Become a NICOLE Foundation Associate.
Join a trusted network of subject matter experts delivering high-stakes environmental solutions in places where help is scarce and the urgency is real.
Why join our Associate Network?
Our Associate Network exists for one reason: to connect capable experts with projects that truly matter. Whether you want to deploy on the ground or support from the sidelines, your expertise is needed and valued.
As an Associate, you’ll gain early access to mission-critical projects and have the chance to collaborate with peers who share your technical standards and urgency. You’ll work on challenges that rarely reach the commercial market – from local capacity building to working conflict zones to support post-disaster recovery. Your contributions will be recognised fairly where budgets allow, and at times, we also ask Associates to contribute pro-bono in support of urgent or underfunded missions.
Joining is more than a professional opportunity. It’s your chance to be part of the solution.
Two ways to get involved
Join us as a Project-Ready Expert
Be part of our rapid-response capacity. As a Project-Ready Expert, you’ll be the first to receive calls for expertise, with opportunities to deploy into high-impact initiatives that directly influence outcomes for vulnerable communities and ecosystems. You’ll gain recognition as a frontline contributor to global sustainability, working on projects that make a profound impact. Alongside delivery, you’ll also have access to training, technical forums, and global thought-leadership opportunities – ensuring you stay at the cutting edge of your field.
Typical profiles: project managers, data specialists, remediation engineers, toxicologists, geoscientists, hydrogeologists, water sanitation engineers, and field risk assessors.
Key traits: responsive, field-ready, clear communicator, calm under pressure.
Join us as a Strategic Ally
Support the mission by lending your influence, credibility, and insight. As a Strategic Ally, you’ll receive priority updates and project intelligence, help connect aligned experts to opportunities, and offer light input where it adds the most value.
This pathway is ideal if you want to contribute strategically rather than through deployment, ensuring your expertise and network still make a direct contribution to our mission.
Ideal for: senior professionals, academics, and technical advisors who want to contribute in a lighter, strategic way.
Key traits: trusted voice, strong network, commitment to science and integrity.
How it works
When you're ready to make a real difference?
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Register your interest via the button below.
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Tell us about your expertise and availability so we know where you can add the most value.
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Receive opportunities and updates – we’ll be in touch when your skills match a project, and you’ll also get priority access to briefings and project calls.
This is your moment to put knowledge into action – and help deliver solutions in places where others can’t or won’t.
And thank you for spreading the word – every recommendation helps us grow the network and strengthen the NICOLE Foundation’s impact.
The NICOLE Foundation is committed to working where pollution’s impact remains – delivering expert solutions where others can’t.
Active projects making a difference
Technical assistance for oil spillover assessment and response planning in North East Syria
The NICOLE Foundation is providing technical expertise to help map, assess and respond to widespread oil spillovers affecting water and agricultural land in Northeast Syria.
