Funding and benefits: Yes! Mentorship is a critical component of the fellowship, giving fellows that chance to receive in-depth mentorship with climate experts. You will be paired with a mentor who will guide you throughout the research design, fieldwork and production. This is a great opportunity to learn from mentors who have worked in climate action and policy! Depending on your topic you will either be paired with: William Wilson is Deputy Interim Environmental Assessor for Wales, and previously Principal Lawyer for England’s Office for Environmental Protection. In these roles he has played a key part in making sure environmental laws in the UK are properly implemented. He is an environmental and energy lawyer who has worked in government, private practice and consultancy. He has worked on key environmental laws in the UK, European Union, Middle East and South East Asia. He is the author of Making Environmental Laws Work: Law and Policy in the UK and USA. He is based in the UK. Sam Wilson has spent the Eligibility and filters: not explicitly published in the retrieved source. Application: Pakistan is on the frontlines of climate change. We are supporting three exceptional young researchers to investigate climate change challenges and solutions in Pakistan. Applications for research fellowship and engineering fellowship are open until 15th July 2026 Apply Now Past editions and people: Pakistan NextGen Climate Fellowship 2026 Pakistan is on the frontlines of climate change. We are supporting three exceptional young researchers to investigate climate change challenges and solutions in Pakistan. Applications for research fellowship and engineering fellowship are open until 15th July 2026 The Pakistan NextGen Climate Fellowship 2026 is a scheme by the Borrowed Earth Project to support two research fellows and one engineering fellow to conduct research on climate issues in Pakistan from July to October 2026. In 2023/24, the Borrowed Earth Project funded and mentored two climate research fellows in Pakistan through its Summer Research Fellowship. In 2026 it will support two more researchers, in addition to the new ‘Engineering Fellowship’. Research FellowshipThe Climate Research Fellowship is an opportunity for a young Pakistani climate leader or researcher to investigate a climate topic of their interest, conduct fieldwork and write and present a report on this topic, while being mentored by one of the Borrowed Earth team throughout. Read Full Terms of Reference. Engineering FellowshipThe Engineering Fellowship is an opportunity for a young Pakistani engineer or scientific researcher to investigate early warning systems for Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in Gilgit-Baltistan, conduct fieldwork and write and present a report on this topic, while being mentored by one of the Borrowed Earth Project team throughout. Read Full Terms of Reference What is the Pakistan NextGen Climate Fellowship 2026? What will the Research Fellows do? The Climate Research Fellowship is an opportunity for a young Pakistani climate leader and researcher to investigate a climate topic of their interest, conduct fieldwork and write and present a report on this topic, while being mentored by one of the Borrowed Earth team throughout. Month 1 involves developing your chosen topic into a research plan, and planning research in the field in Pakistan to collect primary data. Then in Month 2 you will go into the field, gather data, and analyse it. In Month 3 you will write up your findings into a report and present it at various forums.