Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship - Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship supports early-career scientists’ independent research using the Arnold Arboretum’s collections and facilities to advance understanding of global change.
This grant was recently updated
Recommendation letters are now due January 11, rather than January 18 at 11:59 PM ET. Applications open November 15; a single application covers multiple fellowships and requires a primary fellowship designation, a research statement tailored to that fellowship, and an abstract of 175 words or fewer; other details also changed.
Funder: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Due Dates: November 15, 2026 (Applications open) | January 11, 2027 (Applications and references due)
Funding Amounts: $83,000 annual salary plus up to $10,000 annually for professional expenses; two-year fellowship
Summary: Supports early-career scientists pursuing independent global change research using the Arnold Arboretum’s collections, facilities, and other resources.
Key Information: Fellows must reside full-time at the Arboretum in Boston and contribute to education and outreach.
Description
The Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University supports original, independent research in any area of global change science that uses the Arboretum’s resources. It offers early-career scientists research independence, training, and connections within the Arboretum and the broader Harvard research community.
The Boston landscape combines temperate trees and other woody plants with research laboratories and greenhouses. Researchers can draw on genetically diverse living collections grown under shared conditions, plant records, historical photographs, library archives, herbarium specimens, and climate data collected since 1918. The urban setting also supports investigations of city ecosystems and global change, including wildlife, biogeochemical cycling, soil functioning, microbiomes, and invasive species.
