The Florida Climate Institute’s Collaborative Climate Research Fellowship Program aims to provide opportunities for UF faculty to broaden their climate-related research scope and develop collaboration among the international faculty community. This fellowship helps foster the development of innovative, interdisciplinary research projects and publications that will help find solutions to the global, complex challenges facing society.
We are partnering again this year with the UF International Center’s Global Fellows Program to better connect our FCI climate fellow with a cohort of other early-career researchers.
Informational session:
Friday September 17, 2021 Noon to 1 pm (Large Conference Room, International Center – the Hub, 1765, Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611) or on Zoom https://ufl.zoom.us/j/7627585143
Funding:
A seed grant of $5,000 provides faculty an opportunity to lay the groundwork for conducting international climate-related research. Faculty must use these funds to cover expenses to travel to collect field data, to meet with international scholars, to access resources not available at UF, and to support any activity that advances climate research abroad.
Eligibility:
The program is open to all UF faculty who have a climate-related research assignment, regardless whether they are on a tenure track. The program is designed to support young scholars, those within the first 10 years of their academic career. In evaluating proposals, it is important for faculty to demonstrate that they have well thought out and clearly defined international research goals.
To apply:
Applications due October 21, 2021
In addition to the seed funding, the program offers a series of workshops, orientation and symposium that fellows must attend
- Application (no longer available)
- CV (3 pages max)
- Personal Statement of Interest (2 pages, 1-inch margins 11 – 12 pt. font)
- Letter of Support from Chair, Director, or Dean
- Letter of commitment from Mentor
Workshops
- Orientation: Friday, January 14, 2022, 1 – 3 pm
- Workshop 1: Friday, January 28, 2022, 9 – 11 am
Finding Funding to Support International Research - Workshop 2: Friday, February 11, 2022, 9 – 11 am
Preparing Proposals to Support International Research - Workshop 3: Friday, February 25, 2022, 9 – 11 am
Navigating the IRB, Export Controls, International Permits and Other Bureaucratic Hurdles - Workshop 4: Friday, March 18, 2022, 9 – 11 am
Broader Impacts – Measuring Scientific Merit and Impact on Society, Education and Outreach - Workshop 5: Friday, April 1, 2022, 9 – 11 am
International Partnerships and Agreements - Workshop 6: Friday April 15, 2022, 9 – 11 am
Engaging Students and Internationalizing the Curriculum, Study Abroad, Experiential Learning and More - Symposium: Friday, April 22, 2022, 9 am – 1 pm
· Complete an international research trip within one year.
· Identify and meet with an on-campus mentor who will provide guidance related to pursuing the international research project and other professional development endeavors during the program and beyond.
Previous fellows include:
2017-18: Stephanie Bohlman, UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation
In March 2018, Dr. Bohlman traveled to Panama to work with collaborators at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on a manuscript using unmanned aerial vehicles to measure how tropical tree phenology responds to seasonal and interannual climate variation, developed an NSF proposal titled “Patterns, mechanisms, and consequences of variation in tropical forest plant phenology among species and environments in response to climate change” and presented two seminars: one on tropical tree phenology response to climate and environment, the other on using remote sensing to measure tree growth including response to growth to interannual climate variation.
2018-19: Jiangxiao Qui, UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Fort Lauderdale REC
In 2019, Dr. Qui worked to better understand and predict how global change drivers including climate change affect human-dominated landscapes (agriculture and urban) and their consequences for ecosystem services (ES) that are vital for human welfare. He focused on effects of multiple drivers of change (e.g., climate, land use/cover) and their interactions, and how purposefully altering and managing landscapes could buffer against undesirable future climate changes. Hence, understanding climate change impacts, and addressing climate adaptation and mitigation was the centerpiece of this research.
