Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy 2027-2028 (stipend available) – YOA

Deadline: December 1, 2026

Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy 2027-2028 at the moment are open. The Ernest May Fellowships honor Ernest May, Charles Warren Professor of American History, a member of the Belfer Center’s board of administrators, and a school affiliate of the Center’s International Security Program, who handed away in June 2009.

The Ernest May Fellows are housed inside the Applied History Project and the International Security Program. Fellows can have entry to most Harvard University libraries and services. Fredrik Logevall, Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, and Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, function the factors of contact and mentors for the fellows.

Stipend

• The fellowships embody annual stipends of both $65,000 USD (for postdoctoral or superior analysis fellows) or $55,000 USD (for predoctoral fellows). Postdoctoral fellows who’ve obtained their Ph.D. inside the previous 5 years are advantages-eligible; predoctoral fellows and postdoctoral fellows who obtained their Ph.D. greater than 5 years in the past will obtain full or partial reimbursement for medical health insurance premiums.

Eligibility

• Preference might be given to History Ph.D. college students or postdoctoral researchers, however students in different fields whose analysis initiatives have a powerful historic focus will obtain consideration.

Application

Application supplies embody:

• CV/ Resume
• Unofficial transcript (predoctoral fellow candidates solely)
• Research assertion (3–5 pages)
• Writing pattern (lower than 50 pages)
  • Should be one revealed or unpublished piece written by the applicant (co-authored items not accepted) in English that can exhibit his/her English-language writing potential
  • Can be a journal article, guide chapter, dissertation chapter, white paper, and many others. you will have produced in your subject
• Contact data for 3 recommenders submitting letters in your behalf.

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For extra data, go to Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy.