Harvard Environmental Fellow

Harvard University Center for the Environment; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

The Harvard University Center for the Environment offers a two-year Environmental Fellowship for recent PhDs. Fellows will work with Harvard faculty across schools and departments while building cross-disciplinary connections within the University.

The award includes a salary of $92,000 per year, health insurance eligibility, up to $2,500 relocation reimbursement, and a $2,500 annual travel/professional expense allowance. Residency is required in Cambridge, MA.

Qualifications

• Experience performing scholarly research.
• Ability to secure commitment from Harvard faculty to mentor and provide space.
• Demonstrated English proficiency for non-native speakers.

Responsibilities

• Secure a Harvard faculty mentor to support the two-year appointment.
• Participate in the co-curricular program and network with fellows and faculty.
• Attend dinners and engage with colleagues, faculty, and guests.

Skills

Scholarly research experience

Mentorship coordination

English proficiency

Education

Doctorate / PhD or equivalent

Fellowship eligibility in any field

Job description

The Harvard University Center for the Environment created the Environmental Fellows program to enable recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard's extraordinary resources to tackle complex environmental problems. The Environmental Fellows will work for two years with Harvard faculty members in any school or department while also strengthening connections across the University's academic disciplines.

The Award:

The fellowship includes a salary of $92,000 per year, employee health insurance eligibility, up to $2,500 reimbursement for relocation expenses, and a $2,500 annual allowance for travel and other professional expenses.

The Center for the Environment expects to award approximately five fellowships for the 2027 cohort. The Center will organize a co-curricular program to ensure that the fellows get to know each other and each other's work. All fellows will attend dinners with their colleagues, faculty members, and guests.

Program Requirements:

Candidates for 2027 Environmental Fellowships should have received their terminal degree between May 2023 and August 2027. (Fellows must have filed their dissertation before starting their appointment in September 2027.)

Candidates with a doctorate or equivalent in any field are eligible, and they may propose research projects in any discipline. Applicants without a Ph.D. may apply if they have studied in fields where the Ph.D. is not the typical terminal degree. All successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience performing scholarly research.

Each candidate must secure a commitment from one or more Harvard faculty members to serve as a mentor and to provide office or lab space for the two-year fellowship.

Candidates may have received their degrees at any university in the world. Foreign nationals are eligible for fellowships, though study at Harvard requires proficiency in English.

Candidates who received terminal degrees from Harvard, and post-docs currently working at Harvard are eligible for the fellowship provided their research and host arrangements take them in new directions and forge new connections within the University. Harvard candidates should not propose to continue to work with the same professors or lab groups with whom they are currently associated. No candidate should propose to work extensively with their thesis advisor.

Harvard is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

Successful candidates should be prepared to commit to work at Harvard for the full two years of the fellowship. This fellowship requires residency in the Cambridge, MA area and any fieldwork trip must be scheduled for the summer or January recess.

Three letters of reference, including one from the applicant's dissertation adviser.