CIRES Sabbatical Fellowship Program 2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: January 2, 2026

Applications are open for the CIRES Sabbatical Fellowship Program 2026. The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences on the University of Colorado Boulder sponsors a prestigious Visiting Fellows program, inviting scientists to affix the thriving group of researchers in Boulder, Colorado. CIRES Visiting Fellowships are meant to stimulate interdisciplinary analysis throughout the institute via engagement with CIRES researchers on campus and in Boulder’s NOAA Laboratories.

Sponsored by CIRES Fellows, Visiting Fellows work with CIRES researchers on a variety of environmental science matters. The CIRES Visiting Fellows Program has attracted greater than 350 scientists from world wide over the previous 50 years; many have gone on to lasting careers in CIRES and NOAA. They encourage functions from members of teams underneath-represented within the environmental sciences and associated disciplines. This program is funded primarily via the CIRES Cooperative Agreement with NOAA.

Benefits

• Sabbatical Fellowships for senior scientists can be found for between 3 and 12 months. Modest requests to reimburse lodging bills as much as $2,500/month and a price range for analysis-associated journey, supplies and provides as much as $8,000 could also be included within the award. 
• A laptop computer will probably be offered, which is separate from the $8,000 analysis price range.
• Sabbatical Fellows can use a few of their analysis journey price range to be reimbursed for journey bills to Boulder and return home as soon as the fellowship is full.

Eligibility

• Applicant will need to have appointment at an instructional or analysis establishment.
• Individuals who’ve been University of Colorado Boulder graduate college students, postdocs, researchers, analysis associates, sabbatical guests, or school inside 10 years of the application due date are not eligible.
• Applicants are anticipated to be mid to senior profession.
• Priority will probably be given to candidates affiliated with establishments exterior the larger Boulder scientific group.
• Applicants have to be in residence at CIRES (or be conducting associated area analysis) for at least 3 months. Vacation time and convention attendance don’t depend towards the three-month minimal.

Application

Candidates are required to submit the next supplies:

• CV (2 Page NSF Template)
• Identification of at the very least one (and as much as 3) CIRES Fellow/Senior Research Scientist sponsor(s).
• Cover Letter (max 2 pages, 12 pt font)
  • The cowl letter ought to embody the next info:
    • Expected begin date, the identify(s) of the sponsoring CIRES Fellow(s) and different CIRES, NOAA, and University of Colorado researchers with whom you propose to work, and an outline of the character of the collaboration with every scientist.
    • Justification of how you’d be a robust addition to the CIRES scientific group. Be positive to align your solutions to the CIRES Strategic Plan.
    • Short description about how this sabbatical go to will create or improve lasting relationships and collaborations between your self and CIRES Faculty, Scientists and Students. If related, please touch upon any potential analysis actions and funding alternatives which will end result from the sabbatical go to. Also if related, please remark in your potential collaborations and mentorship of scholars throughout your go to.
• Research proposal (3 pages max together with figures, 12 pt font. Figure captions will be 10 pt font. References not included in 3 web page restrict.)
  • Proposals ought to define your motivation for the work, its novelty and potential contribution to the sector, the analysis query, the strategies to be pursued, and the anticipated outcomes. Higher precedence will probably be given to those that point out an applicable timeline for reaching these outcomes.
  • Proposals also needs to embody the scientific rationale for doing the work in CIRES, corresponding to linkages with the analysis of the CIRES Fellow/Senior Research Scientist supporting your proposal.
  • Remember that the proposals will probably be reviewed by an interdisciplinary scientific crew and may due to this fact be written for a broad scientific viewers. Feel free to contact Becca Edwards if you need clarification on this request.

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For extra info, go to CIRES Sabbatical Fellowship.