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Harvard University is offering Sustainability Science Fellowship to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students and to mid-career professionals engaged in research or practice that advances the goals of the program. Each year approximately 15-20 fellowships are awarded. The Sustainability Science Fellowship is based on a 12-month stipend of $55,000 for postdoctoral fellows, $28,000 for doctoral fellows and a negotiated amount for mid-career fellows. Online application must be submitted by January 15, 2014.
Study Subject(s): The fellowship is awarded in Sustainability Science. The 2014-15 fellowship competition will focus on regional initiatives pursing an integrated perspective on sustainable development in India, China and Brazil. It will also include a cross-cutting research initiative to integrate work focused on the theme of Innovation for Sustainable Development. Preference in this year’s competition will be given to applicants whose proposals complement one or more of these four initiatives. The Program is also open, however, to strong proposals in any area of sustainability science.
Course Level:Â The Sustainability Science Fellowships are open to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students and to mid-career professionals engaged in research or practice that advances the goals of the program.
Scholarship Provider: Harvard University
Scholarship can be taken at: USA
Eligibility: The Sustainability Science Fellowships are open to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students, and to mid-career professionals engaged in research or practice that advances the goals of the program (see above).
-Applications for the mid-career fellowships are invited from individuals in governmental, non-governmental, private organizations, or academia with at least five years of professional experience doing work involved in linking science and practice for sustainable development.
-Applications for the post-doctoral fellowships are welcome from recent recipients of the Ph.D. or equivalent degree. -(Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. between 2010 and 2014.)
-Applicants for a doctoral fellowship must currently be enrolled in a doctoral program and have passed their qualifying exams (completed coursework and passed oral and/or written exams) by July 2014.
-Applicants whose doctoral programs do not require qualifying exams must have completed all the required coursework for the Ph.D., since fellows will not be doing course work while at Harvard.
-Applications are solicited from individuals working in the natural and social sciences as well as relevant professions.
Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Citizens of USA are eligible for this fellowship.
Scholarship Description: The Sustainability Science Program aims to facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective interventions that promote sustainable development. To that end, we seek to advance scientific understanding of human-environment systems; to improve linkages between relevant research and innovation communities on the one hand, and relevant policy and management communities on the other; and, more broadly, to build capacity for linking knowledge with action to promote sustainability.
Number of award(s): Each year, the Sustainability Science Program recruits approximately 15-20 fellows to work with one another and with Harvard faculty.
Duration of award(s): Fellowships are available for 10 months (September 2014-May 2015), 12 months (September 2014-August 2015), the fall 2014 semester or spring 2015 semester (mid-career fellows only), or for two academic years (post-doctoral fellows only) (September 2014-August 2016).
What does it cover? The Sustainability Science Fellowship is based on a 12-month stipend of $55,000 for post-doctoral fellows, $28,000 for doctoral fellows, and a negotiated amount for mid-career fellows depending on their citizenship, current salary, current employment location, seniority, and other sources of support ($35,000 maximum).
-Fellows may also obtain funding from their own academic institutions, outside foundations, and personal resources.
-In the case of successful mid-career applicants with support for sabbatical or professional leave, packages can be negotiated in which Program funds complement such support and stipends can be paid to the fellow’s home institution.
-Recipients are expected to spend a minimum of one semester at the University.
-Stipends will be proportionately reduced for fellows spending less time in residence with the Program which can range from 3-12 months.
-Fellows will have the option of purchasing Harvard employee medical and dental benefits.
- Office space and supplies, personal computers, telecommunications, and access to Harvard University libraries and other facilities will be provided.
-Expenses associated with project workshops are covered for fellowship holders by the Program.
-Limited support for field research expenses is provided on a competitive basis as budgets allow.
-Since the Program’s funds are limited, prospective fellows are strongly urged to pursue additional sources of stipendiary and research support.
-Applications from those with their own resources are also welcome.
Selection Criteria:Â Fellowship applications will be evaluated according to the criteria listed below. No proposal is expected to meet all of these criteria, but those scoring high on many of the criteria will be more likely to succeed in the competition.
-Prior success and potential contribution of the applicant to scholarship or practice of sustainability science;
-Project significance: the potential impact of the research project on sustainability science scholarship or practice (note that the means used to pursue the research may be grounded in a single discipline or may be multidisciplinary; the requirement is that the results of the work contribute to the field of problem-inspired work on human-environment interactions that we call “sustainability scienceâ€);
-Problem-driven relevance: the ways in which successful completion of the project would contribute to solving practical problems of sustainable development. We are interested in work relevant to any significant problem of sustainability, e.g. relevant to any dimension of Kofi Annan’s “WEHAB†(Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture, Biodiversity) agenda for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development. For the 2014-15 competition, however, we will give significant preference to applicants whose work compliments one or more of the four SSP Initiatives.
-Developing world component: this could include north-south relations; comparative work; be solely based in a developing country; work focusing on implications for the developing world of an issue such as governance, trade, or globalization, etc.);
-Involves field work in the developing world;
-Develops institutional links with an academic or practitioner/ applications/ problem-solving oriented institution in the developing world;
-Provides synergies with a regional center at Harvard, e.g. centers for Latin America, Asia, Africa
Notification: Decisions will be announced by March 2014.
How to Apply: The mode of applying is online. The documents in pdf format should be attached to a single email message and sent to: sustsci_grants-at-hks.harvard.edu.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for applications is January 15, 2014.
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Scholarship Tags: 2014, DOCTORAL, Fellowships, HARVARD, Postdoctoral, Science, University, USA
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