Scholarships to Study Sustainability in the Americas

MEXICO
$4,000 competitive scholarship offered by FIPSE, U.S. Dept of Education

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico City, Federal District)
Facultad de Arquitectura
Programa Universitario de Energía
Programa Universitario de Medio Ambiente

Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey, Nuevo León)
Departamento de Arquitectura
Programa de Diseño y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Ciudad
Programa de Sistemas Ambientales



CANADA
$4,000 competitive scholarship offered by FIPSE, U.S. Dept of Education

McGill University (Montreal, Quebéc)
School of Architecture
School of the Environment

Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Faculty of Planning and Architecture



BRAZIL
About $1,000 International Education Fund Scholarship (IEFS)

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul)
Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) Curitiba, Paraná
$4,000 competitive scholarship offered by FIPSE, U.S. Dept of Education. Available for research and open only to graduate students.

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia e Meio Ambeinte
Research groups in Technology and Sustainable Developmnent, Technology and Social Transformation, Design, Art and Culture, Technology Management and Innovation, Technology and the Environmnet, and Gender and Technology.


APPLICATION INFORMATION

Deadlines:
March 1 for Fall 2007, October 1 for Spring 2008.

Eligibility
Open to all UT undergraduate or graduate students in good academic standing. Students going to Mexico or Brazil must have two years of language training or the equivalent. Students conducting research in Curitiba, Brazil have . An intensive course in-country is recommended prior to the start of the semester.

Funding
* IC2 Institute offers scholarships for study abroad coursework in sustainability at these universities through the North American Sustainability, Housing, and Community Consortium (NASHCC) and U.S.-Brazil Sustainability Consortium. Funding from FIPSE, U.S. Department of Education. For more info, see http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/nashcc.

* Various additional scholarships are specifically designated for international study. For info on General Study Abroad Scholarships visit the Center for Global Educational Opportunities.