Welcome to the Population-Environment Fellows Program. Established in 1993, the PEFP is the only program of its kind providing applied learning experiences to emerging PE professionals. The Program aims to develop a cadre of future PE leaders, while at the same time supporting the field's pioneering organizations and methods.

The Program works by placing fellows on two-year assignments with organizations working to link family planning and environmental programming in the developing world. The assignments are structured so that the fellow gains experience designing, implementing, and evaluating PE programs; the host organization gains a professional who is prepared to help it develop sustainable PE activities; and the field gains new methods for linking these sectors and evaluating the results.

Since the Program's inception, some 50 Population-Environment Fellows have worked toward greater balance between people and the environments that sustain them.