The Woodrow Wilson Center International Fellowship Program in Washington 2020

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Description

WILSON CENTER FELLOWSHIP

Through an international competition, the the Woodrow Wilson Center offers 9-month residential fellowships. The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff and other scholars in residence. The Center accepts policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the United States and the world.

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in Washington.

The Center will also give priority to proposals in these topic areas:

1-Great Powers Game On: Competition and Cooperation
2-World Disorder: Challenges to Democratic Values and the Rule of Law
3-Brave New Digital World: Governance, Commerce, and Security
4-Emerging Polar Landscapes: Security and Commerce in a Changing Environment

Opportunity Focus Area:
Public policy

Specialties

Public Policy, Social Sciences

Eligibilities

Not Specified

Gender

Nationality

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Yemen

Required Languages

Required Degree

Other Requirements

Scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals

Citizens or permanent residents from any country.

Academic candidates must be at the post-doctoral level.

Academic candidates must have published a book or monograph beyond the Ph.D. dissertation.

Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement.

Ineligibility;

1-Applicants working on a degree (even if the degree is to be awarded prior to the proposed fellowship year). 2-Proposals of a partisan or advocacy nature. 3-Primary research in the natural sciences. 4-Projects that create musical composition or dance. 5-Projects in the visual arts. 6-Projects that are the rewriting of doctoral dissertations. 7-The editing of texts, papers, or documents. 8-The preparation of textbooks, anthologies, translations, and memoirs.

You do not need an institutional affiliation to apply.

For most academic candidates, a book or monograph is required.

Scholars and practitioners who previously held research awards or fellowships at the Wilson Center are not precluded from applying for a fellowship.

The relevance of the project to contemporary policy issues; try to convince the reader that there is some urgency or importance in your work that can resolve a larger problem.

The relevance of the project to the programmatic work of the Center.

Quality of the proposal in definition, organization, clarity, and scope.

Potential of a candidate to actively contribute to the life, priorities, and mission of the Center by making expert research accessible to a broader audience; remember that one of the Center's main goals is to help inform policymakers to make well-informed decisions.

Projects should involve fresh research in terms of both the overall field and the author’s previous work.

It is essential that projects have relevance to public policy, and fellows should want, and be prepared, to interact with policymakers in Washington, Wilson Center staff, and other scholars who are working on similar issues.

Priority will be given to proposals which align with the programmatic work of the Center and can result in work that reaches a broad audience.

Fellows are expected to be in residence for the entire U.S. academic year (early September through May). Occasionally, fellowships are awarded for shorter periods, with a minimum of four months.

Conditions of Award:

1- Fellows must devote full time to the fellowship study and may not accept a teaching assignment, another residential fellowship, or undertake any other major activities that require an extended absence from the Center during the tenure of their fellowship. 2- Fellows are required to give a Work-in-Progress presentation, internal meeting where fellows can speak about their work, share ideas, and receive feedback from their peers, and to attend the Work-in-Progress presentations given by their colleagues. 3-In addition, Fellows are encouraged to offer a presentation of their work publicly, where possible, and/or participate in other Center programming.

Benefits

Grant

The Center awards approximately 15-20 residential fellowships each year.

Stipend/Allowance

The Center offers a stipend of $90,000 for a nine-month fellowship.

Others

Each Fellow is assigned a furnished office available to him or her every day, including evenings and weekends.

Others

The Wilson Center Library provides loan privileges with the Library of Congress and access to digital resources, its book and journal collections, and to university and special libraries in the area, and other research facilities.

Others

Windows-based personal computers are provided.

Others

Additionally, each Fellow is offered a part-time research assistant intern.

Others

Although Fellows are responsible for locating their own housing in the Washington, D.C. area, the Center provides written materials to help facilitate the search process.

Costs

Required Documents

Application Form

All application materials must be submitted in English.

CV / Resume

a current CV (not to exceed three pages); The Center will only accept the first three pages; please list your publications separately.

Other

a list of your publications that includes exact titles, names of publishers, dates of publication and status of forthcoming publications (not to exceed three pages);

Valid passport

Applicants from countries outside the United States must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the United States.

Research proposal

Significance of the proposed research, including the importance and originality of the project. a Project Proposal (not to exceed five single-spaced typed pages, using 12-point type); The Center reserves the right to omit from review applications that are longer than the requested page length;

Recommendation letter/Reference Letter

Two letters of reference must be submitted online by October 16 or postmarked by October 1. If you are submitting online, please ensure that you submit the correct email address for your referees. It is your responsibility to ensure that we receive your references letters. Applications missing reference letters will be considered incomplete. Your referees should be familiar with you and your work, and you should send them a copy of your project description so that they can comment specifically upon your proposed study, your qualifications for undertaking it, and how you and/or your work would contribute to the Center’s goal of bridging the gap between the world of learning and the world of public affairs. Reference letters must be written in English.

Other

a bibliography for the project that includes primary sources and relevant secondary sources (not to exceed three pages);

Study Plan

Describe what the reviewers will learn from your project, why it is important, and how the reviewer will know your conclusions are valid. A clear hypothesis or step-by-step argument of a central problem helps capture the essence of your work for the reviewer. Also describe your methodology, i.e. how and why your approach is the best way to deal with such a problem. Since each field has different methodologies that the reviewer may not know, tell the reader what archives, sources, and techniques you plan to employ.

Other

Capabilities and achievements of the applicant and the likelihood that the applicant will accomplish the proposed project; not only should your proposal demonstrate how you have the technical know-how and ability to reach some conclusion, but that the conclusion is not preconceived. The proposal should convince the reviewer that there is something genuinely at stake with your inquiry and that your project will yield interesting results.

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Created by

Iman Abdulmonim/ Egypt

Published by

Arwa Osama /Egypt

Reviewed by

Esraa Ali/ Egypt

Opportunity Type

Non Academic& Short term Fellowships (Less than one year), Non-Degree Opportunities

Funding Type

Paid Opportunity (With Salary)

Program Period

From 6 months to 12 months

Location

North America, United States of America (USA)

Deadline

01/10/2020

The Center holds one round of competitive selection per year. Fellowship applications must be postmarked or submitted online by October 1. Applicants are notified of the results of the selection process in March of the following year.