Advance your interdisciplinary research and build leadership skills through Institute on the Environment fellowships. These funded opportunities for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars allow you to work across disciplines and contribute to solutions for a better tomorrow.
Sustainability Fellowship Opportunities
IonE fellowships support doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. Learn more about each opportunity.
The IonE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The IonE Postdoctoral Fellowship program offers two-year fellowships for emerging impact-focused scholars. Lead 1–2 research projects within IonE’s portfolio during this unique cohort-based fellowship opportunity. Become part of our team, collaborate across sectors, build leadership skills and contribute to solutions for tomorrow’s sustainability challenges.
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships (IDF) provide one year of support for mid-career doctoral students whose dissertation work spans multiple disciplines. If you select IonE as your host, you will receive an additional $2,500 in professional development funding, access to IonE’s programs and community, and workspace on the St. Paul campus. This fellowship is offered in partnership with the University of Minnesota Graduate School.
Why Pursue a Fellowship at IonE?
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Future-Focused Research: IonE research is rooted in today’s most pressing and complex environmental challenges – and designed to generate knowledge and insights that scale over time. As a doctoral or postdoctoral fellow, you’ll work on questions that matter today and shape what’s possible tomorrow.
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Interdisciplinary Solutions that Reach the Real World: Fellows work with government agencies, industry leaders and community partners on solutions that inform decisions that impact our region and beyond.
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Leadership & Career Development: Fellows build leadership skills, expand their professional networks and gain experience guiding interdisciplinary research. These skills will serve you throughout your research career.
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Funding for High-Impact Research: IonE fellowships provide funding and institutional support to pursue innovative sustainability research. Each year, IonE awards some $1.5M in fellowship salaries, support and research funding.
Rethinking What’s Possible
At IonE, fellowships don’t just support your path – they can reshape how you think about your work and redefine your goals along the way.
IonE is a place where being interdisciplinary and bringing different kinds of knowledge is valued, encouraged, and supported – and that has really shaped my career. I came in with one idea of what my career would look like, and I’m leaving with a completely different one after being exposed to new models of leadership, ways of doing research, and thinking about collaboration.
Questions?
Have a question or need more information? Get in touch and we’ll help you start your fellowship journey.