Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program 2027-2028

Year-long interdisciplinary fellowship at Harvard with $78,000 stipend plus $5,000 project allowance, relocation, housing, and childcare funds. Welcomes proposals on women, gender, and society; inequality; and other policy issues. Deadlines: Sept. 10, 2026 (humanities/social sciences/arts/journalism) and Oct. 1, 2026 (science/engineering/math).

Applications are open for the Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program 2027-2028. The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program offers scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, and artists a rare chance to pursue ambitious projects for a full academic year in a vibrant interdisciplinary setting amid the resources of Harvard University.

Radcliffe welcomes applications proposing innovative work that confronts pressing social, scientific, and policy issues and seeks to engage audiences beyond academia. Reflecting Radcliffe's unique history and institutional legacy, they welcome – but do not limit eligibility to – proposals that focus on women, gender, and society or draw on the Schlesinger Library's rich collections.

They also invite proposals relevant to the Institute's multiyear focus area, which for 2024–2029 is academic freedom and connecting across difference. Proposals should address intellectual virtues, free and open inquiry, diversity of thought, political polarization, peace and conflict, inequality, religious pluralism, and other policy issues.

Benefits: Fellows receive a stipend of $78,000 plus an additional $5,000 to cover project expenses. Harvard Radcliffe fellows may also be eligible to receive relocation, housing, and childcare funds. Healthcare support is made available as needed. Fellows receive office or studio space in Byerly Hall, full-time Harvard appointments as visiting fellows, access to the Harvard Library system and University athletic facilities, and professional development opportunities.

Eligibility: Applications accepted across humanities, social sciences, and creative arts, with discipline-specific eligibility criteria. This is not a postdoctoral fellowship; those currently enrolled in a degree program are ineligible. Applications welcomed across career stages (tenure not required). Former Harvard Radcliffe fellows (1999–present) are ineligible.

Deadline: September 10, 2026 at 5PM ET (humanities, social sciences, creative arts, nonfiction and journalism) / October 1, 2026 at 5PM ET (science, engineering, and mathematics).