WWF Food Systems Fellowship 2024-2025 (Up to $30,000)

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Applications are open for WWF Food Systems Fellowship. WWF’s Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN) invites applications from aspiring and experienced researchers, practitioners, and leaders to pursue graduate-level studies (master’s and PhD) geared towards research that cultivates a better understanding of the place-based nature of food systems and transformation. There is substantial evidence at the global scale of the urgent need for food system transformation, but less attention has been paid to how transformations toward more healthy and sustainable food systems might play out at the national level.

The aim of the Food Systems Fellowship is to support outstanding master’s or doctoral students to develop evidence-based, innovative, and interdisciplinary research on food systems at the national level to catalyze the process of generating an improved understanding of the country-specific nature of food systems and transformation. Fellows will also have an opportunity to join the expansive global community of EFN alumni to enable knowledge exchange and collective success.

WWF Food Systems Fellowship Benefits

Applicants may apply for up to two years of funding and request up to $30,000 per year. The amount of funding approved will vary.

Eligibility Criteria for WWF Food Systems Fellowship

The fellowship is open to nationals of eligible countries within WWF-US priority areas who are already enrolled/are interested in enrolling in a PhD program.
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible.
You must be a citizen and legal permanent resident of an eligible country.
You must preferably have at least two years of conservation-related work or research experience.
You must have a demonstrated commitment to working in conservation in an eligible country.
You must be enrolled in, admitted to, or have applied to a master’s or PhD program anywhere in the world.
You must plan to begin your studies no later than January 2026.
You must contact EFN if you are a WWF employee, consultant, or previous EFN grant recipient to determine eligibility.
You must submit all required documents by the application deadline (December 18, 2024).
Eligible countries include: Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Dem. Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Congo, Suriname, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia.