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Sustainability Science Fellowship Application Coversheet

Your LAST name:_________________________

Application deadline: February 1, 2007

You should submit for your application this cover sheet with all questions answered, and attach a proposal and a CV. Letters of support are also required to complete the application, but you should tell your letter writers to send their letters directly to the Program at the address given below. All materials submitted in support of the application must be in English.

Application for (check one):

____ Pre-doctoral fellowship _____Post-doctoral fellowship _____Practitioner fellowship

Cover Sheet:

1. Applicant’s name (first, middle initial, last):
2. Permanent address (street, city, state, zip code, country):
3. Phone:
4. Email:
5. Citizenenship:
6. Most advanced degree received or expected in next year:
7. Field:
8. Awarding institution, department:
9. Date conferred or expected:
10. Dissertation title:
11. Proposed research title:
12. Paragraph length abstract of proposed research (< 250 words):
13. Faculty host at Harvard’s name (if one has been identified):
14. Faculty host at Harvard’s school:
15. Referee names (3), including title, postal address, email address and relationship to applicant
    1. (dissertation adviser)
    2.  
    3.  
16. Proposed length of stay at Harvard:
        [ ] Fall 2007 (September-December)
        [ ] Spring 2008 (February-May)
        [ ] Full Academic Year (September 2007 – May 2008)
        [ ] Full Year (September 2007 – August 2008)
17. List other fellowships at Harvard to which you are applying:
18. Describe other funds that you have available or will apply for that might help to cover some of the expenses associated with the fellowship. (Please provide details regarding amounts, conditions and expected date of award.)

Proposal: Please attach a description of the proposed project including specific information demonstrating how the applicant’s work contributes to "sustainability science," the emerging field of use-inspired research encompassing studies of the interactions between human and environmental systems as well as the sustainability challenges relating to agriculture, biodiversity, cities, energy and materials, health and water. Maximum length is 1500 words (about 3 pages of single spaced type) plus literature citations.

Curriculum vitae: Please attach a curriculum vitae, listing publications and graduate coursework on research methodology or experience relevant to the planned project (3 page maximum).

E-mail final applications to: sustsci_grants@ksg.harvard.edu by 1 February, 2007.

Sustainability Science Fellowships
Sustainability Science Program,
Center for International Development,
Harvard University, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
tel: 617-496-7466 | sustsci_grants@ksg.harvard.edu
http://www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci/grants/fellows

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