Partially Funded Pre & Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the Field of Security Studies at Harvard Kennedy School in the USA

Harvard Kennedy School is calling political scientists, lawyers, economists, those in the natural sciences, and others of diverse disciplinary backgrounds to a funded fellowship opportunities period for the 2022–2023 academic year; The International Security Program. It develops and trains new talent in security studies by hosting predoctoral, postdoctoral, and advanced research non-deferrable fellowships for one year, with a possibility for renewal. 

If you have been admitted to one of these fellowship programs, you will have:

• Ten-month stipends of 44,000 USD to postdoctoral research fellows.
• Ten-month stipends of 34,000 USD to pre­doctoral research fellows.
• Office space and computers. 

Please note: Predoctoral fellows and postdoctoral fellows who received their Ph.D. more than five years ago will receive full or partial reimbursement for health insurance premiums.

You must follow the following criteria:

• Applicants for pre­doctoral fellowships must be in a doctoral program, have passed general examinations prior to appointment, and have made significant progress on their dissertations. 
• Applications for postdoctoral/advanced research fellowships are welcome from:
• Recent recipients of the Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
• University faculty members.
• Employees of government, military, international, humanitarian, and private research institutions who have appropriate professional experience.
• ISP also encourages applications from women, minorities, and citizens of all countries.
• Research areas should be in:
• U.S. defense and foreign policy.
• Diplomacy.
• Nuclear, chemical, and biological–weapons proliferation.
• Managing nuclear technology and materials.
• Chemical and biological weapons proliferation, control, and countermeasures.
• Terrorism, and regional security, internal and ethnic conflict.
• International relations theory. 
• Fellows are expected to devote some portion of their time to collaborative endeavors, as arranged by the appropriate program or project director.
•  Predoctoral research fellows are expected to contribute to the Center's research activities, as well as work on and ideally complete their doctoral dissertations.
• Other/postdoctoral research fellows are expected to complete a book, monograph, or other significant publication during their period of residence.
•  All fellows are expected to be in residence for the duration of their fellowship.

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About Harvard Kennedy School:

Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs was founded in 1973 by Paul Doty as the Program for Science and International Affairs (PSIA) within Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Its original goal was to revive serious analysis of nuclear dangers and arms control. In 2021, the Belfer Center was named a “Center of Excellence” by the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.

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