8-Month Program
How to apply for class 25
Class 25 will start in August 2025 and end in April 2026. If selected as a NRLI Class 25 Fellow, it is required that you attend all eight sessions listed on the schedule. All applicants will be notified of Class 25 decisions by June 2, 2025
Application
To apply for Class 25, you must send a completed application form and a résumé/CV as attachments to an email to jpeskin@ufl.edu no later than April 15, 2025.
Fees
Program fees for Class 25 are $5,500 per Fellow. This fee covers:
- All meals (Wed lunch and dinner; Thurs breakfast, lunch, and dinner; Friday breakfast and lunch), snacks, coffee, and non-alcoholic beverages
- Wed and Thurs nights’ logding (with a roommate)
- Field trips
- All instructional materials associated with the program
- Graduation banquet
Scholarships
There are several scholarships available to cover a portion of the program fees.You are encouraged to apply for any/all scholarships you qualify for. There is a section of the general application dedicated to applying for scholarships.
Questions?
Contact Jocelyn at jpeskin@ufl.edu or 352-294-7643
About the Program
Our 8-month program creates a robust alumni network comprised of trained individuals who are prepared to effectively address natural resource challenges through conflict management and collaborative leadership. The program is an intensive and high-level professional development program for natural resource professionals from across Florida sectors, regions, and populations.
Over the course of the 8-month program, Fellows participate in eight three-day sessions, each in a different part of the state. Sessions focus on important, timely, and often contentious natural resource issues. Training includes:
- immersion in the issue/topic through first-hand experiences (field visits);
- engagement with relevant parties from diverse institutions and organizations with emphasis on exposure to a range of perspectives on the issue being studied; and
- creative, experiential, and practical instruction in skills, concepts, tools, and strategies related to collaborative decision making, conflict management, communication, and negotiation.
To assure that the skills learned in NRLI go beyond the individual sessions, a practicum is built into the program. Fellows develop projects that allow them to apply skills and concepts learned in NRLI to actual conflict, decision making, or leadership situations in their organizations or communities.