Fully Funded Research Fellowships in Humanities at NYU Abu Dhabi in the UAE 2021

NYU Abu Dhabi offers Humanities Research Fellowships for the 2021 - 2022 academic year. They fellowships cover a multitude of disciplines such as economics, political science, psychology, or linguistics to name a few.

This program aims to help create an energetic, multi-faceted research environment for the Humanities at NYUAD's campus. To this end, NYUAD is annually inviting applications from distinguished senior scholars, as well as from promising junior scholars for residential fellowships at NYUAD’s Institute. Fellows contribute to NYUAD's intellectual community through research and research-related activities, including sharing their work-in-progress with NYUAD faculty and students and participating in scholarly networks engaged in ongoing research centered at the NYUAD Institute.

Eligibility criteria:

For senior research fellow: outstanding scholarly accomplishment, including an internationally recognized publication record. Mid-career scholars with strong publication records and exceptional scholarly promise may be considered in this category.

For research fellow: Ph.D. received within the previous five years and a strong record of scholarly accomplishment.

Required materials:

• Senior Research Fellow:

1. A summary of the proposed research, including a rationale for conducting the work at NYUAD (circa 3-5 pages)
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Names of three references

• Research Fellow:

1. Abstract of doctoral dissertation or published book
2. Title page, table of contents, and an excerpt (approximately 50 pages) of a dissertation or published book
3. A detailed proposal of the work to be completed during the fellowship, including a rationale for conducting the work at NYUAD (circa 3-5 pages)
4. Curriculum Vitae
5. Three letters of recommendation