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The Wayne Vucinich Fellowship is a three-month fellowship at the Stanford University Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES). During the fellowship period, the Vucinich Fellow is expected to pursue her or his independent research in residency and to participate actively in the scholarly activities of the Center. The fellow will have access to Stanford University Libraries and the Hoover Institution Library and Archives as well as a community of scholars at Stanford. The fellow will hold a lecture, seminar or workshop on his or her research, organized by CREEES.

The George Washington Presidential Library is now accepting applications for its 2026-2027 research fellowship program.

2026-2027 Fellowship: Apply by Dec. 31, 2025
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Funded Research Opportunities

Spend 1, 3, or 6 months as a research fellow at the George Washington Library, located at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia. We are roughly 15 miles south of Washington, D.C.

Applicants should submit: 

The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation is accepting applications for the Arthur Molella Distinguished Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH). We seek to appoint an experienced author or senior scholar (at the associate/full/emeritus professor level or equivalent) from the history of technology, science and technology studies, business history, museum studies, STEAM education, or an allied field.

With one or two fellowships per year, we wish to enable international (and Canadian scholars), who have completed a doctoral thesis (within the last five calendar years) on a topic primarily related to Canada, to visit a Canadian (or international university) with a Canadian Studies program for a research fellowship. Canadian students who wish to continue their studies  in Canada are NOT eligible.

Length of Stay

The length of the stay will be a minimum of one month and maximum of four months.

The Institute on the Formation of Knowledge operated at the University of Chicago from 2015 until 2024

The EdJS is fortunate to support a two-year post-doctoral fellowship for recent PhD's committed to conducting research at the intersection of education and religion.  We have a scholarly interest in Jewish education and we understand that there is a great deal to be gained by looking across religious  and educational communities, traditions, and phenomena. 

We are currently accepting applications for a fellowship to begin in the fall of 2024.  You can learn more about our past fellows, alumni, and current students by clicking here.

Each year, the Kroc Institute’s Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for a semester or a full academic year.

Applications for the 2026-27 academic year are now open. Apply here. The deadline to submit an application is Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.

The Crown Center for Middle East Studies is seeking outstanding scholars of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa for a residential fellowship to begin September 1, 2026. The fellowship is for two years contingent upon the successful completion of fellowship requirements in the first year. The fellowship is open to all disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences—particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology and anthropology.