Funder: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Due Dates: November 15, 2026 (Applications open) | January 11, 2027 (Application and reference deadline)
Funding Amounts: $83,000 annual salary plus up to $10,000 annually for professional expenses over three years
Summary: Supports early-career scientists pursuing independent biodiversity research using the Arboretum’s living woody plant collections and research facilities.
Key Information: Fellows must be in full-time residence at the Arboretum in Boston throughout the three-year fellowship.
Description
The Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University supports early-career scientists developing independent research programs in any area of life science with biodiversity as the prevailing theme. Research must utilize the Arboretum’s living collections of woody plants, with access to laboratories, greenhouses, and the broader Harvard research community.
The collections bring together species and genetically diverse individuals from different biogeographic regions under shared growing conditions, enabling comparative research. The Arboretum’s urban landscape also supports studies of city ecosystems and global change, including wildlife, biogeochemical cycling, soils, microbiomes, and invasive species. Plant records, historical photographs, library archives, herbarium specimens, and climate records dating to 1918 provide additional research resources and historical perspectives.
