The deadline to apply for a 2010–2011 fellowship has passed. Applicants will be notified electronically in March, 2010, of their results.

Information and deadlines for the 2011–2012 fellowship year will be posted in May, 2010. Please take a look at the eligibility guidelines and discipline listing in the meantime.

Cluster Proposals for the fellowship year of 2011–2012 are now being accepted.

Eligibility for groups of creative artists, humanists, social scientists, natural scientists, and mathematicians:

All members of the cluster (excluding creative artists) must have been awarded their doctorates by December 2009. Only scholars who have published at least two articles in journals or edited collections or one refereed journal are eligible to apply.
 
To gain consideration the convener(s) of such a group should submit a letter of intent (one to three pages) describing the group’s focus and aims, a list of participants and their curriculum vitae to Radcliffe Fellowship Program Associate Dean Judith Vichniac. This material must be postmarked by May 3, 2010, for the fellowship year 2011-2012. Please mail the material to the address below.

Radcliffe Fellowship Program
8 Garden Street
Byerly Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138
For additional information, please contact

fellowships@radcliffe.edu
(humanities, social sciences, and creative arts)
or
science@radcliffe.edu
(natural sciences and mathematics)

Applications Office Line: 617-496-3048

Selection Process

Former fellows of the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program (1999 to present) are not eligible to apply.

Each application is reviewed in a dual-tiered process by peers in relevant disciplines. Applications are judged on the quality and significance of the proposed project and the applicant's record of achievement and promise. Applicants are notified by e-mail of the results of the selection process in March.

Terms and Conditions

Stipends are funded up to $65,000 for one year with additional funds for project expenses. Some support for relocation expenses is provided where relevant. If so directed, Radcliffe will pay the stipend to the fellow's home institution.

We work with fellows who have families to help with relocation issues and make for a smooth transition.

Fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources of Harvard University during the fellowship year, which extends from early September 2011 through May 31, 2012. Visual artists and film, video, sound, and new media artists may apply to come for one semester only. The stipend is $32,500. Fellows are expected to be free of their regular commitments so they may devote themselves full time to the work outlined in their proposal. Since this is a residential fellowship, we expect fellows to reside in the Boston area during that period and to have their primary office at the Institute so that they can participate fully in the life of the community.

General Information

Current Fellows
Previous Fellows
Research Clusters

The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. In recognition of Radcliffe's historic contributions to the education of women and to the study of issues related to women, the Radcliffe Institute sustains a continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society. Applicants' projects need not focus on gender, however. Women and men from across the United States and throughout the world, including developing countries, are encouraged to apply. We seek to build a community of fellows that is diverse in every way.