The Texas Tech Center for Water Law and Policy is still looking to hire a recent law school graduate for a research fellowship to work on a multi-year NSF grant. Although the position is in the law school, the work will support the Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER). CASFER seeks to create a nitrogen circular economy by using waste from concentrated animal feed lots (CAFOs) and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), convert the waste to agricultural fertilizer, sell to the end user, and then capture farm runoff. This is a multidisplinary grant with four partner institutions. The fellow will work with other disciplines as they develop technologies and conduct a legal and policy analysis of current practices for waste management and disposal at CAFOs and WWTPs, and those proposed by CASFER scientists to identify regulatory or financial obstacles at the federal, state, and local levels by reviewing relevant laws, regulations, and policies. Fellowship includes multiple publication opportunities in both law reviews and journals from other disciplines.
This is a one-year fellowship, but there is the possibility for an extension. The posting and application link can be found here. Applicants do not need to relocate for position.