Program Application

Admission Requirements

Applications to the Fall 2025 cohort are now closed.

The next application cycle will open in Spring 2026.

o   Applicant must already be in, or be accepted to, a Masters or PhD program, or a Postdoctoral research position at the University of Victoria;

o   Applicant’s research, or proposed research, aligns with the program, being focused on a component of climate change (science, impacts, adaptation or mitigation) that is relevant to coastal communities, urban centres, or ecosystems. Interdisciplinary research is encouraged;

o   Applicant demonstrates awareness of, and motivation to learn more, about climate change solutions, to work in an interdisciplinary environment, and to commit to the required program elements (in-person).

*Note that in Year 1, this includes:

o   a mandatory Program Orientation (scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, 2025);

o   one course in the fall semester (Climate Solutions Foundations);

o   one course in the spring semester (BC Coastal Climate Challenge);

o   attending a climate change seminar once a month, and;

o   attending two professional skills training workshops;

o   attending the year-end Climate Networking Event

Preference will be given to students who are supervised (or co-supervised) by faculty members on the Core CCSL Faculty Team.

Click “Apply Now” to download a PDF of the application.

Trainees

We encourage applicants from any Department or School at the University of Victoria to apply.

International students are encouraged to apply.

    • Funding: Master’s trainees receive a maximum of $8,500 over two years

    • Internship: minimum 8 weeks

    • Funding: PhD trainees receive a maximum of $12,000 over three years

    • Internship: minimum 12 weeks

  • Postdocs do not generally receive funding but have unique training requirements and opportunities in the CCSL program:

    • Attend the fall course (Climate Solutions Foundations)

    • Lead a climate research cluster (monthly meetings)

    Postdocs are eligible to apply to the UVic Aspiration Postdoctoral Fellowship Funding

Expand to learn more:

  • “The Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders program is a remarkable example of what transdisciplinary climate education looks like in practice. When students from diverse disciplines converge in collective learning –supported by faculties across the university in partnership with communities – we see the academic silos breakdown and the opportunity to holistically reimagine the world emerge.”

    – Ian Mauro

    Executive Director, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

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