<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-5e32b7b7-7fff-b586-6a80-de60a2bf856a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">Did you earn or are you about to defend a PhD in any area with a related sustainability focus? </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">Do you believe in a future where people and the planet prosper together? Do you believe in interdisciplinary academic research and community-engaged scholarship? Are you 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/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">Institute on the Environment</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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"> (IonE). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">IonE is accepting applications for its third round of a cohort-based </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione-postdoctoral-fellowship" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">Postdoctoral Fellowship Program</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">. 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:Arial,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">salary commensurate with experience between $60,000-$68,500</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">; additionally, they will receive research and professional expenses, moving expenses, as well as </span><a href="https://policy.umn.edu/hr/postdocappoint-appa" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">benefits</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,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">, 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:Arial,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">The IonE Postdoctoral Fellowship strives 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.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You can apply now, </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione-postdoctoral-fellowship/apply-here" style="text-decoration-li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<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:hight058@umn.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">hight058@umn.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> | 434-466-3789</span><br></div></div></div></div>