Radcliffe Fellow Scholarship 2025

Are you an artist, scientist, writer, public intellectual, or scholar with an ambitious project that challenges conventional thinking and aims to spark societal change? Here’s your chance to make it happen at one of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions — Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

The Radcliffe Fellowship Program 2026–2027 is now accepting applications for its next cohort of 50 exceptional minds. This fully funded opportunity allows individuals or collaborative pairs to take a deep dive into a project of their choice — with time, resources, and a vibrant interdisciplinary community by their side.

What is the Radcliffe Fellowship?

Each year, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University selects 50 extraordinary fellows from around the globe. These are individuals whose work cuts across silos, generates transformative discoveries, and contributes to fields spanning science, engineering, mathematics, humanities, social sciences, creative arts, and public scholarship.

This is not your average fellowship — it’s a year-long intellectual adventure. Radcliffe Fellows gain:

• Access to Harvard’s world-class libraries and archives
• Professional development and collaboration opportunities
• Dedicated support through the Radcliffe Research Partnership Program, pairing fellows with Harvard undergraduate research assistants
• A creative, intellectually vibrant, and inclusive environment

Who Can Apply?

The Radcliffe Fellowship is open to individuals or collaborative pairs proposing innovative, high-impact work. The program champions diversity — in discipline, thought, origin, and identity — and particularly welcomes applicants:

• From underrepresented backgrounds
• Working on issues of gender, inequality, climate change, academic freedom, and transformative STEM research
• Who aim to engage audiences beyond academia

Whether you’re a mid-career scientist developing new technologies, a creative writer working on a novel with social resonance, or a policy scholar addressing global inequality — if your work is bold, boundary-pushing, and meant to inspire change, you belong here.

Focus Areas for 2026–2027

Radcliffe particularly encourages proposals connected to:

• Academic freedom & intellectual diversity
• Climate change and equity
• Science and research impacted by federal funding cuts
• Women, gender, and society, especially drawing from the Schlesinger Library’s extensive archives

Portal: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship/become-a-radcliffe-fellow?utm_source=hri_paid_NationalAssocBusinessEconomics&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=hri_direct_efforts_fellowshippromo

Application Timeline

The application for the 2026–2027 Radcliffe Fellowship Program is now open via the online portal.

• Deadline for Humanities, Social Sciences & Creative Arts: September 11, 2025 (11:59 PM ET)
• Deadline for Science, Engineering & Mathematics: September 30, 2025 (11:59 PM ET).