EESI congratulates Bryce Dancy of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Cerenity Frederick of Howard University, and Sulaiman Mathew-Wilson of Howard University, the 2025-2026 recipients of EESI's Future Climate Leaders Scholarship. They will each receive $4,000 for their college tuition this academic year.

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and George Washington University are delighted to announce Master’s degree candidate Amelia Lindsay-Kaufman as the first recipient of the new Environmental and Energy Study Institute Graduate Fellowship. An anonymous benefactor established a new endowment in EESI’s name to support graduate students at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration of the George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. The donor established the endowment in the spirit of EESI’s mission and vision for a sustainable, resilient, and equitable world.

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) congratulates Thurston Brown of South Carolina, Leonni Burton of Pennsylvania, and Kaila White of Georgia, the 2024 recipients of EESI's Future Climate Leaders Scholarship. They will each receive $4,000 for their college tuition this academic year.

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) congratulates Antoinette “Toni” Lorfils of Damascus, Maryland, who is the first recipient of EESI's $5,000 Future Climate Leaders Scholarship. Lorfils has demonstrated a commitment to climate action and environmental protection and is especially keen on protecting animals and wildlife. “Seeing how humans have had such a strong impact on our environment in more of a negative way than a positive one was the reason I wanted to be someone of change,” says Lorfils. “My goal is to educate others, be the change and help find better solutions to make the world a better place. Once we all understand that helping the Earth is for everyone’s greater good, the world will be a much happier place to call home.”

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As part of its commitment to promote and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is announcing a new scholarship for Future Climate Leaders. EESI will award up to $5,000 each academic year to an undergraduate student pursuing studies relevant to environmental, clean energy, and climate policy at a historically Black college or university (HBCU) in the mid-Atlantic or southern region.

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