Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program┋Arts & Letters
The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the College of Arts & Letters serves an integral role in the University of Notre Dame’s Strategic Framework. The program was developed in 2025 to accomplish several purposes:
- To support outstanding early-career scholars seeking to make a difference in the world in an academic environment that is both committed to disciplinary expertise and vibrant in interdisciplinary exchange.
- To enhance the scholarly reputation of departments and institutes in the College in the broader academy.
- To promote interdisciplinary research on topics related to the University Strategic Framework through supported University initiatives.
- To advance the fellows’ careers through a postdoctoral training program designed to develop their skills in research, publishing, grant-writing, and teaching.
The pursuit of these purposes is what makes this program distinctive — it is dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary conversation and collaboration and to providing robust disciplinary mentorship and professional development.
The College appoints the fellows for a two-year term. They receive an annual salary of $75,000 and an additional one-time amount of $15,000 to cover expenses related to research endeavors and further training. Hosting departments and institutes provide fellows with office space and work together with the director of postdoctoral studies in the College to identify primary faculty mentors for the fellows’ proposed research projects. Co-mentors with appointments at the University can be named at the discretion of the director and hosting units. Every six months, the director and the hosting units review the fellows’ progress in their research and discuss future plans.
Monetary support and faculty mentoring are coupled with professional development and networking opportunities in and outside of the hosting units. The Provost’s Fellows are a part of a university-wide cohort of distinguished researchers who participate regularly in lectures, colloquia, and panel discussions designed to advance their research and career aspirations.
Administration
Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis
Director of Postdoctoral Studies, College of Arts & Letters
The Rev. John A. O'Brien Associate Professor, Program of Liberal Studies
Matthew Zyniewicz
Associate Director for Operations and Strategic Initiatives,
Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good
Participating departments and institutes in the 2025-27 cohort of fellows include:
- Department of Art, Art History, and Design
- Department of Film, Television, and Theatre
- Department of German, Slavic, and Eurasian Studies
- Department of History
- Department of Sociology
- Medieval Institute
What is the application process?
Applicants should submit the following via the Interfolio website:
- A cover letter including your research trajectory, the motivation for your application, and how this fellowship will further your career goals. Your cover letter should not exceed 4 pages in length, double-spaced, with font size 12 and 1-inch margins.
- Your curriculum vitae.
- A statement describing your previous research accomplishments and your proposed research project(s) for the fellowship period. This statement may include the identification of a primary mentor or co-mentors in the hosting department or institute, and a rationale for your selection. Your research statement should not exceed 5 pages in length, double-spaced, with font size 12 and 1-inch margins.
- Candidates must submit a writing sample representative of their own work (no more than 10,000 words in length).
- Candidates must also arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be submitted via Interfolio by the deadline. Please do not ask your letter writers to email their letters directly. Applications without the full complement of letters will not be reviewed.
Timeline
The application deadline is December 1, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST. Decisions will be made by March 2, 2026.
Application process
This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge. View the full ad, with additional details.
Whom can I contact if I have additional questions?
Please email all questions to alprovostpostdocs@nd.edu.
