Deadline: July 11, 2025
Applications are open for the LSHTM-Stanford Fellowship in Planetary Health 2025-2026. Fuelled by a sense of urgency to protect health in a rapidly changing world – especially in historically marginalised communities – planetary health focuses on developing solutions that simultaneously promote health, environmental stewardship, and social impact.
The Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship cultivates new knowledge and solutions at the intersections of health and the environment. Founded by the Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health, the fellowship is run in partnership with the Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health (CCCPH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health, and the Center for Innovation in Global Health.
Through two-year fellowships, the programme supports early-career researchers in conducting cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research on planetary health challenges and solutions. The 2026 round will be recruiting two fellows: one to be based at LSHTM, and one to be based at Stanford University, with separate recruitment processes for each.
Benefits
- Fellows receive a competitive postdoctoral salary, full benefits, and modest travel and fieldwork budgets.
- To supplement the research funding available, fellows are invited to transfer existing awarded funding and encouraged to apply for additional research funding during their fellowship.
Eligibility
- Open to researchers from anywhere in the world who are within three years of successfully completing their doctoral degree.
- Prior research output in the intersections of health and environmental science is a prerequisite.
- As instruction and support will be provided in English, high-level proficiency in the English language is a requirement of the fellowship.
- Candidates from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds are invited to apply, including global health, health systems, epidemiology, health policy, environmental science, environmental policy, disease ecology, and more.
Application
Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to [email protected].
A short (500 words) planetary health related research proposal including appropriate methods and outcomes and feasible in a 2-year timeline, are to be submitted alongside your application. A suggested supervisor in the LSHTM Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health whose work is relevant to your proposed project must also be included. A suggested mentor at Stanford whose work is relevant to your proposed project is desirable. Please note applications without this will not be considered.
For more information, visit LSHTM Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship.
