Location: USA
Program: Fellowship
Eligibility: International Students
Duration: A full academic year
Deadline: October 1, 2026
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The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program offers scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, and artists a rare chance to pursue ambitious projects for a full academic year in a vibrant interdisciplinary setting amid the resources of Harvard University. The Institute welcomes applications proposing innovative work that confronts pressing social, scientific, and policy issues and seeks to engage audiences beyond academia, and welcomes though does not limit eligibility to proposals that focus on women, gender, and society, or that draw on the Schlesinger Library’s collections. Applicants are also invited to submit proposals relevant to the Institute’s multiyear focus area for 2024–2029, academic freedom and connecting across difference, addressing intellectual virtues, free and open inquiry, diversity of thought, political polarization, inequality, religious pluralism, and other policy issues relating to institutions of higher education, as well as proposals that constructively challenge disciplinary orthodoxies.
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is part of Harvard University, located in Radcliffe Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fellows are granted full-time Harvard appointments as visiting fellows, giving them access to the Harvard Library system and University athletic facilities, and are provided office or studio space in Byerly Hall, within Radcliffe Yard, for the duration of their fellowship.
Benefits of the Programme
This programme will provide the following to its recipients:
- A living stipend of $78,000
- An additional $5,000 to cover project expenses
- Relocation allowance
- Housing Allowance up to $9960 per year
- Childcare funds up to $9960+ per year
- Comprehensive healthcare support
- Office or studio space in Byerly Hall, Radcliffe Yard
- Access to Harvard Library system and University athletic facilities
- Participation in professional development and engagement opportunities throughout the fellowship year
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Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this programme, applicants must meet the following:
- Must not be currently enrolled in a degree programme, as this fellowship is not intended to serve as a postdoctoral fellowship
- Must not be a former Harvard Radcliffe fellow (1999–present)
- Humanities and Social Sciences applicants must have received their doctorate or equivalent (PhD, MD, JD, DPhil, or DEd) in the area of their proposed project at least four years prior to their appointment (i.e., by December 2023 for the 2027–2028 fellowship year), and must have published a monograph or at least two articles in refereed journals or edited collections
- Science, Engineering, and Mathematics applicants must have received their doctorate in the area of the proposed project at least four years prior to their appointment (by December 2023), and must have published at least five articles in refereed journals
- Nonfiction and Journalism applicants must meet discipline-specific criteria: journalism applicants must have worked professionally as a journalist for at least five years; nonfiction applicants must have one or more published books, a contract for a book-length manuscript, or at least three shorter published works
- Creative Arts applicants must meet discipline-specific criteria (check official webpage for discipline specific criteria)
- Fellows are required to reside in the Cambridge/Boston area for the duration of the fellowship, from September through May
Note: Kindly check the official webpage for full and detailed requirements.
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Selection Criteria
Each application is reviewed in a two-tiered process: first by experts in the relevant field, then by a multidisciplinary committee charged with selecting a diverse class of fellows of the highest achievement and potential. Applications are evaluated on the quality and significance of the proposed project and the applicant’s intellectual and creative capacity, as evidenced by a strong record of achievement or extraordinary promise, with the Institute placing high value on collegiality and openness to cross-disciplinary conversation. All applicants are notified by email of their result by the end of March 2027.
How to Apply
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