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 on October 15, 2025 and close on December 12, 2025.
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 3, 2026 or January 28, 2027. Visiting Scholar appointments cannot go beyond June 30, 2027. Requests for tenure dates that deviate from the dates specified here will be considered only in exceptional circumstances.
