The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities and social sciences, invites applications for the 2023-26 fellowship competition.
Applicants may be considered for more than one fellowship pertinent to their research and teaching. Please see the application section of the Society’s website for fellowship details, eligibility, disciplines and application.
Appointed in the Council of the Humanities and academic departments, postdoctoral fellows pursue their research, attend weekly seminars, and teach half-time as lecturers for a term of three years. In each of the first two years, fellows teach one course each semester; in their third year, only one course in either semester.
The Society of Fellows seeks a diverse and international pool of applicants and especially welcomes those from underrepresented backgrounds.
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Application Deadline
2nd August 2022(11:59 p.m. EDT)
Eligible Countries
Students from any country including the United States can apply.
Scholarship Study Location
Princeton University, USA.
Level
Post-Doctoral
Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
- Fellows must reside in or near Princeton during the academic year.
- Applicants holding the PhD at the time of application must have received the degree after January 1, 2021.
- Applicants not yet holding the PhD must have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation – at least half – at the time of application.
- Successful candidates must fulfil all requirements for the PhD, including the filing of the dissertation, by June 15, 2023.
- Candidates for/recipients of doctoral degrees in Education, Jurisprudence, and from Princeton University are not eligible.
- Applicants may apply only once to the Princeton Society of Fellows.
- Selection is based on exceptional scholarly achievement and evidence of unusual promise, range and quality of teaching experience, and potential contributions to an interdisciplinary community.
Number of Scholarships
Five fellowships are to be awarded:
Two or three Open Fellowships in any discipline represented in the Society
One Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
One Fellowship in East Asian Studies
One Fellowship in Race and Ethnicity Studies
Value of Scholarship
- Fellows receive a competitive salary and benefits, a $5,000 research account, access to university grants, a shared office, a desktop computer and other resources.
- Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order to attend weekly seminars and participate fully in the intellectual life of the Society.
Scholarship Duration
The Fellowship lasts for a period of 3 years.
Application Procedure
To participate in the 2023-26 fellowship competition, applicants will need to submit the documents listed below, along with the online application form, to the application portal by the application deadline of August 2, 2022 (11:59 p.m. EDT).
1. Cover Letter: 1½ pages maximum, single-spaced, addressed to the search committee. The letter should include a brief overview of your application.
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Dissertation Abstract: no more than one page, single-spaced.
4. Writing Sample: one chapter of the dissertation or one published/forthcoming article related to your dissertation topic that best represents your intellectual interests. No more than 25 double-spaced pages (endnotes/bibliography/illustrations may be included in addition). If the text portion of the sample you wish to submit is longer than 25 pages, please edit for length and summarize the deleted portions.
5. Research Project for the Fellowship Term: two to three double-spaced pages; no bibliography necessary. We expect this research statement will usually take the form of a proposal for revising the dissertation in preparation for publication. However, if you have given serious thought to a second research project beyond the dissertation, and/or already prepared the dissertation for publication, you may devote some or most of the three pages to this new project.
