Overview
Stanford Humanities Center is accepting external faculty fellowship applications for a full academic year of humanities and interpretive social-science research.
Complete fellowship details
External faculty fellows spend one full academic year in residence at Stanford, from mid-September to mid-June, joining the Humanities Center's interdisciplinary research community. Applications are due online in English by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on 1 October 2026. The programme welcomes humanities, interpretive social-science and digital-humanities projects; creative-arts projects are not eligible.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must hold a PhD and be at least three years beyond the degree at the start of the fellowship year. Junior fellowships are for scholars three to ten years beyond the PhD; senior fellowships are for scholars more than ten years beyond the PhD. Former external faculty fellows cannot reapply. The programme has no citizenship requirement and welcomes non-U.S. applicants.
Tips for this fellowship
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Official Stanford Humanities Center page confirms PhD/career-stage rules, one-year residency, no citizenship requirement, up to $70,000 stipend, up to $30,000 housing/moving allowance and 1 October 2026 11:59 PM Pacific deadline.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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