Emily Thompson Smith was a University of Washington graduate, and distinguished environmental journalist, editor, and author. While her UW degree was in art history, she revered the university and was excited to learn a few days before her passing that this fund was being established.
Emily Smith fellowship supports doctoral and undergraduate students who undertake research on environmental politics and actively engage with the activities of the Center for Environmental Politics. If you are interested in being considered for the fellowship, please contact Professor Aseem Prakash.
Graduate Fellowship
Emily Smith Graduate Fellowship is awarded every year and the recipient(s) gets a stipend of $3,000 every summer, for two years.
Current Recipient:
Hassan Aziz (summer 2025 and 2026)
Undergraduate Fellowship
This is awarded every quarter, and the recipient gets $1,000 stipend. Past recipients have presented their work at UW’s annual Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Symposium, won Honors thesis awards, and in collaboration with the Center’s faculty, published articles in refereed journals.
Past Recipients:
Spring 2023: Lily Kinyon, Political Science
Summer 2023: Aditi Menon, Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences
Fall 2023: Trisha Binwade, Political Science
Winter 2024: Tiffany Shin, Political Science
Spring 2024: Medha Kumar, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management
Fall 2024: Alicia Lopez, Political Science
Winter 2025: Corinne Ryan, Political Science
Spring 2025: Sumaiyah Mohamed