fellowships

Research depends more than ever on software that is reliable, reusable and well maintained. The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) Fellowship Programme supports the people who make that possible. Applications are now open for the 2027 cohort. Successful Fellows receive flexible funding, mentoring and membership of an international community dedicated to better research software practices. SSI … Read more

Development organisations across Africa need people who can measure results, analyse data and turn evidence into better decisions. The Jobberman Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning MERL Fellowship Program. Cohort 3 gives early career professionals a structured path into this field. The Jobberman MERL Fellowship is a 12 week capacity building program. It combines online learning, … Read more

Governments and institutions are adopting AI, digital public infrastructure and data driven tools faster than many leaders can keep up. The DSA Cambridge Fellowship equips the people who will shape how those tools are governed. Delivered by The Digital Statecraft Academy and supported by the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) at the University of … Read more

Early-career scholars rarely get a full year inside one of the world’s largest research and museum complexes with the freedom to connect their work to public policy. The James Smithson Fellowship does exactly that. The 2027 cohort centers on the theme “Regeneration.” Fellows spend 12 months primarily in residence at the Smithsonian, drawing on its … Read more

Climate change is reshaping disease risks ecosystems food systems and community health across Southeast Asia. The SEAOHUN 2026 ASEAN One Health Climate Fellowship gives early to mid career professionals a practical way to work on these challenges inside leading organisations. Organised by the Southeast Asia One Health University Network the program places selected fellows full … Read more

Young people in Boston should help shape the decisions and programmes that affect their lives. The City of Boston’s Office of Youth Engagement and Advancement (OYEA) is hiring one Special Projects Fellow to support that work for a full year. This is a rotating, full-time position inside municipal government. The Fellow coordinates projects, builds partnerships, … Read more

Technology shapes democracy, rights and everyday life — yet many voices and regions stay missing from the conversation. The Tech Policy Press Fellowship gives experienced professionals a structured year to change that. The 2027 cohort offers a $10,000 stipend, editorial guidance, an international peer network and regular publication opportunities. Since launching in 2023 the program … Read more

Researchers often produce rigorous work that never reaches the people designing food-assistance programmes or responding to crises. The World Food Programme’s Fellowship Programme and academic partnerships exist to close that gap. Master’s students, doctoral researchers, postdoctoral fellows, professors and other academics can contribute evidence and ideas directly to WFP’s work on hunger, food security, resilience … Read more

Researchers who already know the questions they want to ask rarely fit the classic postdoc mould. The ELBE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the Center for Systems Biology Dresden is built for them. It gives outstanding independent postdocs the space, funding and collaborative network to develop their own research programmes. More than half of past fellows … Read more

Most technology fellowships focus on building the next tool. This one asks a harder question: what happens to people, power and democracy when those tools take over? The Digital Humanism Fellowship 2026–2027 at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna gives doctoral and early-career postdoctoral researchers three fully supported months to dig into exactly … Read more