Overview
Fellowship Eligibility, Start Date and Duration: The Earth Institute Fellows Program seeks outstanding scholars with recent doctorates in the natural, social, engineering and health sciences who possess a strong interest in sustainable development. The Program provides innovative scholars with the opportunity to build a deeper foundation in one of these core disciplines while at the same time acquiring the cross-disciplinary expertise and breadth needed to addresses critical issues related to sustainable development, including reducing poverty, hunger, disease, and environmental degradation. Fellows are appointed for two years. Appointments begin September 1st. However, if individual circumstances warrant, Fellows may begin their appointment as early as July 1st. Fellows must receive their Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. prior to beginning their appointment. International candidates are encouraged to apply.
Selection Procedure: Each year, the Earth Institute Fellows Committee performs an initial, assiduous review of the applications and forwards those that merit further consideration to the directors of one or more Earth Institute unit and/or cluster. In making this first cut, the Committee examines several factors, including: the excellence of the candidate, application, and proposed research; relevant preparation of the candidate; quality of the recommendations; relevance of the proposed research to the core interest of the Earth Institute to seek solutions to obstacles to sustainable development; and current needs and priorities of the Earth Institute and one or more of its clusters. The Fellows Program Committee then reviews the evalations of the units and clusters, re-examines the relevant applications in great detail, and reaches a final decision.
Research Foci and Mentors: Research foci are determined by the Fellows themselves. Thus, Fellows may pursue substantive research in any area of their choosing. Applicants are encouraged to review the list of the Earth Institute's research units and relevant Columbia University and Barnard College departments to see the breadth of potential mentors and potential collaborators actively engaged in research at Columbia University. Applicants must indicate one or more Earth Institute units and individuals with which they would work.
Salary: Fellows will be provided with an annual salary of about $48,000.
Benefits: Each Fellow is eligible for Columbia University health and medical benefits. The Web site for Columbia University's Office of Human Resources contains benefit information (http://www.hr.columbia.edu/hr/index.html), as well as relevant University's human resource policies. The rules, regulations, and policies of Columbia University, as well as applicable state and federal law that govern employment at Columbia are also listed on the web site.
Research, Relocation, and Travel Funds: Fellows receive $7000 for reimbursable expenses in their first year and $5000 in their second year. These funds can be used for relocation and moving expenses, as well as for computer, travel, conference, journal, book, software, equipment and other research costs.
External Funding: Fellows are free to participate in the development and submission of research proposals in cooperation with their mentors, host EI units, or other researchers. When doing so, they must follow all applicable Columbia University rules applicable to postdoctoral scholars.
Housing: The Earth Institute does not have a housing allocation for postdoctoral Fellows and thus can not provide University housing. The Earth Institute provides each Fellow with contact information for the Columbia Housing Office and also provides informal guidance on areas near Columbia University where affordable housing can be found.
Program Activities: The Fellows program hosts a series of activities that explore interdisciplinary issues in sustainable development, bring Fellows together as a community, and introduce Fellows to a diverse array of Columbia University faculty and researchers. Activities include:
Orientation: A weeklong series of information sessions and visits to Earth Institute units.
Earth Institute Fellows Seminars: A weekly seminar series in which each Fellow presents her/his ongoing research once each year. The talks are informal and designed to foster interdisciplinary and problem-solving discussions among EI Fellows, faculty and researchers. Lunch is provided. Two second-year Earth Institute Fellows coordinate the program each year.
Earth Institute Dinners: Periodic dinners for Fellows with a rotating set of distinguished faculty and researchers from the Earth Institute.
Earth Institute Fellows Special Events: Special outings to unique environs in New York City that seek to create a sense of community among the Fellows, to connect them to New York, and to provide intellectual stimuli.
Other Earth Institute Seminar Series: Fellows receive invitations to other events and speaker series at Columbia, including those sponsored by the Earth Institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Earth Engineering Center, Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED), Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD), Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), and Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR).
For additional information please contact:
Rita Ricobelli Corradi
Research Director, OARP
rricobelli@ei.columbia.edu
The Earth Institute, Columbia University
B-16 Hogan Hall, MC 3277
2910 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
Program Email: fellows@ei.columbia.edu
website: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sections/view/9
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this fellowship
Fellowship Eligibility, Start Date and Duration: The Earth Institute Fellows Program seeks outstanding scholars with recent doctorates in the natural, social, engineering and health sciences who possess a strong interest in sustainable development. The Program provides innovative scholars with the opportunity to build a deeper foundation in one of these core disciplines while at the same time acquiring the cross-disciplinary expertise and breadth needed to addresses critical issues related to sustainable development, including reducing poverty, hunger, disease, and environmental degradation. Fellows are appointed for two years. Appointments begin September 1st. However, if individual circumstances warrant, Fellows may begin their appointment as early as July 1st. Fellows must receive their Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. prior to beginning their appointment. International candidates are encouraged to apply.
Selection Procedure: Each year, the Earth Institute Fellows Committee performs an initial, assiduous review of the applications and forwards those that merit further consideration to the directors of one or more Earth Institute unit and/or cluster. In making this first cut, the Committee examines several factors, including: the excellence of the candidate, application, and proposed research; relevant preparation of the candidate; quality of the recommendations; relevance of the proposed research to the core interest of the Earth Institute to seek solutions to obstacles to sustainable development; and current needs and priorities of the Earth Institute and one or more of its clusters. The Fellows Program Committee then reviews the evalations of the units and clusters, re-examines the relevant applications in great detail, and reaches a final decision.
Research Foci and Mentors: Research foci are determined by the Fellows themselves. Thus, Fellows may pursue substantive research in any area of their choosing. Applicants are encouraged to review the list of the Earth Institute's research units and relevant Columbia University and Barnard College departments to see the breadth of potential mentors and potential collaborators actively engaged in research at Columbia University. Applicants must indicate one or more Earth Institute units and individuals with which they would work.
Salary: Fellows will be provided with an annual salary of about $48,000.
Benefits: Each Fellow is eligible for Columbia University health and medical benefits. The Web site for Columbia University's Office of Human Resources contains benefit information (http://www.hr.columbia.edu/hr/index.html), as well as relevant University's human resource policies. The rules, regulations, and policies of Columbia University, as well as applicable state and federal law that govern employment at Columbia are also listed on the web site.
Research, Relocation, and Travel Funds: Fellows receive $7000 for reimbursable expenses in their first year and $5000 in their second year. These funds can be used for relocation and moving expenses, as well as for computer, travel, conference, journal, book, software, equipment and other research costs.
External Funding: Fellows are free to participate in the development and submission of research proposals in cooperation with their mentors, host EI units, or other researchers. When doing so, they must follow all applicable Columbia University rules applicable to postdoctoral scholars.
Housing: The Earth Institute does not have a housing allocation for postdoctoral Fellows and thus can not provide University housing. The Earth Institute provides each Fellow with contact information for the Columbia Housing Office and also provides informal guidance on areas near Columbia University where affordable housing can be found.
Program Activities: The Fellows program hosts a series of activities that explore interdisciplinary issues in sustainable development, bring Fellows together as a community, and introduce Fellows to a diverse array of Columbia University faculty and researchers. Activities include:
Orientation: A weeklong series of information sessions and visits to Earth Institute units.
Earth Institute Fellows Seminars: A weekly seminar series in which each Fellow presents her/his ongoing research once each year. The talks are informal and designed to foster interdisciplinary and problem-solving discussions among EI Fellows, faculty and researchers. Lunch is provided. Two second-year Earth Institute Fellows coordinate the program each year.
Earth Institute Dinners: Periodic dinners for Fellows with a rotating set of distinguished faculty and researchers from the Earth Institute.
Earth Institute Fellows Special Events: Special outings to unique environs in New York City that seek to create a sense of community among the Fellows, to connect them to New York, and to provide intellectual stimuli.
Other Earth Institute Seminar Series: Fellows receive invitations to other events and speaker series at Columbia, including those sponsored by the Earth Institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Earth Engineering Center, Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED), Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD), Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), and Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR).
For additional information please contact:
Rita Ricobelli Corradi
Research Director, OARP
rricobelli@ei.columbia.edu
The Earth Institute, Columbia University
B-16 Hogan Hall, MC 3277
2910 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
Program Email: fellows@ei.columbia.edu
website: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sections/view/9
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this fellowship
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