As 2021 slowly comes to a close, begin the upcoming year by applying to a fellowship. Below are three fellowship opportunities at a firm, non-profit organization, and academic institution. Each provides a unique position that offers the applicant hands-on experience in sustainability, climate change, and landscape architecture-focused roles. Beyond their prestige, fellowship opportunities also act as essential pathways for growing professionals to explore specific areas of interest within the field of architecture, construction, and academia. 

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FEATURED FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

NYSERDA's Climate Justice Fellowship
Firm: Paul A. Castrucci Architects

Details: "The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will train workers for good-paying jobs. Specifically, this Climate Justice Fellowship focuses on investing in historically disadvantaged communities and priority populations, including low-income individuals, veterans, individuals with disabilities, formerly incarcerated residents, Incumbent or unemployed power plant workers, homeless individuals, single parents or residence of disadvantage community." Apply here.

Emerald Necklace Natural Infrastructure Landscape Design & Project Management Summer 2021 Fellowship 
Organization: Amigos de los Ríos

Details: "The Natural Infrastructure Landscape Design & Project Management Fellow will use their Design Skills to conduct precise site measurements to create existing condition-based drawings, conduct, and track design development, including review of CAD topo surveys, creating concept plans, and using existing tools of photography, hand-sketched drawings, reviewing site aerials, and using Adobe Creative Suite and CAD Drawing Skills to support multi-benefit project development/CD Set Creation. Design work includes site planning analysis, schematic & design development leading to Construction Drawings as required for stakeholder consensus, permitting, and jurisdiction approvals." Apply here.

Design Education Fellow - Bogotá
Organization: NuVu Studio

Details: "NuVu is seeking a Design Education Fellow who is passionate about design, technology and education to join our team as an instructor at our partner school, Colegio Nueva Granada (CNG), in Bogotá, Colombia. In this role, you will join a unique, highly skilled cohort of Fellows who lead programs at NuVu’s growing network of partner schools around the world. Applicants must have a passion for working with young people, and a portfolio that reflects a variety of hands-on making skills, techniques, materials, and scales." Apply here.

*Academic Fellowship* 2021 Steedman Fellowship: Disrruption
Institution: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis 

Details: "Climate change, COVID-19, the fight for social justice. In disruptive times, how can architecture help to chart new paths and implement far-reaching solutions? That’s the question posed by 'Disruption,' the 2021 James Harrison Steedman Fellowship in Architecture. The biennial research competition invites early-career architects from around the world to explore how architecture can help to address today’s most pressing global challenges. Established in 1926, the James Harrison Steedman Fellowship in Architecture is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards in the United States. The $75,000 award is granted biannually to an emerging architect to support 6-12 months of international travel for architectural research." Apply here.

Interested in academic fellowship coverage on Archinect? Be sure to check out Archinect's special Fellow Fellows series. Fellow Fellows aims to understand what these positions offer for both the fellows themselves and the discipline at large by presenting their work and experiences through an in-depth interview. Fellow Fellows is about bringing attention and inquiry to academia's otherwise maddening pace while also offering a broad view of the exceptional and breakthrough work done by people navigating the early parts of their careers.

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