Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellowships

Jaroslaw and Nadia Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies are granted to promising early-career postdoctoral scholars carrying out independent research on topics pertaining to Ukraine. 

The call for applications for Academic Year 2024-2025 will open in mid-December with a deadline of 25 January 2024. Application materials and requirements remain the same, so we encourage you to proceed with preparing your application and requesting letters of recommendation. Harvard is requiring us to transfer the fellowship competition to a new platform for submission. Thank you for your patience.

Questions may be addressed to Megan K. Duncan Smith, HURI Programs Coordinator, at  duncansmith@fas.harvard.edu.

Benefits

• The fellowship provides a stipend of $5,500 per month to cover the cost of housing and other living expenses ($49,500 total for 9 months), less applicable US taxes and paid monthly beginning at the end of the first month in residence. 
• Postdoctoral fellows are eligible for Harvard employee benefits, including subsidized health insurance.
• For fellowship recipients based outside of New England, HURI will provide direct, roundtrip airfare.  
• The fellowship provides digital and in-person access to Harvard's vast libraries, archival materials, and resources. 
• Fellows will pursue their proposed independent research project within the vibrant intellectual environment at Harvard. Fellows are expected to participate actively in the Institute's events and community. This includes presenting their own research at an event hosted by HURI.

Duration

Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellowships support visiting scholars for two academic semesters (9 months) corresponding with Harvard's Fall and Spring terms: 1 September 2023 - 31 May 2024. Fellows must be in residence at Harvard for all, or nearly all, of this period. 

Eligibility

HURI's fellowships support independent research on topics pertaining to Ukraine while in residence at Harvard University. Scholars of the humanities and social sciences who hold a PhD degree (Candidate of Sciences, кандидат наук) and who have demonstrated a commitment to Ukrainian studies are eligible to apply.

The Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellowship is designed for junior scholars who received their doctoral degree no more than seven years prior to the fellowship start date. Current doctoral candidates whose doctoral degree will be awarded before June 1 of the current year are also eligible to apply. 

Important: Applicants must be eligible to receive and maintain a short-term J-1 visa to carry out research in residence at Harvard supported by a fellowship from HURI. More information can be found at http://www.hio.harvard.edu/j-scholar-visa. Please also note the two-year national residency requirements, which may apply to you if you recently held a long-term J-1 visa.

Harvard is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, protected veteran status, disability, genetic information, military service, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or other protected status.

Application Instructions

Fellowship applications consist of the following parts, all of which must be submitted by the deadline(s):
Applications for AY 2023-2024 are due JANUARY 31, 2023. 
Supporting letters of recommendation are due February 7, 2023.
Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

Applicants wishing to apply for more than one type of visiting research fellowship at HURI should do so with a single application. Do not submit more than one application for the upcoming academic year. Applicants will be prompted to indicate multiple fellowship types within a single application. 

PART 1) General Fellowship Applicant Information Form (click hyperlink to access the online form)

PART 2) CARAT Application (click hyperlink to access the online application and upload the following required documents*)

*Non-Harvard Applicants will first need to create HarvardKey credentials, which will allow secure access to Harvard's CARAT application system (click on hyperlink to create your HarvardKey)

Research Proposal: PhD dissertation abstract and description of your proposed fellowship project, including its significance to your field and to Ukrainian studies, and the reasons why it would benefit from residency at Harvard University. 5-10 pages in length, double spaced.

Curriculum Vitae: 3 pages max, including education, academic work history, and scholarly publications. Make sure that your PhD degree, or equivalent, is clearly indicated, including the date it was awarded. .

Writing Sample: Please submit one complete article or chapter, published or unpublished. Please include basic information about the context of the writing sample (article, book, or dissertation chapter). You may submit an article or chapter of any length but should expect the Fellowship Committee to read no more than 25-30 pages or so. English is preferred, but Ukrainian or Russian are accepted.

PART 3) Two Letters of Recommendation

Applications for a Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellowship and/or HURI Research Fellowship require two letters of recommendation uploaded directly to CARAT by the recommenders. Within CARAT, applicants will be prompted to supply the names and email addresses for two scholars who are qualified to evaluate their work and who have agreed to submit a letter supporting this application. CARAT will then automatically send an email to each recommender with a link to upload their letter. Please provide institutional/work email addresses and request that letters are submitted on institutional letterhead with signature, when possible. You will be able to save the application and return to it later. You are responsible for contacting your two recommenders in advance and for ensuring that the letters are received by the deadline.

Applications for 2023-2024 are due on JANUARY 31, 2023.

Support for the Jaroslaw and Nadia Mihaychuk Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies is derived from one endowment established through the generous gift of the Mihaychuk family for the specific support of individual post-doctoral scholars carrying out independent research at Harvard. HURI is grateful to all those donors who have supported or continue to support scholars' research in Ukrainian studies.