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THE HARVARD ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES 

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Application Deadline: September 19, 2025.

LOCATION: USA

The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies is dedicated to promoting innovative social science hand-in-hand with deepening our shared knowledge of the experiences and practices of the world’s regions and countries. The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding researchers at the start of their academic careers whose work combines excellence in a social science discipline with a command of the language and knowledge or expertise of countries or regions outside of the United States or Canada. The scholarship of the group spans traditional disciplinary divisions and elucidates comparative, transnational, and domestic issues, past or present.

ELIGIBILITY:

These awards are open to recipients of PhD or equivalent degrees granted within two years of the August 1, 2026, 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, 2026, for an August 1, 2026, start date. Individuals who hold or have completed another postdoctoral fellowship are not eligible to apply.

The Academy Scholars Program is open to scholars from all countries and citizenships who have recently completed or are nearing completion of a PhD or equivalent degree program (DPhil and SJD included) in the social sciences.

All application materials must be submitted by the deadline of September 19, 2025. We do not accept late applications.

The completed application will include:

Curriculum vitae (CV), 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; fifty pages maximum; in English)

A copy of your PhD program transcript

Three letters of recommendation (uploaded directly and confidentially by the recommender through the online application—please note you will need to submit your application before an upload link is sent to your recommender)

All parts of the application, including the three letters of recommendation, are submitted online as .pdf documents. Access the online application through The Harvard Academy’s website by clicking on the APPLY ONLINE button.

All materials except for letters of recommendation must be received by September 19, 2025 (ensure letters of recommendation arrive no later than September 29, 2025). 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 2025.

BENEFIT:

Each year, five to six Academy Scholars are named for two-year in-residence appointments with an annual stipend of $80,000 (annual research support of $5,000 is also provided), 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.

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ST JOHN’S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION 2026 FOR EARLY-CAREER ACADEMICS

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Application Deadline: 2pm BST on 18 September 2025

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The St. John’s College Research Fellowships provide rising stars of academia with a rare opportunity to pursue postdoctoral research in an interdisciplinary community. Up to four Research Fellowships will be awarded in this competition. Applicants should have submitted their PhD after 1 October 2024, or be on track to have submitted their PhD by 1 October 2026.

ELIGIBILITY:

They accept applications from a graduate of any university within or outside the United Kingdom.

In this year’s competition they welcome applications for research in all STEM subjects and in the following arts/humanities disciplines: Anthropology, Architecture, Modern and Medieval Languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese), Classics, Education, History, History and Philosophy of Science, History of Art, Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion, Land Economy, and Philosophy.

Their Research Fellowship awards are for early-career academics. Successful candidates will normally be either postdoctoral researchers who have recently submitted their PhD or graduate students in the latter stages of research leading to a PhD.

Candidates should have either:

1. Submitted their PhD after 1 October 2024

Or

2. Be on track to have submitted their PhD by 1 October 2026.

Candidates holding a fellowship or other postdoctoral stipend (for example, awarded by a Research Council or other similar body) may apply, noting that any stipend or other funding received will be deducted from the Research Fellowship award.

Holders of a Fellowship at a Cambridge college may not apply. Candidates who accept a Fellowship from another Cambridge college will be deemed to have withdrawn from the St. John’s College Research Fellowship competition.

The 2026 St. John’s College Research Fellowships competition runs from 30 July to 18 September 2025.

Your application must be submitted online by 2pm BST on 18 September 2025. Referees will have until 2pm BST on 23 September to complete your references.

You can apply before getting all three references, but your application will be considered incomplete if the references are not added by the reference deadline. It is your responsibility to ensure that referees submit their references in time.

St John’s College policies are fully inclusive, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, gender identity or reassignment, or relationship status.

BENEFIT:

The four-year award offers a research stipend starting at £33,482 pa with an annual uplift, and award holders are elected to a Research Fellowship for this period.

Award holders are permitted to receive additional pay for up to six hours ’ College or University teaching a week during term time.

Research Fellows benefit from up to £10,000 in additional grants over their four-year tenure. These grants support the costs of academic materials, travel expenses, computer equipment, books, and costs relating to organising a conference or workshop in St. John’s.

Fellowships are held on condition of residence within the University of Cambridge, i.e., within 20 miles of the centre of Cambridge. Research Fellows can choose to live in College in single residential accommodation, with charges applying for services and supplies.

Research Fellows who live outside College, including those who live with their partner/family, are eligible for a housing allowance worth up to £35,760 over their four-year tenure. This allowance is paid monthly and is capped at 50 percent of rent paid. Research Fellows living outside St. John’s will have an office in College.  

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