Please forward this announcement to prospective students as appropriate regarding an opportunity for prospective Master's and Doctoral students with interests in sustainability, technology,and consumption issues across a range of food, agricultural, and environmental dimensions. Core training is in the field of rural sociology and the program encourages diverse course work across disciplines. We have one fellowship available for study for the Master's degree and two for the Doctoral degree beginning in Fall, 2009. Applications are due by January 2, 2009.

Fellowships for Graduate Students in Sustainable Development: Food/Consumption/Environmental Issues The Graduate Program in Rural Sociology at The Ohio State University seeks applicants for masters and doctoral level fellowships focused on training scholars in sustainable development and related consumption issues involving food, agriculture, and the environment. Global warming, biotechnology, obesity and famine, loss of farmland, water shortages, organic and local food systems, the loss of rare animal species, fair trade products, deforestation, geopolitical struggles over oil and gas supplies, and desertification these are some of the major issues of our time. They raise important questions about how we should organize relationships between people, society and the natural resources and environments upon which they depend. The Training in Sustainable Sciences through an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Rural Sociology (IGPRS), a new fellowship opportunity for Masters? and Doctoral students addresses these and related topical issues*.*

We invite recent degree holders in the fields of sociology, economics and other social sciences, and biological/environmental sciences and related fields to apply for a two-year masters? degree fellowship and a three-year doctoral fellowships as part of the Rural Sociology Graduate Program at the Ohio State University.

The fellowships offer a competitive stipend, benefits, and full tuition. The MS IGPRS fellowships cover tuition, stipend ($18,000 per year), and benefits for the duration of a 2-year masters program in Rural Sociology. The PhD. IGPRS fellowships cover tuition, stipend ($24,000 per year), and benefits for the duration of a 3-year doctoral program in Rural Sociology. Deadline for application is January 2, 2009. For fellowship details visit
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~hcrd/rural_sociology/graduate_program.html
Fellowships are restricted to U.S. citizens or nationals of the United States. For additional information about the IGPRS fellowships, contact: Molly Bean Smith, Research Associate, Social Responsibility Initiative (bean.21@osu.edu).