Call for Applications: Wilson Center Fellowship 2025-2026
About the Fellowship:
- 2025-26 Competition now open
- Apply by October 1
- 9-month residential fellowships
- Open to scholars, practitioners, journalists, and public intellectuals
- Policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals
- Focused on key global challenges
About the Wilson Center
- Established in 1968 as the official national memorial to President Wilson
- Linking scholarship to policy issues in Washington
- Conducts research, organizes conferences, and disseminates content
Eligibility
- Citizens or permanent residents from any country (applicants from countries outside the United States must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the United States). (Read more information on visas.) Please contact the Center if you have any questions about your eligibility to obtain a J1 visa.
- For Academic candidates: Post-doctoral level and have published a book or monograph beyond the Ph.D. dissertation.
- Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement
- English proficiency required
- Ineligibility include musical composition, visual arts, advocacy nature proposals
Selection Process
- Internal and external review
- Criteria include significance of research, relevance to policy, programmatic alignment
- Projects with relevance to public policy encouraged
- Quality of the proposal and author’s capabilities considered
Benefits
- Furnished office
- Located in Washington, D.C.
- Library, conference rooms, dining room
- Windows-based personal computers provided
- Stipend of $90,000 for nine-month fellowship
Deadline for Applications
- All fellowship applications due by 11:59 pm on October 1
- Results announced in March of the following year
Application Process
- Submit application HERE.
- Application checklist includes CV, publications list, project proposal, bibliography, and reference letters
- Project proposal should address topic importance, originality, methodology, and relevance
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