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Harvard University Center for the Environment
Harvard University Environmental Fellows Program

JOE ID Number: 2025-02_111476277
Date Posted: 09/22/2025
Date Inactive: 12/02/2025
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Harvard University Environmental Fellows Program
Section: US: Other Academic (Visiting or Temporary)
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: 00 -- 00 - Default: Any Field
Keywords:
Environmental Science
Environmental Policy
Environmental Justice
Environmental Economics
Environmental Law
Salary Range: $90,000
Full Text of JOE Listing:

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 $90,000 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.

Program Requirements:

Candidates for 2026 Environmental Fellowships should have received their terminal degree between May 2022 and August 2026. Candidates with a doctorate or equivalent in any field are eligible. 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.

Please visit https://www.environment.harvard.edu/environmental-fellows-program for a fill description of program requirements.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application URL and Instructions Below
Application deadline: 12/01/2025
Application Instructions:
Please complete the online application form found at https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15040 by December 1, 2025 at 5 p.m. (ET) (please note earlier deadline this year) and attach the relevant supporting documents as PDFs: curriculum vitae including list of publications; detailed research proposal where applicants should explain their specific reasons for applying to this fellowship (maximum of five pages, references counted separately) and up to three publications/writing samples.

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 attention of Cayla Jett at the Center at environmental_fellows@harvard.edu.