Applications Invited for Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research

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About the Organization

The Harvard Forest is a department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) of Harvard University. From a center comprised of 4,000 acres of land, research facilities, and the Fisher Museum, the scientists, students, and collaborators at the Forest explore topics ranging from conservation and environmental change to land-use history and the ways in which physical, biological and human systems interact to change our earth.

Since 1988, the Harvard Forest has been a Long-Term Ecological Research Site, funded by the National Science Foundation to conduct integrated, long-term studies of forest dynamics. Since 2011, the Harvard Forest has been the Northeast Core site for the National Ecological Observatory Network. For current interests and happening view our Biennial Report.

Research faculty at the Forest offer courses through the Harvard College Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) and the Freshman Seminar Program. Close association is also maintained with Harvard's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS), the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), the School of Public Health (SPH), and the Graduate School of Design.

About the Fellowship

The Charles Bullard fellowship program supports advanced research and study by individuals who show promise of making an important contribution, either as scholars or administrators, to forestry and forest-related subjects including biology, earth sciences, economics, politics, administration, philosophy, humanities, the arts, or law.

The fellowship is a highly competitive program that only accepts 5 to 7 recipients a year from a large applicant pool. View the listing of past fellowship recipients or learn more about this year's Bullard Fellows.

Eligibility

Bullard Fellowships are generally awarded to individuals in mid-career who have established themselves in academia, public service, or in the private sector. For those in academic careers, preference is ordinarily given to holders of doctoral degrees, but others whose projects show promise of important contributions to forestry and forest studies, broadly defined, will be considered in terms of the likelihood that study and research at Harvard will help fulfill this promise. Judgments of the Committee are based primarily on the quality of the applicant's professional accomplishments, academic record, and potential benefits from interaction with the Harvard Forest community and its institutional resources.

How to Apply

Applications for 2022-2023 fellowships will open on November 1, 2021 and close on December 15, 2021.

The application requires:

• A completed web-based application form
• Contact information for 3 references who can a perspective of the applicant's proposed program and his/her personal and professional qualifications for carrying it out. Recommenders should submit their recommendation letters via the secure online application system by December 18, 2021 (a 3 day grace period post deadline)
• A statement of research describing the applicant's professional career to date, proposing a research program at Harvard and evaluating this program in terms of its potential contribution to the applicant's future professional career (5 page single spaced maximum is requested).
• CV (no more than 5 pages) including the following:
• Colleges and universities; dates of attendance and degrees received
• Professional positions held since graduating college
• Academic prizes and honors, if any
• Significant books, articles, reports, etc.
• Significant education and outreach activities (NSF calls these "synergistic activities")
• Artists should provide a link to an on-line portfolio of their work

Deadline: Applications must be completed with accompanying documentation by December 15th at 5 pm EST. References are accepted until December 18th Midnight EST. Successful candidates are notified around mid-March.

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