Hello ENVS Community,
Please find the following information on an exciting opportunity to take part in the Breakthrough Generation Fellowship 2017:
Paid ($500/week) summer term of 10 weeks (June – August)
Location: Oakland, California
Eligibility: Recent college graduate or postgraduate students; any nationality; must have a demonstrated interest in one of our research areas (Energy, Conservation, Energy for Development, and Food & Farming).
Application deadline: Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Learn more: http://thebreakthrough.o
The Breakthrough Institute is a non-profit public policy think tank located in Oakland, California. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a future where all the world’s inhabitants can enjoy secure, free, and prosperous lives on an ecologically vibrant planet. We are progressives who believe in the potential of human development, technology, and evolution to improve human lives and create a beautiful world. We are researchers, analysts, and writers who reject outmoded orthodoxies on the Left and Right, and are dedicated to new ways of thinking, new political frameworks, and new policy paradigms. We are the authors of reassessments of progressive assumptions, from “The Death of Environmentalism,” which argued for transcending a nature-based politics, to “Climate Pragmatism,” which proposes an innovation-adaptation-regulati
More information about the Breakthrough Generation Fellowship is available here. The application deadline for 2017 is Wednesday, February 15. For those interested in pursuing more advanced and independent research opportunities, please apply for Breakthrough’s Research Fellowship here.