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The Environmental Fellows Program at Harvard University, USA

United States
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Purpose:

HUCE created the Environmental Fellows Program to provide doctoral graduates with an opportunity to leverage and expand Harvard’s exceptional resources to address complex environmental problems. Fellows will work with faculty from individual Harvard departments or divisions for two years, forming a research community that strengthens connections across the university.

The Award:

  • Salary of $90,000 per year
  • Employee health insurance eligibility
  • Up to $2,500 reimbursement for relocation expenses
  • $2,500 annual allowance for travel and other professional expenses
  • Open to individuals with a doctorate or comparable terminal degree awarded between May 2021 and August 2025
  • Approximately six fellowships will be awarded for the 2025 cohort

HUCE organizes extracurricular programs to allow fellows to get to know each other and their work, and all fellows attend biweekly dinners with Harvard faculty and Harvard faculty.

​​​​Finding a Host:

  • Candidates should start early to establish a relationship with a Harvard faculty member to host their research.
  • The host will act as a mentor, providing office space and basic administrative support.
  • Faculty members make a significant commitment by agreeing to host.
  • Successful candidates will be enthusiastically recommended by their proposed host.
  • Each applicant’s host must submit a letter of support (maximum two pages) to the selection committee detailing their commitment to the research and candidate.
  • Harvard faculty members may conduct their own selection process to recommend one or two applicants to the selection committee.
  • Applicants unfamiliar with Harvard faculty can find potential hosts on HUCE’s web pages, organized by academic areas and topics.
  • Faculty members from any discipline can serve as hosts, even without prior experience in environmental research or HUCE.
  • Faculty members who hosted 2024 fellows, including Frank Keutsch, Boris Kozinsky, Mark C. Elliott, and Eli Tziperman, are not eligible to host fellows in 2025.