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Fellowship Structure

The fellowship will serve as an intellectual incubator that brings together a cohort of ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ researchers to build community and form transdisciplinary teams to tackle some of our most pressing sustainability challenges. Our goal is to attract participants from across disciplinary backgrounds and ways of examining sustainability. The fellowship will consist of a combination of focused and facilitated work, a monthly public seminar series, opportunities for sustained conversations that can form the foundation for research proposals funded by the SRI, and opportunity to co-organize workshops with SRI, based on emergent topics of interest. The goal is to move beyond interdisciplinary to�� research.

We are looking for visionary sustainability researchers who are keen to step outside their disciplines and ways of conducting research, strive to build community among other researchers on campus, and who are willing to actively participate in the fellowship with��.

Time Commitment and Requirements for Participation

Program duration: February 2027 – February 2028
Typical commitment: ~1–2 hours/month (plus retreats and events)

Program Schedule and Key Dates

• February 5th 2027 – 2027 Cohort Kickoff Meeting
• February 2027 – 2026/2027 cross cohort happy hour (scheduled based on availability)
• Monthly (Spring & Fall) – 1.5 hour meetings on the first Friday (10am - 11:30am) of each month
• April 2nd 2026 – Evening collaborative dinner retreat (5:30pm - 7:30pm)
• June and July 2026 – Summer pause in fellowship programming
• August 2027 – Summer Retreat (scheduled based on availability)
• February 2027 – Fellowship wrap up and 2027/2028 cross cohort happy hour

Eligibility

All ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty, Instructors and Senior Instructors (including Teaching Assistant Professors, Teaching Associate Professors, and Teaching Professors), and Career Track Research Faculty (i.e., Research Professors Series, Senior Research Associates* (SRA), Staff, and Research Associates* (RA)) who hold an appointment of half-time or greater are eligible to apply. Adjoint professors are eligible as long as they submit a letter from their unit or department head confirming they��hold a long-term appointment of half-time or greater.

Engagement Opportunities

• Invited participation in the monthly SRI “Sustainability on Tap” Community Seminar Series

• Invited participation for the 2027 SRI Sustainability Research Summit

Fellows Support

Support of $5,000 for 1 year is to be dispersed as additional one-time pay or transferred into a ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ discretionary account. In the last quarter of the fellowship, the SRI research fellows will be eligible to submit interdisciplinary group proposals for up to $100,000 in seed funding.

The fellowship does not provide a release from teaching, research, or service responsibilities.

Additional Support

• Dedicated staff/facilitator support to guide futuristic visioning and transdisciplinary team development in an inclusive manner
• Proposal development resources (e.g., RIO, Advancement, Research Development, Industry and Foundation Relations, and SRI)
• Communications to bring recognition to fellows and their work.��

Application Requirements

1. CV or Portfolio representative of your body of work

2. Short Answer Questions��to help the review committee assess the applicant’s potential for visioning, collaboration, and�� engagement.

Selection Considerations

The review committee will evaluate fellow applications based on:

• Demonstrated excellence or emerging promise in sustainability research or practice
• Openness to working across disciplinary boundaries
• Expressed enthusiasm to build community among fellows
• Evidence of curiosity, flexibility, and epistemic humility
• Alignment with the fellowship goals and SRI’s mission