Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship Program 2026-2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: September 30, 2025

Applications are open for the Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship Program 2026-2027. The Radcliffe Fellowship Program helps 50 students, artists, and public intellectuals who’ve demonstrated data of feat of their respective fields and present nice promise for future contributions.

Throughout the yr, fellows convene frequently to share their work in progress, supporting each other in varied mental teams and constructing connections by way of social occasions. They profit from entry to Harvard’s libraries and archives, to skilled improvement alternatives, and to Harvard school college students by way of taking part within the Radcliffe Research Partnership Program. In this program, college students intellectually interact with fellows and their initiatives by researching sources, reviewing ebook chapters, discussing new approaches to initiatives, and extra.

Stipend

• Fellows obtain a stipend of $78,000 plus a further $5,000 to cowl mission bills. Note that in case you are a US citizen or everlasting resident coming from a home establishment based mostly within the US, you possibly can choose to have your stipend paid by way of your home establishment or to you straight.

Eligibility

Applicants within the humanities and social sciences should:

• Have acquired their doctorate (or acceptable terminal diploma) within the space of their proposed mission a minimum of 4 years previous to their appointment as a fellow (December 2022 for the 2026-27 fellowship yr). Appropriate terminal levels embrace PhD, MD, and JD.
• Have revealed a monograph or a minimum of two articles in refereed journals or edited collections.

Applicants in science, engineering, and arithmetic should:

• Have acquired their doctorate within the space of the proposed mission a minimum of 4 years previous to their appointment as a fellow (December 2022 for the 2026-27 fellowship yr).
• Have revealed a minimum of 5 articles in refereed journals. Most science, engineering, and math fellows have revealed dozens of articles.

Applicants within the inventive arts should meet self-discipline-particular eligibility necessities, as outlined beneath:

• Film and Video: Applicants on this self-discipline will need to have a physique of impartial work of serious achievement. Such work will usually have been exhibited in galleries or museums, proven in movie or video festivals, or broadcast on tv.
• Visual Arts: Applicants on this self-discipline should present sturdy proof of feat, with a document of a minimum of 5 years of labor as knowledgeable artist, together with participation in a number of curated group exhibits and a minimum of two skilled solo exhibitions.
• Fiction and Nonfiction: Applicants in these disciplines will need to have one of many following:
  • a number of revealed books;
  • a contract for the publication of a ebook-size manuscript; or
  • a minimum of three shorter works (longer than newspaper articles) revealed.
• Poetry: Applicants on this self-discipline will need to have had a minimum of 20 poems or a ebook of poetry revealed within the final 5 years, and should be within the means of finishing a manuscript.
• Journalism: Applicants on this self-discipline are required to have labored professionally as a journalist for a minimum of 5 years.
• Playwriting: Applicants on this self-discipline will need to have a big physique of impartial work within the type. This will embrace, most usually, performs produced or underneath choice.
• Music Composition: It is fascinating, however not required, for candidates in music composition to have a PhD or DMA. Most importantly, the applicant should present sturdy proof of feat as knowledgeable artist, with a document of current performances.

Former Harvard Radcliffe fellows (1999–current) are ineligible to apply.

Application

• For candidates within the humanities, social sciences, and artistic arts: Your full application, together with letters of advice, ought to be submitted by Thursday, September 11, 2025 (11:59 PM ET).
• For candidates in science, engineering, and arithmetic: Your full application, together with letters of advice, ought to be submitted by Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (11:59 PM ET).

The application consists of an application type, curriculum vitae, mission proposal (with bibliography when acceptable), a writing or work pattern, and the contact info of three references who can be prompted, by way of e-mail, to add letters of advice in help of your application. All supplies should be submitted by way of the online application portal.

For extra info, go to Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship.