Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies at Harvard University

Jacyk Distinguished Fellowships are designed to bring senior scholars to Harvard University for one academic term of focused research in Ukrainian history, literature, philology, culture, and other related areas of study in the humanities and social sciences fields. While in residence, the Jacyk Distinguished Fellow will use Harvard's unique resources to work on significant and innovative projects in Ukrainian studies, and in general to further his or her professional development. In addition, the Jacyk Distinguished Fellow will preside over the Petro Jacyk Seminar in Ukrainian Studies, a forum presented as part of the HURI Seminar Series in Ukrainian Studies. 

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. One Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship is awarded every one or two years, at the discretion of the fellowship committee. 

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

Benefits

• The fellowship provides a stipend of $6,000 per month to cover the cost of housing, health insurance, and other living expenses ($30,000 total for five months). Stipend payments are made monthly beginning at the end of the first month in resisidence, less applicable US taxes. 
• 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

Jacyk Distinguished Fellowships support visiting scholars for one academic semester (typically 5 months) beginning either September 1st or February 1st, corresponding with Harvard's Fall or Spring term. 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) or higher (Doctor of Sciences, доктор наук) and who have demonstrated a commitment to Ukrainian studies are eligible to apply.

All senior scholars in the field of Ukrainian studies are eligible to apply for a Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship. Successful applicants typically have tenure at their home institution and have published widely, including monographs that have had a major impact on their field of research. Nominations may also be submitted. Individuals submitting nominations should submit a letter stating the nominees name, current position, field of study, and basis for nomination to the Institute’s Programs Coordinator, Megan K. Duncan Smith, at duncansmith@fas.harvard.edu.

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.

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: 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 English is preferred, but Ukrainian and Russian are accepted.

PART 3) Two References

Applicants who are applying only for the Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship may simply provide references rather than solicit letters of recommendation. Within the Applicant Information Form, such applicants should include the name, title, affiliation, and contact information for two scholars who may be contacted by the fellowship committee . Important: When prompted to provide references within the CARAT application, applicants for the Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship should list their two references but instead insert "huri@fas.harvard.edu" into the email field. However, applicants for the Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship who also wish to be considered for a HURI Research Fellowship must include two Letters of Recommendation (visit the HURI Research Fellowship page for instructions).

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

The Jacyk fellowship is funded through a gift to the Institute by the Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation in Ontario, Canada. Mr. Petro Jacyk, a prominent Canadian businessman who passed away in November 2001, was one of the Institute's most generous benefactors. In addition to his gift to establish the fellowship program, he endowed the position of the Petro Jacyk Bibliographer in Ukrainian Studies at the library of the Ukrainian Research Institute.