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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.
Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.
Apply through the official National Academies programme page before the stated deadline.
Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.