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The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is currently accepting applications for its King's Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships Mentors and Supervisors 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The KCFP Climate Resilience Fellowships offer a one-year professional development program for frontline climate adaptation professionals. The ACU is seeking academic supervisors and professional mentors to support those completing this Fellowship.
• Climate science
• Adaptation planning
• Environmental policy
• Earth and environmental sciences
• Disaster risk reduction
• Renewable energy
• Community-based adaptation
Mentors
To be eligible as a professional mentor, you must be an employee of a registered organisation or registered as self-employed. Ideal mentors should combine geographic and cultural insight, technical expertise, and practical experience and place-based expertise. For example:
Practitioners - professionals from NGOs or government agencies implementing National Adaptation Plans (NAPs); private sector leaders in sustainable agriculture, water security, or green infrastructure.
Local and indigenous - community leaders or elders with expertise in traditional resource management, coastal resilience, and nature-based solutions; representatives from indigenous organisations active in climate advocacy.
Cross cutting profiles - community leaders or elders with expertise in traditional resource management, coastal resilience, and nature-based solutions; representatives from indigenous organisations active in climate advocacy.
Applicants are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the application requirements before starting the application form.
Applications must be submitted by 15:00 UTC on 5 March 2026.
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to participate in a remote interview via a virtual meeting platform in March 2026.
Apply for The ACU King's Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships
