Through an international competition, the Woodrow Wilson Center offers 9-month residential fellowships. The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists, and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff and other scholars in residence. The Center accepts policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the United States and the world.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in Washington.
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The Center will also give priority to proposals in these topic areas:
- Great Powers Game On: Competition and Cooperation
- World Disorder: Challenges to Democratic Values and the Rule of Law
- Brave New Digital World: Governance, Commerce, and Security
- Emerging Polar Landscapes: Security and Commerce in a Changing Environment
Location:
United StatesBenefits
- The Center awards approximately 15-20 residential fellowships each year.
- The Center offers a stipend of $90,000 for a nine-month fellowship.
- Each Fellow is assigned a furnished office available to him or her every day, including evenings and weekends.
- The Wilson Center Library provides loan privileges with the Library of Congress and access to digital resources, its book and journal collections, and to university and special libraries in the area, and other research facilities.
- Windows-based personal computers are provided.
- Additionally, each Fellow is offered a part-time research assistant intern.
- Although Fellows are responsible for locating their own housing in the Washington, D.C. area, the Center provides written materials to help facilitate the search process.
Eligibilities
- Citizens or permanent residents from any country (applicants from countries outside the United States must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the United States). (Read more information on visas.) Please contact the Center if you have any questions about your eligibility to obtain a J1 visa.
- Citizens or permanent residents from any country (applicants from countries outside the United States must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the United States).
- Academic candidates must be at the post-doctoral level and have published a book or monograph beyond the Ph.D. dissertation.
- Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement
- English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows
Application Process
Apply through the given link and prepare the following documents:
- a current cv (not to exceed three pages).
- a list of your publications (not to exceed three pages).
- a Project Proposal (not to exceed five single-spaced pages, using the 12-point type).
a bibliography for the project that includes primary sources and relevant secondary sources (not to exceed three pages). - two reference letters, to be submitted directly to the Center by the referees. Applicants who would like suggestions on preparing the proposal can read our “Frequently Asked Questions” and/or “The Art of Writing Proposals,” published by the Social Science Research Council.
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Application Deadline: October 1, 2020
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