Scholars for International and Area Studies at Harvard University Academy finds and supports outstanding academics who are just beginning their academic careers and whose work demonstrates competence in the social sciences, language proficiency, and knowledge or expertise in other nations or regions besides the United States or Canada.
Their research should cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and clarify comparative, global, or domestic problems from the past or the present.
The Academy Scholars are an exclusive group of people who have initiative, ingenuity, and inventiveness and whose work demonstrates potential as a basis for careers in research universities or international organisations.
Academy Scholars are appointed to the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, for a two-year in-residence postdoctoral fellowship.
They receive significant financial and research support, allowing them to carry out thorough research projects and enhance their talents in their preferred disciplines and locations. They gather together for informal get-togethers, dinners, and seminars to discuss cutting-edge, multidisciplinary approaches to their work.
They receive guidance from the Harvard Academy Senior Scholars, a group of professors who serve as a selection committee, take part in Harvard Academy activities, and are dedicated to helping Academy Scholars realise their full potential.
The Harvard Academy accepts applications from a wide range of backgrounds in order to create a broad community of academics with a range of experiences, viewpoints, and research methodologies.
About Harvard University
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health traces its roots to public health activism at the beginning of the last century, a time of energetic social reform. From the start, faculty were expected to commit themselves to research as well as teaching. In 1946, no longer affiliated with the medical school, HSPH became an independent, degree-granting body.
Benefits of Harvard University Academy Scholars Program
- five or six Academy Scholars are named for two-year in-residence appointments with an annual stipend of $75,000, with the two years to be completed within a three-year window.
- Year 1 of the fellowship must be taken up no later than the fall immediately following the postdoctoral fellowship offer. Delays or deferrals in the start of Year 1 are not permitted.
- Between Years 1 and 2, Academy Scholars may apply for a one-time leave (up to 12 months), either to accept or to continue with a tenure-track teaching appointment but for no other reason. Academy Scholars may not accept other sources of funding, awards, or obligations during their appointment.
Requirements for Harvard University Academy Scholars Program Qualification
- These awards are open to recipients of PhD or comparable doctoral degrees (within two years of the August 1, 2024, start date) and advanced doctoral candidates in the social sciences.
- Scholars nearing dissertation completion must be able to submit degree conferral documentation issued by their university registrar’s office by June 30, 2024, for an August 1, 2024, start date.
- Individuals who hold or have completed another Harvard postdoctoral fellowship are not eligible to apply.
The completed application will include:
- Curriculum vitae; including list of publications
- Research proposal (2000 words maximum); including intellectual objectives and planned methodological and disciplinary work.
- One scholarly writing sample (e.g., PhD dissertation chapter or single-authored peer-reviewed academic journal article; 50 pages maximum; in English)
- A copy of your PhD program transcript
- Three letters of recommendation (uploaded to the online application directly and confidentially by the recommender by September 22, 2023)
How to Apply
click HERE to apply.
All parts of the application, including the three letters of recommendation, are submitted online as pdf documents. Access the online application through the homepage of The Harvard Academy’s website by clicking on the APPLY ONLINE button.
All materials must be received by September 22, 2023. The selection process begins immediately thereafter. Applicants whose materials are incomplete are at a disadvantage when considered by the Selection Committee. Announcement of the awards will be made in December 2023.
Application Deadline
September 22, 2023
Questions should be emailed to: applicationinquiries@wcfia.harvard.edu.
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