• Learn new technical skills and gain hands-on research experience with UCI faculty who are working on cutting-edge climate research.
  
• Work closely with community partners to co-design and conduct team-based projects that address environmental justice issues (our partners include Orange County Environmental Justice, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, GREEN-MPNA, and Crystal Cove Conservancy).
• Attend workshops and classes on environmental justice and community-engaged research methods.
• Be guided by a diverse network of mentors.
• Participate in professional development activities designed to help you achieve your career goals, whether that be entering the job market or pursuing graduate studies.
• Be part of a diverse and multi-disciplinary community of students, researchers, faculty, and staff dedicated to centering social and environmental justice in climate change research.
• Receive a Certificate in Climate Change and Environmental justice upon completion of the one-year program.

The CLIMATE Justice initiative strives to foster an inclusive and collaborative working environment that welcomes diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and life experiences. We strongly encourage applications from members of historically marginalized communities, and graduates from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). We also encourage applications from those who have had limited opportunities to participate in research or professional development activities during their undergraduate studies.