Nicholas Breyfogle (Department of History) recently received the very good news that an international group of scholars of which he is a part has been awarded an International Network Grant from the Leverhulme Trust in the UK on the topic “Exploring Russia’s Environmental History and Natural Resources.” The grant involves scholars from 3 countries (UK, Russia, and USA) and six universities, and it is a three-year £123K grant. As part of the grant, they will travel as a group to three sites of ecological interest in Russia for field work and workshops/conferences. The grant includes funding for Dr. Breyfogle to go and also full funding for another faculty member or graduate student from OSU to attend as well for each of the three trips. This network of British, American and Russian specialists will conduct multidisciplinary research into key aspects of the environmental history of lands that have come under Russian rule over a long time period and in a global comparative perspective. The network activities will revolve around workshops/field trips in St Petersburg, the Solovetskii islands in the White Sea, Lake Baikal in Siberia, and the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine. By adding field work to conventional historical research we will enhance our understanding of the history of Russian scientific research, exploitation of natural resources, environmental disasters, and nature conservation.