Opportunity Description
A distinctively interdisciplinary and creative community spanning the sciences, arts, humanities, and professions is available to Harvard Radcliffe Fellows year. Compared to comparable fellowship possibilities, their program stands out for its diversity of methods and skills. Harvard Radcliffe Fellows have access to unmatched resources at Harvard, enabling them to focus intently on their projects while interacting with academics, authors, and practitioners they might not have otherwise met. In addition to their fellows, Radcliffe Fellows become part of an amazing alumni network that impacts both their professional fields and society at large.
Each academic year, 50 fellowships are given out by the Radcliffe Fellowship Program. Candidates may submit an application alone or in pairs for a shared project.
Brief Details:
- Offered by: Harvard University
- Host Institution: Radcliffe Institute- Harvard University
- Deadlines:
- For Arts and Humanities and social science: September 12, 2024
- For Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: October 3, 2024
- Duration: 9 months
- Number of Fellowships: 50
- Program Time: September 2025- May 2026
- Gender: Any
- Type: Fellowship
- Eligible Nations: All
About Fellowship:
- Recipients of the Radcliffe Institute fellowship may take advantage of nine months of in-residence in the United States. The task described in the proposal should have received the full attention and dedication of the fellows.
- For the duration of their residential fellowship, participants live in Greater Boston.
- The Radcliffe Institute provides visiting fellows with full-time Harvard appointments in addition to an office or studio in Byerly Hall. They will also have access to all of Harvard University’s resources through the Institute, including its dorms, athletic facilities, and libraries. In addition, should fellows wish to appoint Harvard bachelor’s scholars as Research Partners, the Institute might pay their hourly rates.
- Every fellow should actively interact with the colleagues in their cohort and become completely integrated into the Radcliffe community. Therefore, in addition to attending other fellows’ presentations during the academic year (up to two words each week), fellows should present their work-in-progress to their cohort in the form of a private talk or a public lecture.
Benefits:
The following advantages are available to fellows who apply for the Redcliffe Institute Fellowship:
- A $78,000 salary for fellows with an extra $5,000 for research expenses
- Fellows may qualify for additional funding to support their smooth transition, including for lodging, childcare, and travel expenses.
- If needed, there will also be access to medical assistance.
- The Institute also offers optional group lunches and other events for members of their cohort to get together.
- If fellows would like to hire Harvard bachelor’s students as Research Partners, J-1 Visa Support, the program may pay their hourly salary.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Scientists, academics, writers, public intellectuals, and artists with distinctive backgrounds and perspectives on the world at large are welcome to apply for the program.
- Candidates may come from anywhere in the world.
- Applicants may apply individually or in groups of two or three to collaborate on a single project.
- Radcliff looks for diversity in a wide range of areas, including discipline, stage of career, racial and ethnic background, gender and sexual orientation, nation of origin, and ideological viewpoint.
- Humanities and social science applicants need to:
- They have at least two years prior to their selection as fellows (December 2023 for the 2025–26 fellowship year) earned their doctorate (or suitable terminal degree) in their planned project.
- A monograph or two pieces in journals or edited collections must have been published by them.
- Applicants wishing to pursue careers in science, engineering, or mathematics should:
- They obtained a doctorate in the proposed project domain no less than two years prior to their fellow appointment (December 2023 for the fellowship year 2025–26).
- A minimum of five articles published in peer-reviewed journals should be required of fellows. The majority of fellows in science, engineering, and math have written numerous publications. Candidates must to exhibit a substantial corpus of original research and writing.
- Candidates in the creative arts must fulfill the requirements unique to their field:
- Film and Video: They have to have their own, highly accomplished independent work shown in galleries, museums, film or video festivals, or television broadcasts.
- Visual arts: Provide substantial proof of accomplishment through at least five years of paid artistic employment.
- Both fiction and nonfiction: Applicants should provide proof of at least one of the following:
- One or more novels that have been released
- Publishing agreement for a full-length work
- or three previously published, shorter pieces that need to be lengthier than news stories.
- Poetry: Applicants must be finishing up a manuscript and have published a minimum of twenty poems during the last five years, or they may have published a book of poetry.
- Journalism: Candidates must have at least five years of professional experience working as journalists.
- Playwriting: Candidates in this field need to have a sizable portfolio of original work. The majority of the work will be plays that have been produced or are under option.
- Music composition applicants should ideally have a Ph.D. or D.M.A., however this is not necessary. Above all, the candidate must present a solid track record of accomplishments as a working artist, including recent performances.
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Selection Criteria:
Every application will be approved after the following two-tiered review process:
- First, the applications will be evaluated by subject matter experts in the relevant sector.
- The most accomplished and promising varied fellows are then chosen by a multidisciplinary selection committee.
When assessing the applications, the selection committees will take into account the following requirements and standards:
- The significance and caliber of the planned undertaking
- A proven track record or outstanding potential attests to an applicant’s inventiveness and intelligence.
- Project ideas should be original, thoughtful, creative, and useful.
- Every aspect of diversity is sought for by the program, including geographic location, racial and cultural background, ideological viewpoint, and professional level.
Documents Requirement:
The following is an application for this program:
- Application Form
- Resume (six pages long)
- Project proposal (150 words abstract), with bibliography when appropriate.
- Composing or a sample of work
- Three letters of recommendation
Work Samples:
For candidates in the social sciences and humanities: Please add any writing you have done that is related to the project you are proposing, even if it hasn’t been published. If not, kindly upload a chapter or published piece from a book. A maximum of 40 pages can be included.
- Candidates in the fields of science, engineering, and math should provide three reprints of articles.
- Their writing/work sample requirements for applicants in the creative arts differ depending on the discipline.
- Fiction and nonfiction applicants should send in a recent book chapter, short story, manuscript, or article (no more than thirty pages in all).
- Everything you use has to be pertinent to your project. It is necessary to have the published material if it is not related to it.
- Poetry submissions should contain no more than ten poems.
- Journalism applicants should provide three well-written, published articles, totaling about thirty pages. On the Journalism Supporting Materials Upload page, applicants in this discipline may also upload up to 15 minutes of work from Vimeo, Soundcloud, or YouTube.
- Playwriting applicants should submit one play or a portion of a play, with a maximum length of thirty pages.
- Using the Visual Arts Supporting Materials Upload page, applicants in the visual arts should upload 12 photos and, if applicable, up to 3 moving image snippets.
- A maximum of 15 minutes of work should be uploaded by applicants for film and video on Vimeo or YouTube using the Film and Video Supporting Materials Upload page. Kindly cut your videos so they don’t go over fifteen minutes. If you choose not to change your sample, please include the accurate timestamps for inspection, with a maximum of 15 minutes.
- Applicants interested in music should upload one to three recent composition samples via the Music Supporting Materials Upload page on Soundcloud, YouTube, or Vimeo. Every illustration—aside from improvisational or electronic work—should have a documented score.
- Practitioners must provide a sample that is pertinent to the project they are proposing.
Note: Prior to submitting an application, review each area’s eligibility guidelines and application materials.
How to Apply?
By filling out the blanks for their name, email address, and password on the New User Registration page of the online application form, applicants can register as new users.
Following registration, candidates should choose an application area by logging into the site that is connected under the Apply Now tab:
- Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
- Creative Arts (including Journalists and Nonfiction writers)
- Humanities and Social Sciences