fellowships

Most academic fellowships ask one question. Is your research good? Central European University’s Global Invisible University fellowship asks that question too. But it asks a second one just as seriously. Are you safe enough to keep doing it? That second question shapes the entire programme. And it makes this GIU Fellowship different from most research … Read more

Most creative fellowships want a pitch. A fresh idea. A compelling vision for something that does not exist yet. The Mycelia Fellowship wants the opposite. If you are a storyteller, artist or civic engagement practitioner who already has a project underway, this eight week remote fellowship was designed specifically for that moment in your work. … Read more

Journalism ethics is usually taught through case studies, newsroom discussions and professional codes of conduct. FASPE teaches it differently. The Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics takes a small cohort of early-career journalists to Berlin and Poland. It places them in the locations where Nazi-era press failures actually happened and asks them … Read more

Most Harvard fellowship conversations start and end with the same few names. The Harvard-Yenching Institute rarely comes up which is surprising given what it actually offers. The Institute runs multiple fully supported programs for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty working in the humanities and social sciences with a specific focus on scholarship connected to … Read more

Content creators are not just entertainers anymore. In Nigeria, many of them have quietly become watchdogs, educators, and organisers. A new fellowship wants to build on that shift and it is opening its doors right now. The Creative Changemakers Fellowship (CCMF) 2026 is looking for 15 young Nigerian creatives. Not influencers chasing views. People using … Read more

There is a specific kind of researcher this fellowship was built for. Not someone who broadly wants to work in AI. Someone who thinks about AI problems mathematically. Someone who sees alignment challenges as questions that might yield to rigorous formal treatment and who has the research background in mathematics, theoretical physics or theoretical computer … Read more

One researcher. Twelve months. A fully funded placement at a leading university in Southeast Asia backed by the Henry Luce Foundation. Competitive salary, dedicated mentorship, research funding and a platform inside one of the most active scholarly networks focused on the region. This is the inaugural year. Nobody has held this fellowship before. For the … Read more

Most security researchers spend their careers analyzing NATO from the outside. This fellowship puts you inside. The NATO Defense College Resident Fellowship Programme 2027 is now accepting applications for nine funded research positions at the NDC in Rome Italy. Fellows spend five months working within the College’s Research Division. They contribute directly to NATO’s understanding … Read more

No application fee. No retreat cost. A week of intensive poetry workshops at a university campus in Pennsylvania with some of the most respected voices in contemporary Black poetry. The Cave Canem Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2027 Fellowship. The deadline is 6 October 2026. The retreat runs from 6 to 13 June … Read more

Only 1 percent. That is the acceptance rate for the UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship in recent years. Out of every hundred doctoral researchers who apply, 99 do not make it. That number is not here to discourage anyone. It is here because understanding why most applications fail is the most useful thing a prospective applicant … Read more