Applications now open for the inaugural Franklin Bryan Brice, Jr. Environmental Law Scholars

February 19, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025 Franklin Bryan Brice, Jr. Environmental Law Scholars!

The scholarship gives students with an interest in environmental law $5,000 for the summer to pursue an internship with a non-profit organization, private sector business or government agency. Students also are paired with an alumni mentor by initially using the Institute’s network of former and current UNC Institute for the Environment Board of Visitors members who are attorneys. Applications are due by Mar. 10 at 11:59 p.m.

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The Franklin Bryan Brice, Jr. Environmental Scholars was established by Brice’s family to honor his passion for the environment and his own career path in environmental law. Brice served as chair of the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Board of Visitors for the last five years and as a member of the board since 2013. Brice’s family wants to pay it forward and make transformational opportunities available to UNC students, ensuring the next generation is well-prepared for the environmental challenges of the future.

As a board member and chair, Brice was instrumental in efforts to raise critical funding for the Institute in its recording-breaking $12 million Campaign for Carolina and advocating to move the Institute’s headquarters from an off-campus office building in the Europa Center to Carolina Square on Franklin Street, positioning the Institute in a strategic space for carrying out its mission.

Brice graduated from Carolina in 1985 with a B.A. in political science and a minor in journalism. He returned to Carolina’s Law School and earned his J.D. in 1990.