Candidates are nominated
for Junior Fellowships, generally by those under whom they have
studied.
Applications are not accepted from the candidates themselves.
A letter of nomination should include an assessment of the
candidate's work and promise, complete contact information
for the candidate, including current residential address,
and the names and addresses of three
additional
people who
agree to
write letters of recommendation by the end of
September at the latest. Men and women interested in any
field of study are eligible for these fellowships. Nominees
should be of the highest calibre of intellectual achievement,
i.e. comparable to the most successful candidates for junior
faculty positions at leading universities.
Upon receipt of the nomination,
the Society will request letters of recommendation and
ask
the
candidate to submit a sample of written work (dissertation
chapters, articles, papers) along with a one or two-page
proposal describing the studies he or she would like to
pursue while a Junior Fellow. The candidate is also requested
to
provide official transcripts of both undergraduate and
graduate records. (Ideally, transcripts should be forwarded
directly to the Society from the universities involved; however, candidates who
have
sealed
transcripts may submit them with their materials.) On
the
basis
of
the
materials
submitted, the Senior
Fellows select a certain number of candidates for interview.
It is from this number that the final selection is made.
(The Society pays the traveling expenses of those candidates
interviewed.)
Please note: If still pursuing the Ph.D., Junior Fellows should
be at the dissertation stage of their theses and be prepared
to finish their degrees within a year of becoming fellows.
If already a recipient of the degree, they should not be much
more than a year past the Ph.D. at the time the fellowship
commences.
Most Junior Fellows receive the Ph.D. just prior to the start
of the fellowship.
The deadline for receiving nominations for Junior Fellowships
which begin July 1, 2009 is Friday, September 5, 2008. No
nomination will be accepted with a postmark past the deadline.
All letters should be sent to:
The Society of Fellows
Harvard University
78 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
