JULY 17-21, 2023 SUMMER INSTITUTE ON CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Program info and application at
climatechangestudies.uic.edu
About SICE
The Summer Institute on Climate and the Environment (SICE) considers the complex story of climate change across an intense five-day boot camp that explores the theoretical and applied work of people invested in climate change resiliency, mitigation, and adaptation (SICE Scholars Program) and through a three-month summer applied research position (SICE Fellowship Program). SICE is the successor program to the Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE), which ran from 2011-2022 While SICE retains the drive to cultivate critical thinkers in an interdisciplinary environment, it integrates the topics of sustainability and energy into the most pressing issue of our time: climate change.
Program Details
SICE Scholars Program
- Application Due Date: June 1, 2023
- Program Dates: July 17-21, 2023
SICE Fellows Program
- Application Due Date: April 15, 2023
- Program Dates: May-July, 2023 (flexible)
Info and Application at:
climatechangestudies.uic.edu/sice
Eligibility
Undergraduate (2- and 4-year institutions) and graduate students are preferred, but anyone over the age of eighteen may apply to either or both programs. Anyone under the age of 18 may petition to participate in the SICE Scholars Program. Those admitted into the SICE Fellowship Program will automatically be part of the SICE Scholars Program.
Requirements
Aside from admissions requirements, which include an application and brief interview, those admitted into either the SICE Scholars or SICE Fellowship program are expected to attend for the full duration of the boot camp program. SICE Fellows may hold other partor full-time jobs provided they ensure they can complete their collaborative work and commit to attending the boot camp.
Cost
SICE is free for undergraduate and graduate students to attend. Members of cooperating organizations and communities may also attend free of charge. Other individuals may attend the SICE boot camp for a nominal fee which will go to support the attendance of SICE Scholars and Fellows. Applicants not based in Chicago may attend free of charge but will need to arrange for their own transportation and lodging in the city.
