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Thank you for your interest in the E&S Research Honors Program. To apply, 1) please fill out this application and 2) submit a thesis proposal to the E&S mailbox. Submission details below.

First name

Last name

Full Cornell email address (netid@cornell.edu)

Phone number

Note that this form is specifically for students who are E&S majors. What is your concentration within the major?

EBAE: Environmental Biology & Applied Ecology
SBEE: Sustainable Business and Environmental Economics
EH: Environmental Humanities
EPG: Environmental Policy and Governance
LAER: Land, Air, and Water Resources
SD: Student Designed

Select your college.

Arts & Sciences
CALS

Academic advisor name:

Current GPA:

Expected graduation date:

Honors Thesis

The thesis Advisor of Record must be someone with a Cornell academic appointment (e.g., a Cornell faculty member or Cornell research associate) even though you may be supervised on a daily basis by a postdoctoral fellow, graduate student, other member of your research group, or even an off-campus collaborator. Has your faculty research supervisor agreed to be your thesis advisor?

Yes
No
Other. Please explain.

Name of thesis advisor:

Thesis advisor Cornell email address (netid@cornell.edu):

Do you have one or more additional research supervisor(s)?

Yes. Please name them and provide their email address(es).
No

How many semesters of research have you completed on this topic or research theme (including the current semester)?

Choose the response(s) below that best match your current thesis project status.

Beginning stages, project brainstorming, little or no data collected yet
Pilot study or project validation data collected, but still an early stage of the project
Project is well underway and substantial data are already in hand
Data collection is complete or nearly complete
Data are complete and analysis and writing are underway
I plan to submit as my thesis a research paper that I have already completed or nearly completed
Other

Do you have any concerns about your ability to conduct thesis research this summer or fall?

Yes
No

Do you have any questions or concerns at this time?

Thesis Proposal:

Part of the E&S Honors application is a one- to two-page thesis proposal which includes a description of your thesis question, what is already known about it (reference a few key papers if possible), and how you plan to go about studying the topic.

After your thesis advisor reviews your proposal, please send it as an attachment (Word or pdf format) to the E&S program mailbox (environment@cornell.edu) using the file name (Lastname_thesisproposal) and subject line (Lastname_thesisproposal). The deadline to apply is September 16 but we encourage earlier application whenever possible. If you cannot meet this deadline, please email Irby Lovette (ijl2), E&S Honors Program Coordinator, to discuss (subject line: ES thesis candidate).