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Grants, Fellowships, and Degree Programs
Grants to Harvard Faculty in Land-Water Sustainability
Grants to Harvard Faculty in Sustainability Science
Sustainability Science doctoral, post-doctoral, and mid-career fellowship
Giorgio Ruffolo Fellowship in Sustainability Science
Norberg-Bohm fellowship for HKS PhD candidates
Empedocle Maffia Fellowship for HKS masters degree students from Italy
Related fellowship opportunities at Harvard
Related fellowship opportunities outside Harvard
Degree Programs in Sustainability Science
Grants to Harvard Faculty in Land-Water Sustainability
Due date for applications: December 21, 2009
Grants are intended to seed new research and to support projects that contribute to ongoing research that relates to the sustainable use of land and water resources. The next major initiative of the Sustainability Science Program will be the sustainable use of land and water resources in the face of competing demands for food, energy, health, and ecosystem services. We are particularly interested in the impact of water-related shocks and stresses (e.g., drought, flooding) on food production and food security. More broadly, we seek to understand the opportunities and limits of agronomic, economic and institutional strategies to adapt to and mitigate the impact of water-related risks. The scope of this initiative extends from evaluation of the efficacy of traditional strategies for managing water-related risks in subsistence agriculture to a consideration of contemporary options such as weather insurance, the development of drought resistant varieties and land use practices that reduce the covariance of weather and yields, improved prediction technologies to allow adaptation, and irrigation and rainwater harvesting technologies that can be deployed by individual households, small groups of households, or require larger scale cooperation and rely on particular institutions and social norms. We will also consider interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural water use, including innovative social mechanisms that may control tendencies for both water withdrawal and water pollution to disrupt agricultural systems. Grants are for use for any period between January 2010 and August 2011. Interdisciplinary research approaches are encouraged where appropriate. For more information on the application process, click here.
Grants to Harvard Faculty in Sustainability Science
The Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University's Center for International Development is accepting applications for faculty research grants for use for any period between April 2010 and June 2011. Grants are intended to seed new research and to support projects that contribute to ongoing research that relates to the core concerns of "sustainability science," an emerging field of use-inspired research seeking to advance understanding of the interactions between human and environmental systems, and to apply such understanding to sustainability challenges relating to advancing human well-being and alleviating poverty in ways that simultaneously conserve the earth's life support systems. Proposals to explore sectoral applications of sustainability science in the areas of agriculture, habitation, energy and materials, health and water are welcome, as are applications to integrated regional development. Interdisciplinary research approaches are encouraged where appropriate. The maximum size of an individual grant is $40,000. More information on the application process is available here. A list of faculty research activities that are supported by previous faculty awards can found here.
Sustainability Science doctoral, post-doctoral, and mid-career fellowship
Due date for applications: December 1, 2009
The Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University's Center for International Development invites applications for resident fellowships in sustainability science for the University's academic year beginning in September 2010. The fellowship competition is open to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students, and to mid-career professionals engaged in research or practice to facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective interventions that promote sustainable development. Applicants should describe how their work would contribute to "sustainability science," the emerging field of use-inspired research seeking understanding of the interactions between human and environmental systems as well as the application of such knowledge to sustainability challenges relating to advancing development of agriculture, habitation, energy and materials, health and water while conserving the earth's life support systems. This year we will give some preference to applicants who address the challenges related to meeting human needs for water or food/agriculture/land use in the context of sustainable development. In addition to general funds available to support this fellowship offering, special funding for the Giorgio Ruffolo Fellowships in Sustainability Science is available to support citizens of Italy or developing countries who are therefore especially encouraged to apply. For more information on the fellowships application process, click here. Applications are due December 1, 2009.
Giorgio Ruffolo Fellowships in Sustainability Science
The Giorgio Ruffolo Fellowships in Sustainability Science honor the legacy of Giorgio Ruffolo, Italy's first Minister of the Environment (1987-92). Mr. Ruffolo worked to build Italian and European Union environmental programs and, through his charismatic leadership, encouraged many young Italians to pursue environmental careers. Designed to strengthen international networks and capacity in the field of sustainability science, the fellowships enable doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers, and mid-career professionals to spend time one year as Visiting Fellows at the Center for International Development, with preference given to citizens of Italy or developing countries. The Ruffolo Fellowships, established in 2007, are a component of a gift provided by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land, and Sea to create a Fund for Sustainable Development at Harvard. For more information on the fellowship application process, click here.
2010 Norberg-Bohm fellowship for HKS PhD candidates
Due date for applications: February 1, 2010
The Science Technology and Public Policy Program and the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government are accepting applications for the Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellowship for 2010-11. The purpose of the fellowship is to support Kennedy School of Government PhD candidates conducting early exploratory research on energy or environmental issues. The fellowship is designed to enable doctoral students to expose themselves to a wide range of researchers and research approaches early on in their training before they make their ultimate choice of a dissertation topic. The award can be used for a variety of activities such as conducting field work, providing support for an internship, or learning a foreign language in a host country. Applications will be accepted from students enrolled in one of the Kennedy School of Government's doctoral programs, i.e. Public Policy, Political Economy and Government, Social Policy, Health Policy. Preference will be given to students in their first two years of the program, or prior to passing their qualifying exams. For more information on the fellowship application process, click here. For information on past fellowship recipients, click here. Applications are due February 1, 2010.
The Empedocle Maffia Fellowship for HKS masters degree students from Italy
Due date for applications: See http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/admissions/apply/deadlines
The Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea in conjunction with Harvard's Center for International Development have established a fellowship to support one Mid-Career Master in Public Administration student and one student in any of HKS's two-year degree programs. This fellowship provides tuition and fees support and an annual stipend for living expenses for incoming admitted Italian citizens who already have practical experience working on international environment and development policy issues and who intend to pursue careers in environment and development after graduation from the Kennedy School of Government. This fellowship was established to honor the legacy of Empedocle Maffia, a distinguished Italian, who held positions in academia, the public sector, and journalism. An overview of the admissions process for the masters degree programs is at http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/admissions. Within the online application there is a section for selecting the fellowships you wish to apply for where you will find the Maffia Fellowship.
Other related fellowship opportunities at Harvard
- Harvard University Center for the Environment: Post-doctoral fellowships, see http://www.environment.harvard.edu/program/index.htm
- Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs: Post-doctoral and doctoral fellowships, see http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/fellowships
- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies: Visiting scholars and professional fellows, see http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/scholars
- Weatherhead Center for International Affairs: Students, see http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/funding
- U.S.-Japan Program Advanced Research Fellowships: Post-doctoral fellows, see http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/funding/student/us_japan
- Fritz Thyssen Fellows: Post-doctoral and doctoral fellows nominated by a Harvard faculty member; must be citizens of Germany, see http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/funding/faculty/nominations_visiting_scholars;
- Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies: Doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships, see http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/programs/academy.
- Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research: Mid-career fellowships, see http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/education/bullard.html
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