Description
Harvard University Postdoctoral Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers to attain excellence as they advance in their various careers.
Academy Scholars are appointed for a two-year, in residence, postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The program is open to all recent PhD recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences or law.
The Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences or law with a command of the language and history or culture of countries or regions outside of the United States or Canada.
Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past or present.
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The competition for these awards is open only to recent PhD (or comparable professional school degree) recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences or law.
Results
#1. Do you have a valid work permit or visa for Travel Abroad?
#2. What is your current employment status?
#3. What is your highest level of education?
#4. How many years of experience do you have in your field?
#5. Are you willing to relocate to any province Abroad?
#6. Which field are you looking for a job in?
Those still pursuing a PhD should have completed their routine training and be well along in the writing of their theses before applying to become Academy Scholars. If you have completed a PhD program, the PhD completion date must be within three years of the October 1 application deadline. For applicants applying for the October 1, 2021 deadline, you must have completed your PhD or equivalent after September 30, 2018.
Number of Scholarship
Not Specified
Value of Scholarship:
Postdoctoral Academy Scholars – $70,000 annually
Application Procedure
All application materials need to be submitted by the deadline of October 1. We do not accept late applications.
The completed application will include:
1. Cover letter which succinctly states the applicant’s academic field, country or region of specialization, and proposed research topic
2. Curriculum vitae (CV) or resumé; including list of publications .
3. Research proposal (2500 word maximum); including intellectual objectives and planned methodological and disciplinary work
4. A copy of your PhD program transcript
5. Three letters of recommendation (uploaded through the online application)
Letters should be addressed to the “Selection Committee.”
All parts of the application, including the three letters of recommendation, are submitted online as pdf documents. The online application is accessed through the homepage of The Harvard Academy’s website. To access the application, click on the APPLY ONLINE button.
Questions should be emailed to:
applicationinquiries@wcfia.harvard.edu.
You may include footnotes, endnotes, and/or bibliographies in your proposed research statement, but they are not required. If you do give references, they will not count towards the 2500-word maximum for the research statement.
We require no copies of published papers or abstracts as part of our application process. Do not include them in your application.
Regarding transcripts from foreign universities: our reviewers read many applications from those at foreign universities and request as much transcript-like official documentation as the Registrar at your university can provide, for all graduate work—both for the Master’s and PhD programs in which you have been or are currently enrolled. Your institution most likely gets these requests often and can provide the required paperwork to you upon request.
The 2021 Academy Scholars Program application season opened on June 1, 2021. The deadline is October 1, 2021.