Student Fellowships
If a classroom can’t contain your curiosity, we’re looking for leaders and learners like you.
Student Fellowship Opportunities
![An Ignite fellow examining a shell they picked up in Acadia National Park. |. Earthwatch An Ignite fellow examining a shell they picked up in Acadia National Park.](/sites/default/files/2024/04/09/ignite_cc-min.jpg)
Ignite
Now in its 30th year, this fellowship aims to spark curiosity and a passion for science among Los Angeles-area high school students through a two-week scientific expedition over summer break..
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![Two girls measuring the depth an archaeological dig site in Colorado. |. Earthwatch Two girls measuring the depth an archaeological dig site in Colorado.](/sites/default/files/2024/04/09/girls%20in%20science_cc-min.jpg)
Girls in Science
This fellowship empowers female-identifying teens to expand their interest in science and technology and to build confidence through hands-on environmental research alongside female experts in the field.
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SUPPORT A TEEN
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![Three girls enjoying the view and their Girls in Science fellowship on Catalina Island. |. Earthwatch Three girls enjoying the view and their Girls in Science fellowship on Catalina Island](/sites/default/files/2024/04/09/girls%20in%20science%20b_cc-min.jpg)
![Two Ignite fellows examining their finds at Acadia National Park. |. Earthwatch Two Ignite fellows examining their finds at Acadia National Park.](/sites/default/files/2024/04/09/ignite_50_cc-min.jpg)
![Two Girls in Science fellows examining a sea urchin on Catalina Island. |. Earthwatch Two Girls in Science fellows examining a sea urchin on Catalina Island.](/sites/default/files/2024/04/09/girls%20in%20science%20c_cc-min.jpg)
I enjoyed the fieldwork most of all; I felt as if I was a grad student conducting research of my own, as if the work I was doing at that moment would eventually save the world. And that's exactly what I was doing.
Alicia Moore — 2017 Ignite fellow
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