DAAD Postdoctoral Fellows at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Johns Hopkins University 2026-2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: January 14, 2026

Applications are open for the DAAD Postdoctoral Fellows at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Johns Hopkins University 2026-2027. The Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is happy to announce the OPPORTUNITY for excellent students to conduct analysis in Washington, D.C., on “The United States, Europe, and World Order.” During the educational yr 2026-2027, as much as two publish-doctoral fellowships might be awarded. Both fellowships might be accessible for a minimal of 9 (9) and most of twelve (12) months between July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.

DAAD Post-Doctoral Fellows are carefully built-in into the SAIS educational neighborhood and might be affiliated with the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs. A division of Johns Hopkins University, SAIS is a worldwide establishment that gives interdisciplinary skilled schooling to organize a various scholar physique for internationally associated positions of duty; to foster analysis, scholarship and cross-cultural trade; and to contribute data, experience, and management to the international neighborhood.

During the educational yr 2026-2027 analysis and associated actions will concentrate on “the roles of the United States and Germany at a crucial moment in world history.” DAAD Post-Doctoral Fellows will concentrate on this topic throughout an everyday sequence of excessive-stage seminars, peer overview periods, and alternatives for direct engagement with senior overseas coverage practitioners and main students of statecraft and world order. Each Fellow is predicted to finish a analysis paper associated to the theme throughout the interval of residence along with persevering with to work on their very own analysis tasks. The Fellows may also work with the Helmut Schmidt Distinguished Visiting Professor and the Kissinger Center on a German-US convention on points of worldwide safety, traditionally knowledgeable statecraft and technique and/or transatlantic relations going down in Germany and a summer season workshop on grand technique and worldwide safety for early profession lecturers and policymakers in Washington, D.C. 

Salary

• Each DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow will obtain a month-to-month wage of as much as $6,000, minus U.S. taxes; entry to a pc and shared workspace; web entry; entry to Johns Hopkins University libraries and different services.
• Each Fellow is predicted to take care of his/her lodging and residing bills.
• A primary well being care bundle is out there for all Postdoctoral Fellows.
• For non-US residents one economic system class roundtrip airfare might be offered.
• Furthermore, analysis funding of as much as $3,000 for a 12-month keep might be accessible for every Fellow in addition to one economic system class roundtrip airfare to the above-talked about convention in Germany.
• Health profit premiums for accompanying dependents may also be lined ($560 per thirty days if one dependent or $880 per thirty days if multiple dependent).

Eligibility

• Applicants for the DAAD Post-Doctoral Fellowships at SAIS will need to have a doctorate or be at the publish-doctorate stage, have demonstrated analysis capability, and be fluent in English. EU and U.S. residents are welcome to apply.
• EU residents must be presently affiliated with a German college or analysis establishment and be eligible for a J-1 visa.
• Preference might be given to those that are not more than 6 years past finishing their dissertation, though others are additionally eligible.

Application

Each applicant ought to submit the following (in English):

• An announcement of curiosity outlining why you might be making use of and what you hope to get out of this fellowship.
• A 3 to five-web page double-spaced analysis assertion that proposes a analysis undertaking, together with its relevance to the theme “The United States, Europe and World Order.”
• Preferred appointment begin and finish dates, between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027.
• A curriculum vitae.
• Three references with contact info.

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For extra info, go to DAAD Fellows.