The Barbro Klein Fellowship Programme
- At the time of application, candidates must have held a PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) for at least three years. This year, applicants must hold a PhD awarded no later than 1 June, 2023.
- Candidates are not required to hold a current institutional affiliation.
- Candidates may apply for a single semester or for the full academic year:
Autumn semester: 1 September 2027 - 17 December 2027
Spring semester: 11 January 2028 - 16 June 2028
Full academic year: 1 September 2027 - 16 June 2028
- Deadline for application: 1 June 2026 (23:59 CET).
Please note:
Candidates are asked to only apply to one fellowship programme.
Programme and Eligibility Criteria
The Barbro Klein Residential Fellowship Programme intends to advance the study of cultural diversity in a global perspective. The fellowship is open to scholars from across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, with an emphasis on research on cultural and social diversity, cultural heritage and creativity, societal structures and public resistance, and varieties of cultural expressions in local and global perspective.
The fellowship programme encourages, but is not limited to, applications from talented younger scholars in non-Western countries and of underrepresented gender.
At the time of application, the candidate must have held a PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) for at least three years.
Applicants must have a promising track record of independent achievements beyond the post-doctoral level, including significant publications, and be active in international fora.
Candidates are not required to hold a university position at the time of application.
Remuneration
Fellows normally receive a monthly salary. However, the Collegium does not match fellows’ salaries at their home university/institute, and fellows are asked to try to obtain other resources for their support such as sabbatical salaries and/or grants.
In most cases the Collegium will provide and pay for accommodation for fellows who do not live in the Stockholm–Uppsala region. When possible, the Collegium also tries to offer accommodation to fellows from Stockholm who are not able to commute.
Application Instructions and Deadline
Final decisions are taken by the Principal of the Collegium in consultation with a selection committee composed of Long-term Fellows. This means that all applications (including personal data) will be downloaded by members of the selection committee, and may also be sent to external referees, outside of the EU/EEA.
The application deadline for the academic year 2027-2028 is on 1 June 2026 (23:59 CET).
Applications to all our fellowship programmes are reviewed by the same committee. For this reason, we kindly ask candidates to only apply to one fellowship programme. Applying to more than one fellowship programme will not increase your chances of being awarded a fellowship at SCAS.
Should you despite this submit more than one application, and not immediately choose a programme when asked to do so, the administrative staff will assign you to a programme. In this case, the selection of the programme will thus be strictly administrative, and it will not be based on your research topic.
Candidates are advised to submit their applications well ahead of the deadline. It may take a few weekdays to receive assistance should you have questions or need technical support.
Applicants will be notified of the results through the Varbi online application system no later than 28 February 2027. If you get a new email address, please make sure to update it in your Varbi account.
If you have any technical questions related to the Varbi online application system, please see the help page in your Varbi account (or go to Varbi accountExternal link, opens in new window.). If you cannot find the answer to your question on the help page, you can contact Varbi’s support: support@varbi.com.
If you have any questions about the Barbro Klein Fellowship Programme, please contact the secretariat: fellowselection@swedishcollegium.se
