Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022/2025 in Humanities and Social Sciences

The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, invites applications for the fellowship competition. 

Application Deadline: 3rd August 2021 (11:59 p.m. EST)

Eligible Countries: International

To be taken at (country): USA

Field of Research: Human and Allied Social Science. Candidates will pursue research and teach half-time in the following areas: OPEN discipline; Humanistic Studies; LGBT Studies; Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Type: Fellowship, Postdoctoral

About the Award: Three to five postdoctoral fellows are appointed each year for three-year terms in residence to pursue research and teach half-time in their academic host department, the Program in Humanistic Studies, or other university programs.In addition, the fellowships carry with them an appointment as lecturer in the fellow’s host department.  Fellows are provided with a competitive salary, benefits, a $5,000 research account, access to university grants, a shared office, a desktop computer and other resources. Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order to attend weekly seminars and participate fully in the intellectual life of the Society.

Eligibility: PhD degree requirements. Please note the Society’s dates of degree eligibility. These are firm dates with no exceptions:

a) Candidates already holding the PhD degree at time of application:

Applicants already holding the Ph.D. degree at time of application must have received their degree between January 1, 2020 and August 3, 2021. Priority will be given to applicants with no more than one year of research-only funding past the Ph.D. degree.

b) Candidates who are ABD (All But Dissertation) at time of application:

• Applicants who do not meet the August 3, 2021, deadline for receipt of their Ph.D. but are expected to have fulfilled all conditions for the degree, including defense and filing of dissertation, by June 15, 2022, may still apply for a postdoctoral fellowship provided they have completed a substantial portion of their dissertation (at least half). Fellowships will be awarded to candidates at the beginning of their academic careers. Candidates must have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. Their work should also show evidence of unusual promise. Society is particularly interested in fostering innovative interdisciplinary approaches in the humanities and social sciences.
• US citizens and non-US citizens, regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability, are eligible to apply. The Society of Fellows seeks a diverse and international pool of applicants and welcomes candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.
• Fellows must reside in or near Princeton during the academic year of their fellowship term to attend weekly seminars and other events on campus.

Number of Awardees: 3-5

Value of Scholarship: Fellows are provided with salary benefits, a $5,000 research account, access to university grants, a shared office, a personal computer and other resources.

Duration of Scholarship: 3 years

How to Apply: Applications must be submitted via the online form by the application deadline, August 3, 2021 (11:59 p.m. EST). Mailed, emailed or faxed partial or complete applications cannot be considered.

Applicants should review the following pages on eligibility criteria, disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows, and guidelines for the application dossier carefully before completing the online application.

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