President/CEO, Wilson Center
The Wilson Center, established by the United States Congress in 1968 as the official, national memorial to President Woodrow Wilson, is inviting scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals from around the world to apply for the 2025-26 edition of its flagship, nine-month residential international Fellowship Programme.
During the programme, Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, and interact with policymakers in Washington, 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 Center awards approximately 15 to 20 residential fellowships each year and affiliates them with one or more of the Wilson Center programmes/projects.
The programme is open to 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 currently reside in the United States). For academic candidates, an applicant 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 are also eligible.
Applicants must possess English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows.
To apply for the programme, applicants must submit all of the following on the application portal:
- the Fellowship Application Form;
- a current CV (not to exceed three pages); The Center will only accept the first three pages; please list your publications separately. Please feel free to include an explanation for any lapses in your CV. You may also add a section on any awards or opportunities you were offered but were not able to accept for personal or other reasons. We understand that these things do occur and that not every CV will look the same.
- a list of your publications that includes exact titles, names of publishers, dates of publication and status of forthcoming publications (not to exceed three pages);
- a Project Proposal (not to exceed five single-spaced typed pages, using 12-point type); The Center reserves the right to omit from review applications that are longer than the requested page length;
- a bibliography for the project that includes primary sources and relevant secondary sources (not to exceed three pages);
- two letters of reference.
The Center offers a stipend of $90,000 for the nine-month fellowship while Fellows are responsible for their own health insurance and travel expenses.
The deadline for submission of applications is October 1, 2024.
For detailed information about the Fellowship and to apply, please visit https://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowship-application.
