Sarah Crump Graduate Fellowship

Please join us in honoring and furthering Sarah’s legacy

Our brilliant colleague/partner/daughter/sister, Sarah Crump, was a paleoclimate scientist who studied past climate change in Arctic and alpine settings to better understand how our environment might change as Earth warms in the coming decades.

Unfortunately, Sarah was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in April 2022. After a hard-fought battle, the cancer spread, and she passed peacefully on November 18th, 2022. Words can’t express how important she was to INSTAAR, ºÚÁϳԹÏ, and so many other communities. We send deep love and sympathy to her family and friends. Her bright light will live on.

With the help of Sarah, her family, and friends, INSTAAR established a fellowship in her name just a few days before she passed. Please help us raise an endowment sufficient to support a full-year Graduate Research Fellowship, providing salary and tuition for one ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï grad student each year.ÌýThe fellowship will give a boost to their study of Earth or environmental science in Arctic, Antarctic, or alpine regions and also be a lever for equity and underserved communities.

Sarah's summer fellowship

Thanks to the efforts of Sarah's family and 1200+ generous contributors, we met our first funding goal in spring 2023 and created an endowment that supports a ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï grad student every summer.

The summer fellowship supportsÌýa ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï graduate studentÌýwhose research is centered on processes or climate history central to understanding high-latitude or high-altitude environments, through fieldwork or laboratory analysis of field collections.ÌýPreference will be given to applicants whose advisors are members of INSTAAR.ÌýWe particularly encourage applications from women and/or individuals who are members of communities that are historically marginalized in the Earth sciences, including students who are Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Hispanic or Latinx.

The award (~$14,000) is sufficient to fund 50% GRA sala