Improving social and environmental sustainability in mountain communities
Leadership, mentorship, research and educational opportunities for students, postdocs, youth, practitioners, and community members who are living, working, or from the mountains.
Appalachian Rekindling Project collaborates with CSU students
During the final week of Colorado State University’s spring semester, students filed into Dr. Julia Klein’s Ecosystem Science and Sustainability 440: Practicing Sustainability class. Read more >
Sacred Groves as living social ecological systems
The “Jal Jangal Jamin” (water, forest, land) rhetoric, quipped by one interviewee, is closely tied to local communities’ understanding of the sacred groves in the Eastern Himalayan region. Read more >
Confronting colonial history toward equitable futures
Although decolonial resources are growing, they remain scattered across various bodies of work and disciplines, often failing to be incorporated into conventional conservation understanding. Read more >
The Fellows Program provides impactful opportunities for project support, mentorship, network exchanges, participation in international policy fora, involvement in the Moving Mountains Summit, developing meaningful connections with mountain communities worldwide and lifelong bonds with other Fellows around the world.
- Initial award is $1000 total with an opportunity to apply for additional funding.
- Projects should improve social and environmental well-being and sustainability in mountains.
- Fellows are individuals living, working, or raised in a mountain community.
- We encourage applications from those who are under-served and/or under-represented in science.
- The Fellowship duration is two years.
Applications are currently closed.
Please check back in 2027 to apply for our 2028 cohort.
Our 2026 fellows come together from 9 countries to strengthen and protect their mountain communities. This cohort of 19 individuals brings energy, creativity, knowledge, and passion to their projects and their roles as stakeholders, scientists, leaders, peers, and educators.
Hailing from 11 countries, the 15 members of our second cohort brought energy, creativity, and passion to their projects aimed at protecting their mountain communities.
Our inaugural cohort brought together 17 mountain stakeholders, scientists, activists, and educators from 9 countries who poured their enthusiasm, imagination, and dedication into projects that safeguard the mountain communities they call home.
