Academic Fellows

Academic Fellowships are designed to provide an academic opportunity to conduct focused interdisciplinary research around an approved topic in conservation and sustainability.  Each Academic Fellow receives support for a maximum of two years of intensive research at the post-doctoral level.  Overall, three groups of 10 Fellows will be selected in 2005, 2006 and 2007.  

The Fellows will be diverse and participate with a commitment to carrying out the defined research and other requirements under the Signature Program.  They are expected to conduct agreed-upon interdisciplinary research, work with the Sustainability Cabinet, attend conferences and network meetings, and present/publish their work. 

Practitioner Fellows

Practitioner Fellowships are designed to provide a non-degree opportunity for qualified middle level individuals from NGOs with a chance to conduct intensive approved applied research projects for up to six months in conservation and sustainability, under the tutorage and mentoring of an expert in that field of study.

The majority of the mentoring is done remotely as Fellows work from their home organizations.  Fellows are required to attend an orientation at the Sustainability Institute at the beginning of the research period.

Information on Fellows, including overviews of current research can be found on Alcoa Foundation's Program Website.

Shakil Visram, James Kairo and Mwape Sichilongo meet in London for a WWF Orientation