Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellowship Program 2019

Applications are open for the Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellowship Program 2019. Through an international competition, the Center offers 9-month residential fellowships. The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff and other scholars in residence.

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Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellowship Program

The Center accepts policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the United States and the world. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in Washington.

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Stipend for Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellowship Program

  • Awards will include round trip travel for Fellows. If spouses and/or dependent children will reside with the Fellow for the entire fellowship period, money for their travel will also be included. In addition to stipends and travel allowances, the Center provides 75 percent of health insurance premiums for fellows who elect Center coverage and for their accompanying family members.
  • The Center tries to ensure that the fellowship award, when combined with the recipient’s other sources of income (e.g. other grants and sabbatical allowances), approximates an individual’s current level of income.

Eligibility for Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellowship Program

  • Open to 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);
  • Men and women with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of backgrounds (including academia, business, government, journalism, law, and other professions);
  • Academic candidates holding a Ph.D. or J.D. (degree must be received by the application deadline of October 1);
  • Academic candidates demonstrating scholarly achievement by publications beyond their doctoral dissertations;
  • Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement;
  • English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows

How to Apply for Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellowship Program

A complete application must include the following:

  • The Fellowship Application Form;
  • A current CV (not to exceed three pages); The Center will only accept the first three pages; please list your publications separately.
  • A list of your publications that includes exact titles, names of publishers, dates of publication and status of forthcoming publications (not to exceed three pages);
  • A Project Proposal (not to exceed five single-spaced typed pages, using 12-point type); The Center reserves the right to omit from review applications that are longer than the requested page length;
  • A bibliography for the project that includes primary sources and relevant secondary sources (not to exceed three pages);
  • The Financial Information Form;
  • Two letters of reference.

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For more information, visit Wilson Center Fellowship Program.

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