Category: Fellowships

NIAS Fellowships 2025-26 (Netherlands)

FellowshipsNIAS Fellowships, 2025-26, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 17 March 2025.

NIAS offers an intellectual haven for researchers, writers, journalists and artists to pursue their research or projects, to work in an interdisciplinary environment and to share their knowledge with society. Participating in NIAS’ international and interdisciplinary community inspires the generation of new approaches and ideas that will bring ground-breaking work to fruition. Each year, a new group of about 50 fellows is formed. The NIAS Open Call for both individual and Theme Group fellowships opens on 15 January 2025 and closes on 17 March 2025, 12.00 noon (CET). Applications should be written in English and submitted via the application module on the NIAS website.

There are two main types of fellowships: individual or theme group. NIAS offers individual fellowships to scholars who wish to carry out research in the humanities and the social sciences. For five or ten months, scholars are offered the time and space to work on a topic of their own choice. Both scholars based in the Netherlands and scholars based abroad can apply for a fellowship.

In addition, it is possible to also apply for a group fellowship. NIAS Theme Group is an (international) team of two to four researchers working together on a specific research topic for five consecutive months. Each researcher pursues their individual project while also contributing to collaborative team research. Theme Groups are formed either through an application process or may be initiated by the Director. For one semester, the Theme Group works on a self-chosen project that falls within the scope of the humanities and/or social sciences. Fellows may apply for a stipend or a Dutch University Grant, as well as reimbursement for daily commuting costs or subsidized accommodation in Amsterdam.

A NIAS Theme Group Fellowship provides the opportunity to collaborate daily on a specific research topic. The Fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study is also a true residency: all fellows commit to stepping away from their regular obligations to fully dedicate themselves to their research in NIAS’s international, multidisciplinary environment. In addition to offering uninterrupted time and space for the Theme Group’s research, the residency emphasizes intellectual and informal exchanges with other fellows. Participation in communal lunches and weekly seminars, where fellows present their work-in-progress, is a central aspect of the NIAS Fellowship experience.

U Notre Dame: Visiting Research Fellowships 2025-26 (USA)

FellowshipsVisiting Research Fellowships, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA. Deadline: 31 January 2025.

Each year, the Kroc Institute’s Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for a semester or a full academic year. For the academic year 2025-26, they invite research proposals that focus on one or more of the following themes:

  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice.
  • Intersection of Gender, Race, Class and Peacebuilding.
  • International Mediation.
  • Media, Technology and Peacebuilding.
  • Peace Accords Matrix (PAM).
  • Peacebuilding and the Arts.

Stimson Center: Junior Fellows, South Asia Program 2025 (USA)

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Junior Fellows, South Asia Program, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, D.C., USA. Deadline: 31 January 2025.

The Henry L. Stimson Center’s South Asia Program welcomes applications from highly motivated graduating seniors or individuals who have completed their undergraduate or master’s degree in the past year for its 2025-2026 cohort of Junior Fellows. The one-year, full-time fellowship will provide individuals with a unique opportunity to expand their knowledge of security issues in the subcontinent, engage with the South Asia policy community in Washington and the region, and experience working at a dynamic think tank that provides close interaction with senior staff and researchers…

Junior Fellows will support the Stimson South Asia Program’s efforts to research, analyze, and inform policymakers about the evolving dynamics of deterrence, conflict risks, military modernization, and great-power competition in Southern Asia. Fellows will support research, publications, and programmatic efforts (including South Asian Voices, Strategic Learning, and public events and workshops). They will receive professional development opportunities to engage with leading scholars and practitioners in the field; to represent Stimson at scholarly and policy convenings; to hone technical and analytical skills; and to conduct, present, and publish their own research.

The Stimson Center is rated as “Least Biased” based on mostly neutral reporting on security, and “High” for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact check record by Media Bias/Fact Check. Other positions currently available at the Stimson Center are listed here.

Eisenhower Fellowships 2025 (USA & International)

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Eisenhower Fellowships (both for USA and international), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.  Deadline: varies by program.

Eisenhower Fellowships identify, empower and connect innovative leaders through a transformative fellowship experience and lifelong engagement in a global network of dynamic change agents committed to creating a world more peaceful, prosperous and just.

There are 3 different programs:

International Programs: Annually, between 40 and 50 mid-career leaders from all fields around the world are selected as International Eisenhower Fellows to travel to the United States for an intensive four-to-six-week fellowship. EF empowers these trailblazers, typically ages between 32 and 45, to tackle bigger challenges as they better the world and their own societies.

USA Programs: The USA Program sends 10-12 outstanding mid-career American leaders abroad each year for a similar program of meetings with leaders and experts in their respective fields in a relevant region of the world. These ascendant American leaders from all fields travel to one or two nations for four- or five-week programs with both in-person and virtual components. Fellows will develop a project, foster professional relationships and launch dynamic, concrete collaborations with their international counterparts, their cohort and the prestigious EF network of more than 1,600 active Fellows on six continents.

Global Scholars: The Eisenhower Global Scholars Program sends four American university graduates abroad annually for an academic year of postgraduate studies at two prestigious European universities, the University of Oxford, UK, and IE University in Madrid, Spain, leading to a master’s degree and immersion in the EF global network of Fellows.

Durham U: Institute of Advanced Study Fellowships 2026-27 (UK)

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Fellowships, Institute of Advanced Study: Call for major projects 2026-27, Durham University, Durham, UK. Deadline: 16 January 2025.

The Institute of Advanced Study supports, promotes and grows new and creative interdisciplinary ideas that transform our perspectives in challenging and provocative ways. We provide time, space, and resources to exchange and integrate ideas, knowledge and skills. We are a home to an inclusive, diverse and supportive community of scholars from Durham University and across the world.

The IAS is now launching its call for 2026/27 Major Projects. They are inviting applications for Major Projects which should be genuinely interdisciplinary, innovative and ambitious. They encourage projects that have the potential to build towards research of the scale and ambition suited to large programme or centre type funding. All projects must be led by two academics in two different faculties with a wider team ideally involving collaboration across a broad range of disciplines.

CRASSH: Fellowships for Scholars from the Global South 2026 (UK)

FellowshipsScience, Politics and Justice Visiting Fellowships for Scholars from the Global South: Science, Politics and Justice, CRASSH, University of Cambridge, UK. Deadline: 24 February 2025.

The Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge is inviting applications for funded Visiting Fellowships for scholars from the Global South. The purpose of these Fellowships is to provide opportunities for scholars working at higher education institutions in the Global South to exchange ideas with other researchers based at CRASSH and elsewhere in the University of Cambridge and to draw benefit from access to the University’s collections and resources. It is hoped that these visits will lead on to future collaborations and exchanges.

For 2026, CRASSH will partner with the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Applications are invited from scholars whose research is connected to the theme of science, politics and justice. This invites projects that study the ethics, politics and history of scientific, medical and technical knowledge-making and the multiple ways in which science has been leveraged by various groups in pursuit of justice. This may include proposals that focus on the participation of scientific and medical experts and activists in projects of anticolonialism, antiracism, climate and environmental justice, disarmament, gender equity, indigenous rights, reproductive rights, the repatriation of heritage and ancestors, or scientific and medical literacy. The call also welcomes projects that examine moral, ethical, and historical questions of science and engineering as contributors to crime prevention, policing, prosecution, and war. Equally, it includes projects that investigate the moral responsibility of scientific experts, as well as objectivity, neutrality, and value judgements in socially engaged science.

They invite applications from any discipline, including anthropology, archaeology, art history, digital humanities, ecology and environmental studies, history, philosophy, medical humanities, museum studies, science and technology studies, and sociology. Projects should aim to advance current understandings of science, politics, and justice through concrete case studies of science in action.

All Fellows selected under this scheme will be asked to work together to design an event related to the theme of this call, to take place during the term they are resident in Cambridge, and to present their own research at this event. This event will be co-hosted by CRASSH and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fellows will also be invited to give a separate presentation on their research, if they wish, at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Turku Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships (Finland)

FellowshipsFellowships, Turku Institute for Advanced Study, University of Turku, Finland. Deadline: 8 January 2025.

Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) invites applications for four Collegium and three Postdoctoral Fellow positions for three-year period starting from 1 September 2025. TIAS selects its Fellows via an international call for applications and welcomes applications from all disciplines within its five constituent faculties (Economics, Education, Humanities, Law and Social Sciences). Selection of successful applicants will be on the basis of academic excellence.

New Europe College IAS: Fellowships 2025-26 (Romania)

FellowshipsFellowships, Institute for Advanced Study, New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania. Deadline: 10 January 2025.

New Europe College – Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest (Romania) launches the annual competition for the 2025/2026 NEC Fellowships. Romanian and international postdoctoral scholars in all fields of the humanities and social sciences (including law and economics) are invited to apply. About 20 – 25 fellowships are available.

What they offer: A monthly stipend of 850 Euros (tax free); accommodation in Bucharest, comprising living quarters and working space; reimbursement of travel costs from the home/residence country to Bucharest and back. Depending on the program, fellows are offered a lump sum for a research trip to an institution of their choice. Fellows have free access to the NEC library and electronic resources.

What they expect: Fellows are expected to work on their projects and take part in the scientific events organized by NEC; presence at the weekly seminars discussing the progress of the Fellows’ work is compulsory. At the end of their Fellowship, Fellows are expected to hand in a research paper, reflecting the results of their work over the duration of the Fellowship. The papers will be included in the NEC yearbook.

Eligibility: NEC Fellowships are open to postdoctoral level scholars, Romanian and international, in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.

Duration: For Romanian citizens: a full academic year (10 months, starting in October 2025); for non-Romanian citizens: a full academic year or one term (5 months, starting in October 2025 or March 2026).

DFG Fellowships and Funding for Refugee Researchers (Germany)

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The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) supports researchers who have fled their home countries by making it easier for them to join research projects and apply for funding under the Walter Benjamin Programme. Deadline: open.

The following requirements must be met in principle:

  • The person has not been outside their home country for more than three years at the time of application and

  • they have residential status in connection with an asylum procedure within the EU and are recognised as being at risk, or

  • in lieu of proof of residency status, they are able to present credible third-party evidence of being at risk no more than 12 months prior to application.

This way, the DFG also underlines its solidarity with researchers from Ukraine and Russia who had to flee their home country due to the current war situation triggered by the Russian attack. By integrating them swiftly in the German research system, the aim is to enable them to maintain continuity in their academic work.

In acute crisis situations, proposals can be submitted without proof of the respective status after consultation with the DFG.

Individuals are only eligible for sponsorship if they have not previously been sponsored through the Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Federal Foreign Office or under any comparable programme for integration in the academic system or have been employed in the German academic system via a fellowship or a position for a total of two years or more.

Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society Fellowships 2026/27 (Germany)

FellowshipsCall for applications: Fellowships at the Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society, Leuphana University Lüneburg, 2026-27. Deadline: 15 January 2025.

The Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society at Leuphana University Lüneburg invites applications for 12-month fellowships in residence for 2026/27 starting April 1, 2026 and ending March 31, 2027. The research programme aims at countering a discourse of no alternatives. It fosters engaged scholarship to uncover, support, and multiply modes of social potentialization by questioning existing certainties and therefore activating new possibilities.

They invite researchers to investigate the historical, contemporary, socio-cultural, epistemological, political-economic, legal, and technical-scientific conditions of living together in a globalized, entangled world.