Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program 2025 at Harvard University

Radcliffe fellows are exceptional scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, and artists whose work is making a difference in their professional fields and in the larger world. Fellows join a uniquely interdisciplinary and creative community. Radcliffe supports engaged scholarship, where fellows develop new tools and methods, challenge artistic and scholarly conventions, and illuminate our past and our present.

The Radcliffe Fellowship Program supports 50 scholars, artists, and public intellectuals who have demonstrated records of achievement in their respective fields and show great promise for future contributions.

Throughout the year, fellows convene regularly to share their work in progress, supporting one another in various intellectual groups and building connections through social events. They benefit from access to Harvard’s libraries and archives, to professional development opportunities, and to Harvard college students through participating in the Radcliffe Research Partnership Program. In this program, students intellectually engage with fellows and their projects by researching sources, reviewing book chapters, discussing new approaches to projects, and more.

• Table of Content
• About Harvard Radcliffe Institute
• Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
• Aim and Benefits of Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
• Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program Courses
• Requirements for Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Harvard Radcliffe Institute

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University—known as Harvard Radcliffe Institute—is one of the world’s leading centers for interdisciplinary research and exploration.

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program

Application Deadline	30 Sep 2025
Country to study	United States
School to study	Harvard University
Type	Fellowship
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program

In addition to the stipend, project expense allowance, and additional funds to aid in relocation mentioned above, fellows receive office or studio space in Byerly Hall—in Radcliffe Yard—and full-time Harvard appointments as visiting fellows, granting them access to Harvard University’s libraries, and athletic facilities. If fellows would like to hire Harvard undergraduate students as Research Partners, the program will cover their hourly wages. Fellows will also be able to participate in professional development and engagement opportunities throughout their fellowship year.

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program Courses

Requirements for Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program Qualification

• Applicants from throughout the world are encouraged to apply. Harvard University typically sponsors J-1 scholar visas for Harvard Radcliffe Fellows.

Applicants in the humanities and social sciences must:
1. Have received their doctorate (or appropriate terminal degree) in the area of their proposed project at least four years prior to their appointment as a fellow (December 2022 for the 2026-27 fellowship year). Appropriate terminal degrees include PhD, MD, and JD.
2. Have published a monograph or at least two articles in refereed journals or edited collections.

Applicants in science, engineering, and mathematics must:
1. Have received their doctorate in the area of the proposed project at least four years prior to their appointment as a fellow (December 2022 for the 2026-27 fellowship year).
2. Have published at least five articles in refereed journals. Most science, engineering, and math fellows have published dozens of articles.

Applicants in the creative arts must meet discipline-specific eligibility requirements, as outlined below:

• Film and Video: Applicants in this discipline must have a body of independent work of significant achievement. Such work will typically have been exhibited in galleries or museums, shown in film or video festivals, or broadcast on television.
• Visual Arts: Applicants in this discipline must show strong evidence of achievement, with a record of at least five years of work as a professional artist, including participation in several curated group shows and at least two professional solo exhibitions.
• Fiction and Nonfiction: Applicants in these disciplines must have one of the following:
  • one or more published books;
  • a contract for the publication of a book-length manuscript; or
  • at least three shorter works (longer than newspaper articles) published.
• Poetry: Applicants in this discipline must have had at least 20 poems or a book of poetry published in the last five years, and must be in the process of completing a manuscript.
• Journalism: Applicants in this discipline are required to have worked professionally as a journalist for at least five years.
• Playwriting: Applicants in this discipline must have a significant body of independent work in the form. This will include, most typically, plays produced or under option.
• Music Composition: It is desirable, but not required, for applicants in music composition to have a PhD or DMA. Most importantly, the applicant must show strong evidence of achievement as a professional artist, with a record of recent performances.

Application Deadline

September 30, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Harvard Radcliffe Institute on radcliffe.onlineapplicationportal.com to apply

The application consists of an application form, curriculum vitae, project proposal (with bibliography when appropriate), a writing or work sample, and the contact information of three references who will be prompted, via email, to upload letters of recommendation in support of your application.

For more details, visit Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship webpage