Redcedar Fellowship

The Redcedar Fellowship is an advanced, two-year program for alumni of the Long-Term Ecological Reflections residency and fellowship programs who are interested in sustained, long-term inquiry at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Grounded in the program’s 200- year vision, the fellowship supports creative and scholarly work that unfolds over extended periods of time and in ongoing relationship with place, ecological research, and evolving questions. Applicants will propose a continuation of an existing Andrews-based project or a new direction that requires repeated return visits to the forest. In either case, the proposed project invites deepening collaboration with researchers and patient attention to ecological change across seasons and years. In addition to developing new work, Redcedar Fellows commit to public engagement activities that share their evolving insights with diverse audiences, contributing to a living record of ecological reflection shaped by long-term presence, humility before deep time, and intergenerational exchange.

Eligibility

The Redcedar Fellowship is available to alumni of the Long-Term Ecological Reflections program. To be eligible, applicants must have completed all of the following:

• An awarded residency or fellowship at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
• At least one previous Andrews-based project (e.g., a magazine article, a book chapter, poems, audio composition, visual art, etc.)
• At least one public engagement featuring their Andrews work (e.g., an artist talk, reading, workshop, exhibition, interview or public conversation)

Offerings

Redcedar Fellowships are two years. The fellowship includes a $4,000 honorarium and up to four weeks of lodging at the Andrews. Residency stays may be split into multiple blocks of time. Honorarium funds should cover travel to the Andrews for each visit.

Spring Creek Project will also:

• Cover the cost of lodging at the Andrews through direct payment to the Andrews.
• Facilitate opportunities to connect with scientists at the Andrews.
• Help coordinate and promote a presentation or event connected with their creative work or project near the end of the fellowship.

Terms & Expectations

• These residencies are intended to provide concentrated time for work that promises to contribute to explorations of human relationships with the rest of the natural world. Residents are expected to engage with the forest and to create new work inspired by their experience. Work may relate to a previous Reflections residency or take a new direction.
• Residents will participate in a public engagement activity (e.g., an event, workshop, reading, or exhibition) to share their work with a wider audience.
• During each year of the fellowship, by September 30, residents are asked to provide a 1- to 2-page letter describing project updates and their continuing engagement with the forest.
• Residents are asked to acknowledge the support of the Spring Creek Project and H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in any relevant publication, performance, or exhibition.

Program and Application Dates

Applications are accepted once per year. Key dates for 2026 are as follows:

• Application deadline: May 15, 2026
• Notification of status: June 15, 2026
• Fellowship period: October 2026 – September 2028

Review & Selection  Applications will be reviewed by a committee of writers, artists, and scholars familiar with the Long-Term Ecological Reflections program. The selection committee will consider the following when reviewing proposals:

• Depth of engagement with place - Evidence of sustained, thoughtful relationship with the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest and an intention to return repeatedly over time.
• Commitment to long-term inquiry - Proposals that demonstrate patience, openness to uncertainty, an understanding that insight may emerge gradually across seasons or years, and the role of creative and scholarly work in shaping long- term understanding of forest ecosystems and human relationships with them.
• Integration with ecological research - Clear plans for meaningful engagement with Andrews researchers and long-term ecological studies, informed by curiosity rather than predetermined outcomes.
• Evolution of creative or scholarly practice - Quality and promise of a proposed project that either extends, deepens, or meaningfully reorients previous Andrews-based work in response to ongoing reflection and experience, or initiates a new direction of inquiry grounded in ongoing reflection, experience, and sustained engagement with the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest.
• Contribution to the living record - Commitment to public engagement activities that share work-in-process and evolving insights with diverse audiences, recognizing dissemination as part of a long-term conversation rather than a final product.

This program is sponsored by the Spring Creek Project in partnership with the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. If you have questions, contact Joy Jensen: joy.jensen@oregonstate.edu.