Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships
The Wilson Center
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
To encourage presentation of their work publicly, where possible, and/or participate in other Center programming. Qualifications: Applicants must be 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); academic candidates must be at the post-doctoral level and have published a book or monograph beyond the Ph.D. dissertation; practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement; must be English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows; Ineligibility: applicants working on a degree; proposals of a partisan or advocacy nature; primary research in the natural sciences; projects that create musical composition or dance; projects in the visual arts; projects that are the rewriting of doctoral dissertations; the editing of texts, papers or documents; the preparation of textbooks, anthologies, translations and memoirs. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on significance of the proposed research, including the importance and originality of the project; the relevance of the project to contemporary policy issues; try to convince the reader that there is some urgency or importance in your work that can resolve a larger problem; the relevance of the project to the programmatic work of the Center; quality of the proposal in definition, organization, clarity, and scope; potential of a candidate to actively contribute to the life, priorities, and mission of the Center by making expert research accessible to a broader audience. How to apply: Applicants must submit an application form online; a current CV (not to exceed three pages)—the Center will only accept the first three pages; a separate list of the applicant’s publications; an explanation for any lapses in the CV may be included; applicants may also add a section on any awards or opportunities they were offered but were unable to accept for personal or other reasons; a list of 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 exceed the page limit; a bibliography for the project that includes primary sources and relevant secondary sources (not to exceed three pages); two letters of reference; all application materials must be submitted in English. Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.