Harvard University Environmental Fellows Program

Harvard University; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Relocation aid

Travel allowance

Job summary

The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites applications for the Environmental Fellows program, a two-year fellowship that pairs recent PhDs with Harvard faculty across schools/departments. Fellows will reside in Cambridge, MA and join a co-curricular program with community and mentor support.

The award includes a salary of $92,000 per year, health insurance eligibility, relocation reimbursement up to $2,500, and a $2,500 annual travel/expenses allowance.

Qualifications

• Must hold a terminal degree between May 2023 and August 2027.
• PhD or equivalent in any field; applicants without a PhD may apply if PhD is not typical terminal degree for the field.
• Candidates must demonstrate experience performing scholarly research.

Responsibilities

• Secure commitment from one or more Harvard faculty members to serve as mentor and provide office or lab space.
• Commit to a two-year fellowship with residency in Cambridge, MA.
• Participate in a co-curricular program and engage with colleagues, faculty, and guests at dinners.

Skills

Scholarly research

Education

PhD or terminal degree

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 2027cohort. 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 willattend dinnerswith their colleagues, faculty members, and guests.

Program Requirements:

Candidates for 2027Environmental Fellowships should have received their terminal degree between May 2023and 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 todemonstrateexperience 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 requiresproficiencyin 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 proposeto continueto 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, MAareaand any fieldwork trip must be scheduled for the summer or January recess.

Application Requirements:

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

A letter of support is also required from the applicant's host committing to serve as a mentor and explaining their commitment to the proposed research, including the provision of office or lab space. Hosts should send their letters directly to the Center at [e-mail].