Harvard Belfer Center Science, Technology and Public Policy Fellowship Program 2019/20, USA

Applications are invited from outstanding scholars working in areas of science, technology, and public policy that do not fit into other projects described elsewhere. 

ForPredoctoral candidates and recent recipients of a Ph.D. or equivalent degree

Length1 Academic Year (10 Months)

Application Deadline

The 2019–2020 fellowship application period will open on December 18, 2018. The application period will close at 11:59 pm EST on January 15, 2019. All recommendation letters will be due on February 1, 2019. Decisions will be announced by March 29, 2019.

Applicants should identify one or more faculty members at Harvard who could serve as mentors and identify the new work they plan to do as part of this fellowship.

Fellows are provided with a stipend, benefits, and some support for research and travel expenses. Each fellow, in consultation with Program Director Dan Schrag, will be assigned a faculty mentor affiliated with STPP to supervise his or her research. We anticipate that the mentors will be active participants in the research activities.

There is no stipend information available for this fellowship.

• CV/ Resume
• Unofficial transcript (pre-doctoral fellow applicants only)
• Research statement (3–5 pages)
• Writing sample (less than 50 pages)
  • Should be one published or unpublished piece written by the applicant (co-authored pieces not accepted) in English that will demonstrate his/her English-language writing ability
  • Can be a journal article, book chapter, dissertation chapter, white paper, etc. you have produced in your field
• Contact information for 3 recommenders submitting letters on your behalf