{"id":12,"date":"2015-09-16T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:11:08","slug":"about-eri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/","title":{"rendered":"About Vassar&#8217;s Environmental Research Institute (ERI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) is a research and public outreach wing of <a href=\"http:\/\/environmentalstudies.vassar.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vassar\u2019s Environmental Studies program<\/a>. The ERI&#8217;s mission is to provide opportunities for faculty and students to conduct research on Earth\u2019s environmental systems, to promote fieldwork, and to foster engagement with the local community. To meet these goals, the ERI promotes and funds multidisciplinary science research and education, hosts educational events and conferences, and acts as a bridge to the larger Hudson Valley community on environmental concerns. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B2zWu1MBAadhdGZDSlIxZDQzNjQ\/view\">ERI By-laws:\u00a0<\/a> describes the functions, structures, and processes of ERI.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steering Committee 2025-2026:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Jodi Schwarz (Biology and ERI Coordinator) joschwarz@vassar.edu<\/li>\n<li>Leah Bendavid (Chemistry)<\/li>\n<li>Laura Haynes (Earth Science)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Seidman (Philosophy)<\/li>\n<li>Denise Iris (Film, Spring 2026)<\/li>\n<li>Alison Keimowitz (ENST Director)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>ERI Administrative Assistant:<\/strong> Darcy Gordineer (dagordineer@vassar.edu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Funding Opportunities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For Environmental Research by Faculty and Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/faculty-funding\/\">Faculty Funding: for Research, including Conference Travel ($6,000 max award)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/student-funding\/\">Student Funding: for Research and Conference Travel ($1000 max award)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/faculty-funding\/\">Dept\/Program Funding: Environmental Research Instrumentation <\/a>\u00a0($6,000 or $30,000 depending on instrument use)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For Student Summer Research \/ Internships<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/student-funding\/\">Student Funding for Summer Environmental Research\/Internships<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-header\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-header\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>For faculty to teach ENST 254: <em>Environmental Science in the Field<\/em>\u00a0field component<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/faculty-funding\/#env-science\">Faculty Funding to propose an ENST 254 course with a multi-day field component<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Affiliated Organizations and Offices<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Affiliated Campus Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsustainability.vassar.edu%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFrqEzfjThtZpgwKsLy5xcsrJ2slX8A73w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vassar College Office of Sustainability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmahv.org\/\">Environmental Management and Monitoring Alliance (EMMA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/environmentalcooperative.vassar.edu\/\">Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Affiliated Regional Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdutchesswatersheds.org%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFrqEzeixAvKE1BYSNH89eK8II_Pc3E0vg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DutchessWatersheds.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.environmentalconsortium.org%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFrqEzfHyPuGMfeaRV9mqJW-xiOF16bgmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environmental Consortium of Colleges and Universities<\/a>\u00a0in the Hudson Valley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dec.ny.gov%2Flands%2F4920.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFrqEzd_hEiohr1PkFU_j9Ly5oNYbEuuow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hudson River Estuary Program<\/a> of the NY DEC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"sites-layout-hbox\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-content-1 sites-layout-empty-tile\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"sites-layout-hbox\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-content-1 sites-layout-empty-tile\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b3b1b1\">Page modified 7\/2024.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) is a research and public outreach wing of Vassar\u2019s Environmental Studies program. 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