The Academy Scholars

Application Deadline: October 1st 2015

Open to all recent PhD recipients and doctoral candidates.

The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law) with a command of the language, history, or culture of non-Western countries or regions. Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past or present.

The Academy Scholars are a select community of individuals with resourcefulness, initiative, curiosity, and originality, whose work in non-Western cultures or regions shows promise as a foundation for exceptional careers in major universities or international institutions.

Academy Scholars are appointed for two years by the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and are provided time, guidance, and access to Harvard University facilities.

Eligibility Requirements:

• The competition for these awards is open only to recent PhD (or comparable professional school degree) recipients and doctoral candidates.
• 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; those in possession of a PhD longer than three years are ineligible.

Worth:

• Postdoctoral Academy Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $67,000, and predoctoral Academy Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $31,000.
• This stipend is supplemented by funding for conference and research travel, research assistants, and health insurance coverage. Some teaching is permitted but not required.

How to Apply

All application materials need to arrive by the deadline of October 1. We do not accept late applications.

The completed application will include:

1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae (CV) or resumé
3. Research proposal (2500 word maximum)
4. Official PhD program transcript
5. Three letters of recommendation

The mailing address for the official PhD program transcript is:

The Academy Scholars Program
Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
1727 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA

For express mail services requiring a telephone number, use 617.495.2137.

Letters should be addressed to the “Selection Committee.”
Letters of recommendation need to arrive by the deadline of October 1.

Questions should be emailed to:
[email protected]