we are interested in collaborating with researchers seeking to work at the intersection of applied science and land management.

Please read below about open positions in the group or ways to engage with us!

the Yale Applied science synthesis program is committed to recruiting, welcoming, training and developing talented students and researchers from a range of backgrounds, especially those from groups that have been historically and systematically disenfranchised in the scientific community and our society. We aim to provide a diverse, inclusive, and supportive environment for all people because creating equal opportunity and access is the right thing to do for individuals and society. additionally, by promoting a diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints we will be more creative in our research and more effective in solving pressing conservation problems.

we do not currently have any open research positions.

post-doctoral research

We are always interested in collaborating with post-doctoral scholars with overlapping research interests. Please send Sara an email (sara.kuebbing@yale.edu) to discuss collaborative opportunities, and check out this list of postdoctoral fellowship opportunities:

USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowships aims to cultivate future leaders who can solve emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century. NIFA is particularly interested in supporting fellows that address sustainable agricultural intensification, agricultural climate adaptation, and science policy leadership.

Smith Conservation Fellowship seeks to develop future world leaders and entrepreneurs who are successful at linking conservation science and application.

TNC NatureNet Science Fellowship awards 2-year fellowships to promising early career scientists. Each fellow in jointly mentored by a TNC field practitioner and scholar from a university or research institution on a project with direct application to specific TNC priorities and goals.

National Academies’ Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as resource of enriching the education of all students. Applicants may propose research in a broad area of studies including earth sciences and life sciences.

L’Oréal USA for Women in Science Fellowship Program seeks exceptional female scientists looking to advance their research and serve as role models for the next generation of girls in STEM.

Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture fosters research on carbon capture and greenhouse gas reduction that will contribute to the design and implementation of climate solutions.

Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies supports postdoctoral fellowships for research in biodiversity or a combination of biodiversity with conservation and public policy.