional mission of Plymouth State’s Center for the Environment (CFE). The student’s research project should have an applied or policy‐relevant basis to advance protection, stewardship, or management of the environment.

Recipients shall be selected by PSU’s Center for the Environment. The scholarship will be awarded to a student to cover a stipend, tuition, or research expenses. Applications will be evaluated on 1) the applicant’s academic achievement; 2) the relationship of the applicant’s proposed work to environmental issues of concern in New Hampshire and CFE; 3) how the student’s work will advance protection, stewardship, or management of the environment; and 4) clarity of writing and budget details.
Please submit a proposal describing your work. Your proposal should include: 1) your proposed research questions, project, and methods; 2) a timeline for your work; 3) how your work specifically relates to environmental issues of concern in New Hampshire; and 4) how your work will advance protection, stewardship, or management of the environment.

Please submit a budget that explains in detail how you will use the scholarship funds. Please provide a detailed budget that itemizes all project costs, the source of funds for each budget item including how you will use the scholarship funds. If scholarship funds will cover only part of your budget, be sure to explain how you plan to cover all project costs in order to meet your project objectives.