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An Agricola fellow is a University of Groningen researcher or teacher who is motivated to engage in interdisciplinary sustainability research or education. A fellow relates and wants to contribute to the mission statement of a Rudolf Agricola Research Theme and to the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research of the Rudolf Agricola School in general. A fellow of a theme is automatically a fellow of the Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development and is supportive of the development of the School’s activities.

• A fellow will be listed on the Rudolf Agricola website and can use this affiliation in professional communications. 

• A fellow has priority access to the various funding mechanisms that the Rudolf Agricola School provides for multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary research and educational activities (e.g. grants). 

• A fellow can – in general via the theme directors - ask to make use of other support options offered by Rudolf Agricola, for example consortium building support, event organization, research project development, finding funding opportunities or impact journalism support. 

There are a few minimum demands for being a fellow:

• Joining at least one theme meeting per year

• Being involved in or developing multi- and transdisciplinary research proposals of the research theme(s) (usually in one of the research groups) and/or contributing to the educational activities of the research theme(s) (e.g. organizing a guest lecture, being active in a summer school or minor, creating workshops).

• Being open to share the latest research which is relevant for the research theme(s) via the Agricola website or social media

• Actively searching for engagement of societal organizations in co-creating activities

• Being keen on developing and strengthening the national and international research theme network(s) further

The Rudolf Agricola School also has a limited number of International fellows. They generally visit Rudolf Agricola at least once a year and are catalysts for new proposals and international activities of the research groups.

PhD students can also join as a fellow. Most of the aspects of being a fellow are similar to the above, some might be different (e.g., joining RAS educational events as a student rather than a mentor). As a PhD fellow, you can also take part in our interdisciplinary PhD community. You can indicate this in the registration form below.