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<b><i><span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">Sustainability and Conservation Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in partnership with The Nature Conservancy</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">Application deadline for 2025: Friday, February 14, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Project Area: International research that informs climate adaptation interventions</span></b><span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">Adoption of forest-based natural climate solutions is stymied by concerns around the “permanence” or durability of these interventions. Yet forest-based natural climate solutions are also essential for staving
off the worst of climate change. Forests face increasing risks as the climate warms, but these risks are not uniform across the landscape. Science-based tools are needed to predict the likelihood and severity of carbon loss, as well as likelihood of system
recovery. Such tools can help to target projects towards places that are less likely to be disturbed under future climate conditions, design projects that are more likely to be durable, and establish sufficient compensation mechanisms for any disturbances
that do happen (e.g., buffer pool). We are seeking a candidate with expertise in global climate modeling, land use modeling, literature synthesis and/or forest-based carbon accounting to help advance a series of products around durability risks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Mentor team:</span></b><span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none"> Prof. <a href="https://earth.sas.upenn.edu/people/michael-mann" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008E00;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Michael
Mann</span></a> (<a href="mailto:mmann00@sas.upenn.edu">mmann00@sas.upenn.edu</a>), Dr. <a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/nick-wolff/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008E00;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Nicholas
Wolff</span></a> (<a href="mailto:nicholas.wolff@tnc.org">nicholas.wolff@tnc.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE</span></b><span style="color:#444444;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">Ideal candidates for this fellowship are outstanding, early-career scientists who seek to improve and expand their research skills, while directing their efforts toward problems at the interface of climate, conservation,
research, and people. Recognizing that science is best advanced through contributions by individuals of diverse backgrounds, we seek to attract promising researchers from varying backgrounds, races, ethnic groups, and other diverse populations whose life experiences,
research experiences, and employment backgrounds will contribute significantly to their research. Applicants must have completed all requirements for their doctorate by the fellowship start date, and their PhD should have been awarded no longer than three
years before the application deadline. Fellows are expected to begin their appointment by September 1, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">HOW TO APPLY</span></b><span style="color:#444444;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">Complete applications are due by Friday, February 14, 2025, and must include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Cover letter</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> (limited to 1 page). Applicants should describe their research experience, interests in research and conservation, long-term
career goals, and illustrate how their previous experience strengthens their ability to develop and implement the proposed research.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Research proposal</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> (limited to 2 pages; citations may be on a separate page). Applicants must engage in co-development of a research proposal
with a Penn faculty member and a TNC scientist, and proof of co-development will be assessed during proposal review. Teams at TNC and Penn who are available to work with applicants, their contact information, and general research topics of interest are listed
above. The proposal should<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">highlight the research question of interest,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">clearly articulate the research approach and methods,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">outline the project’s scientific significance, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">demonstrate a clear potential for delivering results for The Nature Conservancy’s global priorities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Curriculum Vitae</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">The cover letter and research proposal must be standard letter-size page, 1-inch margins, and at least 11 pt font.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">The CV, proposal, and personal statement must be combined into one pdf file and emailed to
<a href="mailto:kara.walker@tnc.org">kara.walker@tnc.org</a> by no later than 5 pm ET on February 14, 2025. Please use the subject “Postdoctoral Fellow Application [Your Name]” and name the pdf attachment “YourNameApplication.pdf”.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Three letters of recommendation.</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> One letter must be from the applicant’s thesis advisor and comment specifically on the applicant’s ability
to learn from and contribute to a multi-disciplinary and collaborative research environment. The other two letters should be from individuals well acquainted with the applicant’s PhD research.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">A joint letter of support with mentoring plan</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> from your proposed Penn and TNC mentors. Mentors should speak to the importance of the applicant’s
proposed project to Penn and TNC, the role they will play in jointly mentoring the applicant through the project, and the leadership taken by the applicant in developing the research proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">The recommendation and support letters must be on letterhead and emailed directly to
<a href="mailto:kara.walker@tnc.org">kara.walker@tnc.org</a> by no later than 5 pm ET on February 14, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">For general questions, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Nadine Gruhn, <a href="mailto:ngruhn@sas.upenn.edu">
ngruhn@sas.upenn.edu</a><br>
Dr. Kara Walker, <a href="mailto:kara.walker@tnc.org">kara.walker@tnc.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">PROGRAM GOALS</span></b><span style="color:#444444;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">This postdoctoral fellowship program aims to bridge the excellence in academic research at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and in conservation practice at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to confront climate
change, while creating a new generation of sustainability and conservation leaders who combine the rigor of academic science with real-world application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">Penn and TNC join in recognizing climate change as the single greatest environmental threat to humanity. Climate change is an issue that tightly integrates the health of the planet with the economy, access to clean
and reliable energy, water, and food production, and equity. To tackle these challenges, our world needs science that blends climatology, physics, economics, business, chemistry, engineering, technology and communications with conservation and ecology. As
well, it must marry the best academic research with opportunities for rapid testing and deployment in the real world to address human well-being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">The specific program goals are to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Invest in the talent potential of a new generation of climate change leaders<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Recruit scientists who bring a diversity of culture, experience, and ideas to Penn and TNC<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Support innovative and impact-oriented research that helps deliver TNC outcomes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#666666;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Provide the fellows and Penn research community as a whole with access to real-world conservation professionals and issues.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color:#666666;mso-ligatures:none">Postdoctoral Fellows will be supported annually with a $70,000 stipend and benefits, a $10,000 research fund, and up-to $2,000 for professional travel. A one-time relocation reimbursement of up-to $2,000 is also
available. Fellows will be eligible for support for up-to two consecutive years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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