This program offers younger faculty members in the humanities and social sciences the opportunity to undertake 11 months of study and research at Harvard University. The proposed research project should be related to the humanities and social sciences with an emphasis on culture. Successful applicants join researchers at the
Harvard-Yenching Institute, and have access to the Harvard University
libraries. They are provided with living expenses while at the Institute. Applicants must be 42 years of age or younger at the date of application and have had at least two years teaching and research experience at their home institutions. Our selection committee reviews all the applications, and meets in late November. All the applicants and university administrators will be notified of selection results in early December. The selection criteria include academic training, quality of research proposal, depth of subject knowledge, originality of the proposal as well as feasibility of conducting the
research at Harvard.
