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| The School for Field Studies, with five field stations in remote, natural resource-dependent communities, offers excellent opportunities for field-based research to faculty, scientists and scholars from academic and other institutions in the US and abroad. Please note that we do not accept undergraduate student or pre-Masters level research requests.
As part of our year-round undergraduate academic programs, we work closely with our clients and surrounding communities to identify the local environmental issues in need of research. General areas of research focus include human ecology, rainforest ecology and restoration, marine resource monitoring and management, coastal resource management, sustainable development, and wildlife management. Specific research project priorities are described in each center's research plan.
Our field stations are excellent locations to conduct field research. We have the facilities, equipment, and technical and logistical support necessary for both collaborative and independent field research. Our field station staff includes faculty researchers, a safety and risk manager, and logistical support staff, many of whom are from the host country or region.
There are several ways you may conduct research at an SFS field station:
- Conduct a research project identified by SFS- These projects are given priority consideration since our clients, partners and stakeholders have requested this research.
- Collaborate with SFS faculty and center directors to develop an externally funded research project. Grant writing with our faculty and center directors is supported through our headquarters office.
- Conduct your own research based at a field station on a topic approved by SFS at the headquarters office and by the center director.
For research inquiries, including SFS faculty contacts, write to Katlyn Osgood Armstrong.
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