Visiting Scholars Program

Overview

This program offers younger faculty members in the humanities and social sciences the opportunity to undertake 10 months of post-doctoral research at Harvard University. The proposed research project should be related to the humanities and social sciences with an emphasis on culture. Asian and comparative studies are especially welcome. Successful applicants join researchers at the Harvard-Yenching Institute, and have access to the Harvard University libraries.

Terms and Conditions

The Visiting Scholars program is exclusively for faculty members at our partner institutions in Asia, and candidates must be nominated through their university’s foreign affairs or international office. Preference will be given to younger scholars who are in the early stages of their academic careers. Applicants must have had at least two years of teaching and research experience at their home institutions. 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 and match with a Harvard faculty member. Scholars are provided with a monthly stipend and individual medical insurance coverage while at the Institute.

Application Process

Only applicants whose universities are affiliated with HYI are eligible to apply. Although the application form is available for individuals to download, HYI can only accept applications submitted by the applicant’s international or foreign affairs office. If you have not been nominated by your university’s international/foreign affairs office, we cannot accept your application. Interested individuals should contact their International or Foreign Affairs Office for more information.The annual deadline for applications is September 30th. All applicants and university administrators will be notified of selection results in early Spring of the following year. The program begins on August 1st.

The application form will be available on our website in June 2013.

For information or inquiries, please contact our program office at programs@harvard-yenching.org