The Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s (COG) is seeking to partner with students on a topic of relevance to metropolitan Washington’s local governments.
COG’s Chesapeake Bay and Water Resources Policy Committee (CBPC) members are interested in student perspectives of emerging best practices and policies to address real-world sustainability and water resources issues. Students are asked to develop a one-page stand-alone guidance document of actions local elected officials could implement on a particular topic, plus an accompanying paper that provides rationale for the recommendations, research methodology and sources (max. of 5 pages).
This will be an annual opportunity for students at regional schools and research institutions to provide pragmatic recommendations to an audience of local elected officials. The one- page guidance document should focus on actions, including policy changes, that our region’s local governments could implement within 90 days, 180 days, and 365 days to address a particular issue. The accompanying paper should include background context, resources for more information, and citations in APA format. Papers can synthesize already completed work and may entail a literature review.
Participating students will have an opportunity to meet elected officials and other members of the CBPC, while top scoring applicants will be invited to provide a short presentation to the policy committee. Highlights will be publicized by COG’s Office of Communications.
Participation & Timeline
To apply students should send an email expressing interest to CBPCresearch@mwcog.org by February 14.
The email should include the following:
• Student’s name, contact information, school, department, teacher/professor, course.
• 1-2 sentence description of their chosen research topic.
The 2020 research competition is capped at the first forty submissions in its pilot year. In the event the cap is exceeded, students will be notified no later than Monday, February 17th.
Students are asked to submit completed papers to COG, via email, by April 17, 2020.
The Awards Luncheon will be May 15.
For more information
COG will host a Question & Answer Webinar on February 7, from 10:00-11:00 A.M.
Webinar:
https://mwcog.webex.com/mwcog/j.php?MTID=m299219d619b1267612a5097f4e48278f
Call in number: 1-855-244-8681
Access code: 645 858 042
Contacts
Regarding Chesapeake Bay Policy Committee
Heidi Bonnaffon
hbonnaffon@mwcog.org
(202) 962-3216
Regarding Agricultural research needs
Lindsay Smith
lsmith@mwcog.org
(202) 962-3307
www.mwcog.org/chesbay
