JR Senior Fellowship ProgramApply
Application Process
The JR Program for International Peace awards Senior Fellowships to outstanding practitioners, scholars, policymakers, journalists, and other professionals so they can conduct research on conflict and peace while in residence at the Institute. The Institute awards between 8 and 12 fellowships per year. Priority is given to proposals deemed likely to make timely and significant contributions to the understanding and resolution of ongoing and emerging conflicts and other challenges to international peace and security. Applications are invited from all disciplines in the humanities, natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the professions. Applicants should propose projects with clear policy relevance. Historical topics are appropriate if they promise to shed light on contemporary issues. Area studies projects and single-case studies will be competitive if they focus on conflict and its resolution, apply to other regions and cases, or both. Senior Fellow awards may not be granted for projects that constitute policymaking for a government agency or private organization, focus to any substantial degree on conflicts within U.S. domestic society, or adopt a partisan, advocacy, or activist stance. Current Senior Fellows | Former Fellows Eligible CandidatesCitizens of any country may apply. Non-U.S. citizens without permanent resident status must obtain a J-1 exchange visitor visa to participate in the Fellowship Program. J-1 status requires recipients to reside in their home country for two years following the fellowship before applying for the H or L visa, or for permanent residency in the United States. There is no specific educational degree requirement for Senior Fellowship candidates. Fellows come from a variety of professional backgrounds and from early, middle, and late stages of their careers. Joint applications (that is, two or more applicants for a single project) will not be accepted. The following examples suggest the range of eligible candidates:
Selection ProcessSenior Fellow applications are vetted through a rigorous, multi-stage review that includes consideration by independent experts and professional staff at the Institute. The final authority for decisions regarding Senior Fellowship awards rests with the Institute's Board of Directors. Selection CriteriaSelection of Senior Fellows is based on the following criteria:
Fellowship ActivitiesFellows contribute to the collegial life of the Institute by presenting their work and participating in workshops, conferences, and other events. The Institute relies on Senior Fellows to provide in-house expertise via the media and other public forums. In these ways Fellows play a major role in the Institute's mission of promoting research and public education on the peaceful resolution of international conflict. To serve as collegial and intellectual resources within the Institute, Fellows must be in residence. Extensive fieldwork or archival research at other locations cannot be supported. In certain cases, the Institute may support limited travel when it is essential to the research project. The Institute favors applicants who propose projects that can be carried out primarily in the Washington Metropolitan area. Fellowship ProductsIn keeping with its legislative mandate to support "scholarly inquiry and other appropriate forms of communication," the Jennings Randolph Program invites proposals that would produce Institute publications. The editorial staff of the Institute works closely with Fellows to develop manuscripts for consideration by the Institute Press or for publication as Institute reports. Fellowship products may include the following:
Terms of the Award
Duration of the FellowshipFellowships are usually awarded for 10 months beginning in October. Shorter-term residencies are also available. Other ProgramsClick here to learn about other types of fellowship opportunities. |
+1.202.457.1700 (phone) - +1.202.429.6063 (fax)
www.usip.org