Applicants will be invited to indicate on the application form whether they wish to be considered for a joint fellowship position with one of these Centers. If selected, the joint fellowship will offer access to development opportunities and programming at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and the partnering center, as well as responsibilities to both centers.

STIPEND

Faculty:

We offer a stipend of one-half of your base academic year salary up to $80,000 and a research allowance of up to $3,000 for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Post-Doc:

The stipend for post-doctoral fellows will be $7,000/month for the 2027-28 academic year, which runs from the start of September to the end of June. We also provide a research allowance of up to $3,000 per academic year for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Practitioner:

Practitioner stipends are determined on a case-by-case basis, commensurate with experience, up to a maximum of $80,000. We also provide a research allowance of up to $3,000 for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Basic Qualifications

Applicants must have a PhD, professional degree, or a minimum of 5 years of equivalent professional experience by September 1 of the Fellowship year. Applicants from any discipline or professional field will be considered. Those who have previously held a yearlong residential Fellowship at the Center are not eligible; this limitation does not apply to former Undergraduate Fellows or former Graduate Fellows. The Fellows-in-Residence Program runs the course of the academic year, typically from the beginning of September through the end of May, and is open to all applicants who meet the above criteria, regardless of citizenship.

Please note that advanced language skills in both written and spoken English are required for Fellows at the Center. Fellows are expected to discuss and/or present their work in English and are encouraged to participate in informal discussions with faculty and students with related interests. Application materials, including writing samples, should be in English. If offered a Fellowship, non-native English speakers who cannot demonstrate their proficiency through (1) completion of a degree from an English-speaking institution of higher education or (2) satisfactory TOEFL or IELTS scores will be contacted by the Center staff to arrange for further evaluation as needed.

Special Instructions

Before beginning the application, you may wish to have the following information available:

• The title of your research proposal
• Names and contact information for 3 references (no letters are accepted at the application stage)

To apply, complete our online application form, which will request the information noted above. You will also be asked to upload the following documents:

• Cover letter stating your background and interest in the Fellows-in-Residence Program at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research proposal (approximately 1,500-2,500 words)
• Recent writing sample such as a scholarly paper or chapter, think-tank white paper, policy memo, a piece of journalistic writing, or a portfolio documenting a major work product. It will have preferably been written, published, or produced within the past two years, and max 30 pages or 7,000 words.

Please note: Name and contact information for three professional references will be requested, but no letters will be accepted at the application stage. Please prepare your references for the possibility that we will reach out to them for their assessment of your work. In that case, they will be asked to submit a letter and complete a form within a short turn-around period.

The deadline to submit an application is 11:59 p.m. EST on November 15, 2026, with decisions likely to be announced in March 2027. Please note that the application form will be saved automatically while in progress, but no edits or alterations will be allowed once you have submitted the application.

Please direct questions regarding this application process to ethics_fellowships@fas.harvard.edu.

Contact Information

Claire Femano
124 Mount Auburn Street Suite 520N
Cambridge, MA 02138

Contact Email: ethics_fellowships@fas.harvard.edu

Salary Range

Faculty:

We offer a stipend of one-half of your base academic year salary up to $80,000 and a research allowance of up to $3,000 for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Post-Doc:

The stipend for post-doctoral fellows will be $7,000/month for the 2027-28 academic year, which runs from the start of September to the end of June. We also provide a research allowance of up to $3,000 per academic year for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Practitioner:

Practitioner stipends are determined on a case-by-case basis, commensurate with experience, up to a maximum of $80,000. We also provide a research allowance of up to $3,000 for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Minimum Number of References Required: 3

Maximum Number of References Allowed: 3

Applicants will be invited to indicate on the application form whether they wish to be considered for a joint fellowship position with one of these Centers. If selected, the joint fellowship will offer access to development opportunities and programming at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and the partnering center, as well as responsibilities to both centers.

STIPEND

Faculty:

We offer a stipend of one-half of your base academic year salary up to $80,000 and a research allowance of up to $3,000 for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Post-Doc:

The stipend for post-doctoral fellows will be $7,000/month for the 2027-28 academic year, which runs from the start of September to the end of June. We also provide a research allowance of up to $3,000 per academic year for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Practitioner:

Practitioner stipends are determined on a case-by-case basis, commensurate with experience, up to a maximum of $80,000. We also provide a research allowance of up to $3,000 for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Basic Qualifications

Applicants must have a PhD, professional degree, or a minimum of 5 years of equivalent professional experience by September 1 of the Fellowship year. Applicants from any discipline or professional field will be considered. Those who have previously held a yearlong residential Fellowship at the Center are not eligible; this limitation does not apply to former Undergraduate Fellows or former Graduate Fellows. The Fellows-in-Residence Program runs the course of the academic year, typically from the beginning of September through the end of May, and is open to all applicants who meet the above criteria, regardless of citizenship.

Please note that advanced language skills in both written and spoken English are required for Fellows at the Center. Fellows are expected to discuss and/or present their work in English and are encouraged to participate in informal discussions with faculty and students with related interests. Application materials, including writing samples, should be in English. If offered a Fellowship, non-native English speakers who cannot demonstrate their proficiency through (1) completion of a degree from an English-speaking institution of higher education or (2) satisfactory TOEFL or IELTS scores will be contacted by the Center staff to arrange for further evaluation as needed.

Special Instructions

Before beginning the application, you may wish to have the following information available:

• The title of your research proposal
• Names and contact information for 3 references (no letters are accepted at the application stage)

To apply, complete our online application form, which will request the information noted above. You will also be asked to upload the following documents:

• Cover letter stating your background and interest in the Fellows-in-Residence Program at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research proposal (approximately 1,500-2,500 words)
• Recent writing sample such as a scholarly paper or chapter, think-tank white paper, policy memo, a piece of journalistic writing, or a portfolio documenting a major work product. It will have preferably been written, published, or produced within the past two years, and max 30 pages or 7,000 words.

Please note: Name and contact information for three professional references will be requested, but no letters will be accepted at the application stage. Please prepare your references for the possibility that we will reach out to them for their assessment of your work. In that case, they will be asked to submit a letter and complete a form within a short turn-around period.

The deadline to submit an application is 11:59 p.m. EST on November 15, 2026, with decisions likely to be announced in March 2027. Please note that the application form will be saved automatically while in progress, but no edits or alterations will be allowed once you have submitted the application.

Please direct questions regarding this application process to ethics_fellowships@fas.harvard.edu.

Contact Information

Claire Femano
124 Mount Auburn Street Suite 520N
Cambridge, MA 02138

Contact Email: ethics_fellowships@fas.harvard.edu

Salary Range

Faculty:

We offer a stipend of one-half of your base academic year salary up to $80,000 and a research allowance of up to $3,000 for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Post-Doc:

The stipend for post-doctoral fellows will be $7,000/month for the 2027-28 academic year, which runs from the start of September to the end of June. We also provide a research allowance of up to $3,000 per academic year for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Practitioner:

Practitioner stipends are determined on a case-by-case basis, commensurate with experience, up to a maximum of $80,000. We also provide a research allowance of up to $3,000 for approved expenses directly related to your work, such as travel, books, and research assistance.

Minimum Number of References Required: 3

Maximum Number of References Allowed: 3