Spring 2025 Dates & Deadlines

GGC Affiliated Faculty, Postdocs and IGC Fellows are encouraged to attend the meeting held from 2:15pm-4:30pm in Steger Hall Auditorium, followed by a light reception from 4:30pm-6:00pm in the Steger Hall Lobby.

This event will serve as an opportunity for our affiliates to receive updated information about the GCC, including upcoming funding opportunities, as well as hear about the research and works done by some of our faculty and fellows.

Each year, the GCC, with funding from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment, accepts proposals from GCC faculty to support collaborative research that will lead to proposals submitted to extramural funding sources. In addition to our normal funding priorities, this year we are also encouraging proposals that position teams to be competitive for new funding that will become available through our new membership in NECASC.

Because environmental injustices must be solved in collaboration with the underserved communities most affected by global changes, we seek to attract the next generation of leaders from under-represented groups to Virginia Tech. With support from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and the Virginia Tech Graduate School, we will award two Diversity Fellowships to outstanding applicants in the upcoming academic year.

Incoming first year PhD students are eligible to apply (beginning in the Fall 2025 semester).  Fellows will enroll in a degree-granting program as well as the Interfaces of Global Change Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program.

The Rural Environmental Health T32 predoctoral training program at Virginia Tech is a competitive program that provides PhD students with training in environmental health sciences, with a focus on applications in rural landscapes. REH trainees will receive assistantship and tuition support for their first two years of the program.

Trainees will complete rural environmental health specific training covering toxicology, epidemiology, exposure science, and community-based methods. The curriculum will also leverage the well-established Interfaces of Global Change Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program. Rural Environmental Health trainees must be enrolled in one of the six participating PhD programs in biomedical sciences and environmental engineering, be advised by an affiliated faculty mentor, and meet NIH T32 citizenship requirements. 

With support from the Virginia Tech Graduate School, the Interfaces of Global Change IGEP awards four 9-month Ph.D. assistantships every academic year, intended to support students who have demonstrated commitment to and engagement within the IGC program.

To be eligible to apply for this assistantship, students should have been enrolled in the IGC IGEP for at least 12 months, have not previously received an IGC fellowship award, and be in good academic standing with the IGC Program, their mentor(s), home department, and the Virginia Tech Graduate School.

The Global Change Center postdoctoral affiliates and later stage (3rd year or later) IGC IGEP Fellows can propose research aimed at fostering research collaborations among research programs of two or more GCC Faculty affiliates. Proposals must focus on addressing global change issues, and priority will be given to funding proposals that establish research between research programs with limited previous collaboration OR established collaborations pursuing completely new research directions.

We anticipate awarding approximately $30,000 over approximately 1-3 successful proposals. Applications are due April 1st. 

^{This year's symposium will be held at the Moss Arts Center on Friday, April 18 from 8am-6pm.}

^{The Interfaces of Global Change IGEP fellows will present their research findings during this all-day event, providing a forum for students and faculty to interact and explore connections among research programs, build camaraderie, and celebrate our students’ research accomplishments.}

^{Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Corey Welch, Director of the STEM Scholars program at Iowa State University, and member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe.} 

^{Further information will soon be available on the GCC website here.}