What is the Sustainability Science Fellowship?
The Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University's Center for International Development offers doctoral, post-doctoral and practitioner fellowships in Sustainability Science. The fellowships are tenable at the Center for International Development for Harvard's academic year beginning in September 2007.
What is the Sustainability Science Program?
The Sustainability Science Program at Harvard's Center for International Development seeks to advance basic understanding of the dynamics of human-environment systems; to use that understanding to facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of practical interventions that promote sustainability in particular places and contexts; and to improve linkages between relevant research and innovation communities on the one hand, and relevant policy and management communities on the other. The Program was established in Fall 2006 and is directed by Bill Clark and Nancy Dickson. More information about the Sustainability Science Program can be
found at http://www.cid. harvard.edu/ sustsci.
Who can apply for a Sustainability Science Fellowship?
The Sustainability Science Fellowships are open to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students, and to professionals engaged in the practice of harnessing science and technology to promote sustainable development. The Fellowships are tenable at Harvard during the university's academic year beginning in September 2007. Applications for the practitioner fellowships are invited from individuals in governmental, non-governmental or private organizations 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. by August 2007.) 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 August 2007. 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 both the natural and social sciences as well as relevant professions. Special funding is available to support fellows who are citizens of Italy or developing countries who are therefore especially encouraged to apply.
With whom do fellows work?
Each year, the Sustainability Science Program recruits approximately ten fellows to work with one another and with Harvard faculty. Some of each year's fellows will come from natural science backgrounds, others from the social sciences and professions. Further information regarding fellows can be obtained through the program's web site at
http://www.cid. harvard.edu/ sustsci/research _fellows. html.
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