Harvard Sustainability Science Fellowships at CID (Doctoral and Postdoctoral)

Harvard's Sustainability Science Program, run by the Center for International Development, awards doctoral, postdoctoral and mid-career fellowships in sustainability science. Fellows spend Harvard's academic year, which starts in September 2016, at the university. The fellowships give you a stipend and the option of subsidized health insurance while you work on a research or writing objective tied to the program's goals.

• Host: Center for International Development, Harvard University, USA
• Level: Doctoral, postdoctoral and mid-career fellowships
• Study in: USA
• Deadline: 15 January 2016 (annual)
• Starts: September 2016
• Awards: Number not specified
• Value: Stipend of $45,830 for postdoctoral fellows and $25,000 for pre-doctoral fellows over the ten-month academic year

Center for International Development at Harvard University, USA

This year's competition covers two thematic areas within energy and sustainability. The university wants applications on: 1) decarbonizing energy systems in the European Union, and 2) designing, developing and/or implementing sustainable energy and related resource policies and programs in China.

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Doctoral and post-doctoral students and mid-career professionals

Fellowship appointments pay a stipend of $45,830 for post-doctoral fellows and $25,000 for pre-doctoral fellows across the ten month academic year (September to June). On a yearly basis that equals $55,000 and $30,000 respectively. Practitioner, mid-career and senior research fellows receive stipends set according to their experience.

Fellows can choose to join Harvard University's employee health insurance program at a subsidized rate for the length of the fellowship.

The fellowships are open to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students, and to mid-career professionals doing research or practice that advances the program's goals (see above).

You should have a focused personal research or writing objective that fits those goals. You should also be willing to spend part of your fellowship time collaborating with other fellows and faculty in the program, in ways that advance the interdisciplinary, problem-driven agenda of sustainability science more broadly.

Mid-career fellowships: open to people in governmental, non-governmental, private organizations or academia with at least five years of professional experience linking science and practice for sustainable development.

Post-doctoral fellowships: open to recent recipients of a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. You must have completed your Ph.D. between 2011 and 2016.

Doctoral fellowships: you must be enrolled in a doctoral program and have passed your qualifying exams (coursework completed and oral and/or written exams passed) by July 2016. If your doctoral program has no qualifying exams, you must have finished all required coursework for the Ph.D., because fellows do not take courses while at Harvard.

Applications are currently closed.

Read the application instructions and check the official website (link below) for full details on how to apply. Applications for the fellowship are due 15 January 2016.

This fellowship suits advanced doctoral students who have finished their qualifying exams, recent Ph.D. graduates, and mid-career professionals with at least five years of experience connecting science and practice for sustainable development. If your research or writing objective fits energy and sustainability, especially the two thematic areas above, you are the kind of applicant the program is looking for.

• Who can apply for the Harvard Sustainability Science Fellowships? Advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students, plus mid-career professionals in research or practice that advances the program's goals.
• What does the fellowship cover? A stipend of $45,830 for post-doctoral fellows and $25,000 for pre-doctoral fellows over the ten-month academic year, with the option to enroll in Harvard's employee health insurance at a subsidized rate.
• What is the application deadline? Applications are due 15 January 2016, and the next program starts in September 2016.
• How do I apply? Read the application instructions and the official website for full details on submitting your application.
• Do I need to have passed my qualifying exams? Doctoral applicants must have passed them by July 2016, or have completed all required Ph.D. coursework if their program has no qualifying exams.

• Read the official application instructions and FAQs before you start writing anything.
• Prepare your documents early so you are not chasing transcripts or references near the deadline.
• Check any language requirements and test scores well in advance.
• Make sure your research or writing objective clearly connects to the program's thematic areas.
• Ask your referees for letters early and give them the context of the fellowship.