The David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program seeks to develop future world leaders and entrepreneurs who are successful at linking conservation science and application. Smith Fellowships provide two years of postdoctoral support to outstanding early-career conservation scientists. 

Interim Values Statement:

The Smith Fellows Program values respect and dignity for all. The Smith Fellows Program recognizes that the advancement and excellence of conservation biology is intertwined with and relies on a commitment to greater access and inclusion of humans of many views, vantage points, identities, lived experiences, and geographies who actively participate in conservation with equal opportunity and access at all levels of the Program’s structure. As a Program and community, the Smith Fellows Program welcomes diversity of all types and prioritizes equity, inclusion, and belonging. Likewise, as an entity promoting an evidence-based approach, we recognize and embrace multiple ways of knowing, including traditional ecological knowledge, community science, local knowledge, and Western science.

Interim Code of Coduct:

The David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship program works to promote at its meetings and events an inclusive environment that is welcoming, safe, collaborative, supportive, and productive for all attendees, and that values the diversity of views, expertise, opinions, backgrounds, and experiences reflected among these participants. To that end, we expect participants to abide by the following Code of Conduct.