<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Did you earn a PhD in any area with sustainability focus or about to defend? </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do you believe in a future where people and the planet prosper together? Do you believe in interdisciplinary academic research, community-engaged scholarship, and interested in solutions-oriented research to support equitable and just sustainability transition for all? If yes! We need you at the </span><a href="http://environment.umn.edu/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Institute on the Environment</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (IonE). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The IonE is accepting applications for launching a cohort-based </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione-postdoctoral-fellowship" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Postdoctoral Fellowship Program</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. We anticipate having an annual cohort of 5-10 fellows every year. Each Fellow will receive a postdoctoral fellowship </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">salary commensurate with experience between $60,000-$68,500</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; additionally they will receive research and professional expenses, moving expenses, as well as </span><a href="https://policy.umn.edu/hr/postdocappoint-appa" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">benefits</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, including health care coverage and paid leave. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The goal of the IonE Postdoctoral Fellowship is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future by supporting breakthrough research across disciplines, developing the next generation of global leaders, and building transformative partnerships across the state, region and globe. IonE Postdoctoral Fellows will lead 1-2 projects during their tenure. You can view the IonE projects </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione-postdoctoral-fellowship/postdoctoral-projects" target="_blank" style="text-de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