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HARVARD UNIVERSITY WEATHERHEAD SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOR POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS

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Application Deadline: 1 November, 2024

LOCATION: USA

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is pleased to announce the 2024–2025 scholars and fellows of the Weatherhead Scholars Program (WSP). This year’s cohort comprises twenty members, including six postdoctoral fellows, five visiting scholars, and nine practitioner fellows. They represent diverse regions and disciplines, featuring peace and conflict specialists, career diplomats and public servants, and affiliates with a range of methodological approaches who work on a broad number of topics including human rights, humanitarian emergencies, political economy, democracy and governance, social welfare policies, and many others.

ELIGIBILITY:

Faculty (Scholars) from other universities who wish to spend sabbatical leave at the Weatherhead Center pursuing research. Visiting faculty must have a PhD and must hold tenured or tenure-track positions at another institution, from which they will be on leave during the time that they are at Harvard.
Postdoctoral researchers who have received their PhDs in the last three calendar years, or who will have defended by the start of their academic appointment.

Practitioners (Fellows) with a strong scholarly bent who wish to spend a year conducting a research project connected to a core interest of the Weatherhead Center.  Practitioners do not need a PhD to be eligible.

The Weatherhead Scholars Program supports the visa application process for international scholars. Please visit the Harvard International Office (HIO) website for more information.

Eligible applicants must have recently completed their PhD in sociology, anthropology, history, economics, psychology, public policy, political science, environmental science, statistics, or related fields within the past three calendar years. PhD degree/diploma must be conferred prior to fellowship start date. An electronic PDF copy of doctoral degree verification is required for candidates who have received their degree within one year of the effective start date – either a certificate of completion from the degree-granting institution or a letter from the institution’s registrar is acceptable. Such documentation should state that all requirements for the degree have been successfully completed and should verify the date the degree has been or will be conferred. The duration of each fellowship is one academic year.

BENEFIT:

Funded postdoctoral fellows will receive a stipend of $70,000, payable over twelve months. Fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year begin in August 2025. If an applicant has received external funding to support their postdoctoral activities, please note this in the application cover letter.

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THE PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU PHD SCHOLARSHIP FOR HOME AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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Application Deadline: November 25, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. EST

LOCATION: Canada

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholarship brings remarkable individuals from various disciplines and backgrounds into a life-changing community with a shared interest in making Canada and the world a better place.

ELIGIBILITY:

If applicants are studying at a Canadian university, non-Canadian students (permanent residents or foreign nationals) are eligible. 

You are eligible if you are in year one or two of a full-time doctoral program at the time of application. 

At the time of application, you must:

Be in the process of completing a Master’s program (completed no later than summer 2025)

Be in the first year of a doctoral program

Be in your second year of a doctoral program

The Foundation recognizes that many doctoral students are working on research projects that are interdisciplinary and qualify as advanced research in the social sciences and humanities, regardless of their faculty or department affiliation. 

That said, applicants are eligible as long as their research topic relates to one or more of the Foundation’s founding Four Themes: Human Rights and Dignity, Responsible Citizenship, Canada and the World, and People and their Natural Environment. The Foundation will not assess the eligibility of individuals’ research topics by email or over the phone. Applicants do not need to be a doctoral student of a faculty or department normally associated with social sciences and humanities; we also welcome applicants from engineering, business, health sciences and pure and applied sciences that can demonstrate how their research topic relates to one or more of the Foundation’s four themes.

Applicants must provide evidence of their strong academic performance and intellectual capacity. We will look for evidence of this throughout your application, including in transcripts and referrals. 

BENEFIT:

Benefits of being a Foundation Scholar

Inclusion in a vibrant community of Scholars, Fellows and Mentors, all leaders in their respective disciplines and fields of action.

Exchanges and inspiration by and from Mentors and Fellows, including unique experiential learning opportunities that enrich and complement your academic experience.

Receipt of up to $50,000 per year for three years to cover tuition and reasonable living expenses to focus on your doctoral studies.

Receipt of an additional $20,000 per year for three years for research, networking and travel expenses related to your doctoral research. 

Encouragement and support for you to learn or improve your language knowledge in both official languages.

Expanded learning and understanding of your role as a settler or as a member of a First Nation, Inuit or Métis concerning ongoing efforts to decolonize and reconcile.

Inclusion in a large community of more than 500 alumni and alumnae of the Foundation, whose professional success stories following the Scholarship tell their own convincing story about the value of this outstanding recognition.

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