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Coming soon! The HGHI Burke Climate and Health Fellowship Application!

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The 2024 HGHI Burke Climate and Health Fellowship will open in April 2024! The 2-year fellowship program, a partnership between the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and the Harvard Global Health Institute, offers financial support for eligible research fellows, post-doctoral scholars, and early career faculty pursuing scholarly research at the intersection of climate change and global health. During their fellowship, HGHI Burke Climate and Health Fellows will work closely with a Harvard faculty mentor in any school or department on their proposed research project.

The application for our next 2024 cohort will go live on April 22, 2024, the fellowship program runs annually from September – June.

The fellowship award includes a salary of $75,000 per year for a total of up to two years to support scholarship related to climate and health. During the fellowship period, Climate and Health Fellows will be an integral member of the Harvard Global Health Institute and Salata Institute and will participate in cross-University engagements on climate change.

For more information on eligibility requirements and sponsoring Harvard mentor requirements, please visit our Fellowships page.

For questions about the climate and health fellowship or eligibility, please email HGHI_fellowships@harvard.edu

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