Individual projects

The Princeton University Center for Human Values invites applications for the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics for a possible available position starting in September 2024. The Shapiro Fellowship supports outstanding scholars studying ethical issues arising from developments in medicine, the biological sciences, or population health. We particularly encourage proposals focusing on problems of practical importance that have broader theoretical interest.

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is an internationally respected research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG) with three research departments, several research groups, and a graduate school. At the MPIWG, around three hundred scholars from all over the world investigate the sciences past and present, working together on a collective, collaborative, and trans-disciplinary basis. The MPIWG is renowned worldwide as a hub for reflection on the role of the sciences in politics and society.

The Understanding Society Fellowship Programme enables researchers to take time out to focus on research projects based on the Study’s data. Funding is available for 12-month Fellowships to undertake a project based on Understanding Society data, with additional resource for follow up dissemination and impact generation activities.  Practical support will also be available from the Study team, for example, to advise on data and analysis plans and communication and impact strategies.

Early Career Research Fellowships offer support for research and writing in Buddhist Studies for pre-tenure scholars holding a PhD degree. These fellowships provide scholars time free from teaching and other responsibilities to concentrate on research and writing for the project proposed. 

We strongly encourage applications from:

• unemployed or underemployed scholars
• scholars with high teaching loads
• scholars working on their first books

Tenured faculty, those who have submitted tenure materials, and emeriti are not eligible.

There are seventeen different one to two month fellowships administered by AAS. While some are for postdoctoral scholars, most of the fellowships are open to doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research. Some fellowships are also open to independent researchers working on a scholarly project served by AAS collections.

All awards are for a period of residence to use the AAS library’s resources in Worcester, Massachusetts, for research and writing. 

Length of Term

One to two months during the period June 1 to May 31.

The Allan Martin Award is a research fellowship intended to assist early-career historians further their research in Australian history.