Harvard University, Environmental Health Fellows Program

Harvard University Center for the EnvironmentEnvironmental Fellows Program
24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Phone: 617.495.0368 Fax: 617.496.0425
E-mail: environmental_fellows@harvard.edu
Web address: http://environment.harvard.edu/grants/fellows
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 to create new knowledge while also strengthening connections across the University's academic disciplines.

ELIGIBILITY:* Candidates for 2012 Environmental Fellowships should have received their terminal degree between May 2008 and August 2012. (Fellows must have completed all requirements of their degree before starting work in September 2012.)
* 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.Harvard is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. The Center strongly encourages women and minorities to apply.
* Candidates may have received their degrees at any university in the world. Foreign nationals are eligible for fellowships, though study at Harvard generally 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 his or her thesis advisor.
* Successful candidates should be prepared to commit to work at Harvard for the full two years of the fellowship.

STIPEND:The fellowship will provide an annual stipend of $55,000 plus health insurance, a $2,500 allowance for travel and professional expenses, and other employee benefits.The Harvard University Center for the Environment awarded four fellowships in 2010, and expects to award approximately four to five fellowships per year thereafter. 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 biweekly dinners with their colleagues, faculty members, and guests.

APPLICATION:Schedule: Applications and all letters of reference must be received by the Center for the Environment by 5 pm EDT, Friday, January 13, 2012. The Center will select a group of fellows and alternates by March 2012, and contact applicants with results at that time.A complete application includes:
* Cover sheet (available athttp://environment.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Fellows_app_12.pdf )
* Curriculum vitae including list of publicationsDetailed research proposal (a maximum of five pages, including illustrations; 12 point type; references may be counted separately)Letters of reference from at least three professional colleagues, including the applicant's dissertation adviser
* A letter of support from the applicant's host committing to serve as a mentor and explaining his or her commitment to the proposed research, including the provision of office or lab space and any financial commitments
* Up to three publications submitted as PDFs


* Applicants are encouraged to ask their referees and hosts to email letters of reference as PDFs or, if necessary, as Word documents attached to the emails. Referees and hosts should send their letters directly to the Center at environmental_fellows@harvard.edu* The Center will notify applicants to confirm receipt of a complete application
* The Center will also accept hard copies of letters of reference and communications from universities. They should be mailed to:
Environmental Fellows Program
Harvard University Center for the Environment
24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138

If you have questions about the fellowship or application process, please contact: Jean Gauthier
Harvard University Center for the Environment
24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge MA 02138617-495-0368
jean_gauthier@harvard.edu