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Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Cambridge, United States · open to applicants worldwide

A year-long residential fellowship at Harvard for about 50 scholars, scientists, artists and writers to pursue an individual project.

Free to start · no account needed

Get your CV and research proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.

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About

What it offers: $78,000 stipend plus $5,000 project expenses.

Also: possible relocation, housing and childcare funds; office at Harvard.

Who can apply: Academics need a doctorate at least four years before appointment plus publications; separate criteria for journalists, nonfiction writers and artists.

Annual; the 2027-28 deadline has passed (results by end of March 2027).

How to apply: through secure platform (you need an account there).

What to prepare: proposal, cv, writing sample, references.

From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “The deadline for applying has passed.”

Who can apply

  • Open to researchers, creators and freelancers
  • Academics need a doctorate at least four years before appointment plus publications; separate criteria for journalists, nonfiction writers and artists.

What you will need

  • Research proposalUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
  • Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
  • Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
  • Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.

How to apply

Applications go through the official page (secure platform), which needs an account in your name.

How Onward Scout helps

This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.

Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.

Let Onward Scout prepare this application

Get your CV and research proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Harvard Radcliffe Institute without your tap.

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