2022 Fellowships Deadline: November 1, 2021

See full details at https://serc.si.edu/fellowships

View all opportunities and learn how to apply at https://fellowships.si.edu/fellowship-programs

The Smithsonian Institution is committed to training the next generation of scientists to meet the environmental needs of the 21st century. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center offers a variety of fellowship opportunities to graduate and postgraduate students. Research topics of interest are located below. Please click on the appropriate accordion tab for more details about each fellowship type.

Scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland conduct environmental research in temperate, tropical, and polar ecosystems across the globe. Recent research has highlighted the separate and interactive impacts of multiple global change factors on populations, communities, and ecosystems, including climate change, biological invasions, biodiversity loss, nutrient loading, trace element pollution, and habitat alteration. Insights gained in these studies will be crucial to developing science-based conservation plans that allow human societies to thrive while protecting our finite natural resources.

Research Topics Include:

  • Biodiversity & Conservation

  • Biological Invasions

  • Ecosystems Ecology

  • Environmental Pollution

  • Food Webs

  • Global Change

  • Parasite & Disease Ecology

  • Watersheds & Land Use