Grant opportunity
Environment Track: Early-Career Research Fellowship
The Gulf Research Program Environment Track supports emerging scientific leaders working on ecosystem health, monitoring and managing for environmental change, and actionable management or policy strategies for critical ecosystems and species.
- Funder
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine / Gulf Research Program
- Applications close June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
- Applications close June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM: Jun 2, 2026
- Award
- Fellowship support; see official call for award terms
- Applicant
- Early-career researchers
- Discipline
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Region
- United States / Gulf Coast
- Posted
- Jun 2, 2026
Call summary
Overview
The 2026-2028 Environment Track of the Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship focuses on Ecosystem Health: Monitoring and Managing for Environmental Change.
Who can apply
Early-career researchers working in areas aligned with ecosystem health, environmental change, biodiversity, resilience, monitoring, management, and policy translation should review the official National Academies page for full eligibility rules.
What it supports
- Innovative scientific or technological approaches to assess, monitor, or predict resilience of critical ecosystems and species.
- Research that develops or tests monitoring techniques, or develops solutions that enhance biodiversity or slow its loss.
- Special emphasis is placed on genetic, genomic, machine learning, or AI methodologies.
Funding and duration
- Fellowship support is provided through the National Academies Gulf Research Program; applicants should confirm award terms on the official page.
Applications close June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Applications close June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM: Jun 2, 2026
How to apply
Apply through the official National Academies programme page before the stated deadline.
Call details
Source-based overview
The Early Career Research Fellowship Environment Track aligns with the Gulf Research Program environmental protection portfolio. For the 2026-2028 application cycle, the focus is ecosystem health, monitoring and managing for environmental change. The track invites research using innovative scientific or technological approaches to assess, monitor, or predict resilience of critical ecosystems and species to changing conditions. Fellows should develop or test innovative monitoring techniques and/or develop solutions that enhance biodiversity or slow biodiversity loss, translating work into actionable management and policy strategies that sustain ecosystem services and strengthen community resilience. Applications are open until June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM.
Eligibility
Early-career researchers working in areas aligned with ecosystem health, environmental change, biodiversity, resilience, monitoring, management, and policy translation should review the official National Academies page for full eligibility rules.
Funding and benefits
Fellowship support is provided through the National Academies Gulf Research Program; applicants should confirm award terms on the official page.
Themes and supported activities
Innovative scientific or technological approaches to assess, monitor, or predict resilience of critical ecosystems and species.
Research that develops or tests monitoring techniques, or develops solutions that enhance biodiversity or slow its loss.
Special emphasis is placed on genetic, genomic, machine learning, or AI methodologies.
Deadline and timeline
Applications close June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM: Applications close June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM: Jun 2, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Apply through the official National Academies programme page before the stated deadline.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.