Harrington Fellow in Energy, at University of Texas at Austin (application due Oct 31)
Carey W. King
Here is a good opportunity for a $75,000 1-year fellowship position in Energy at UT Austin (via my office of the Energy Institute) for mid-career scholars. Deadline is October 31.
2026-27 Harrington Faculty Fellows – Energy Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
Deadline: October 31, 2025
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) invites pioneering early- or mid-career scholars from around the world in the area of energy studies to apply for the Harrington Faculty Fellows Program for the 2026-27 academic year. This highly selective program provides a full year of salary support to enable ambitious scholars to focus entirely on the advancement of their research and scholarship. Bolstered by unmatched resources and financial support, Harrington Fellows are provided the freedom to solve significant problems, the privilege of renowned mentorship and scholarly collaboration, and the opportunity to push their work forward for the benefit of all society.
The thematic focus for this year’s competition is energy, which can include issues related to energy discovery, production, storage, demand, usage, technology innovation or distribution. Scholars from the disciplines of engineering, geology, chemistry, physics, biosciences, law, computer science, policy, or business are especially encouraged to apply, but applications from any academic discipline will be considered. The selected Harrington Fellows will be based at the Energy Institute (https://energy.utexas.edu/), which fosters the innovative, interdisciplinary energy-related research of its over 400 faculty affiliates at UT Austin.
Qualifications
Tenure-track or tenured faculty from any discipline whose research addresses the area of energy are invited to apply. Fellowships are open to early- and mid-career faculty who will be within 10 years of the initial year of their first tenure-track faculty position during the 2026-27 academic year. Applicants whose faculty appointments are not at UT Austin will be prioritized, but faculty with current appointments at UT Austin are eligible to apply. Applicants must be willing to relocate to Austin, TX, and to remain in residence at UT Austin for the full 2026-27 academic year (August 2026 to May 2027) and have the option to remain for up to 11 months. Applicants are not required to be US citizens. We welcome applications from faculty at institutions from around the world who are eligible for J-1 visas.
The application can be accessed here: https://apply.interfolio.com/173441
Interested faculty should complete an application no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on October 31, 2025 . Applicants will be asked to upload the following materials into Interfolio:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Research Statement: A two-page, single-spaced lay statement of the applicant’s research and scholarly goals for the period of the year-long fellowship. This statement should articulate, in separate subsections:
- (1) How the applicant’s scholarship will address a fundamental question or gap in knowledge about energy;
- (2) How residency at UT Austin and the resources provided by this fellowship program will advance their research and scholarly goals; and
- (3) Why UT Austin is an ideally suited environment for the applicant to pursue and achieve their research and career goals.
- List of Recommenders: A document listing the names, positions, institutions, and email addresses of two prominent scholars who can provide letters of recommendation.
Applicants will be informed of decisions by mid-December 2025.
Information about the Harrington Faculty Fellows Program is available here: https://harrington.utexas.edu/. Questions about the program or the application process can be directed via email to harri...@utexas.edu.