For over five decades, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has welcomed a diverse group of Visiting Scholars from around the globe. They are selected through a competitive process from among a highly-qualified pool of post-doctoral social scientists working on modern Europe. CES Visiting Scholars undertake research at Harvard, participate in seminars and conferences on campus, and intellectually engage with members of our university community.
Applications for the 2026-2027 academic year will open this week and close on December 14, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. (EST).
Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted or reviewed.
CES offers the following fellowships to support scholars from Europe:
Visiting Scholars who do not receive these fellowships can apply for the Visiting Scholars Program and must secure their own academic funding through salary, sabbatical support, or research grants.
Appointments for Visiting Scholars can be no less than three uninterrupted months and no more than ten uninterrupted months during the same academic year. Participants in the program are expected to be in residence for the entire duration of the dates of their Harvard appointments, as well as their Harvard-sponsorship J-1 scholar visa for foreign nationals. The tenure for all accepted scholars begins on one of two program start dates: September 1, 2026 for full-year scholars, fellowship recipients and fall term scholars; January 28, 2027 for spring term scholars. Visiting Scholar appointments cannot go beyond June 30, 2027.
Applications for the CES Visiting Scholars Program and CES fellowships for European scholars will open this week and are due by December 14, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. (EST).
Note: Applications for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship are open via the DAAD and will close on November 25, 2025.
