Deadline: August 5, 2025
Applications are open for the Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts Associate Research Scholar 2026-2029. The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities and social sciences, invites applications for the 2026-2029 fellowship competition.
Appointed as Associate Research Scholars in the Council of the Humanities for three years, fellows pursue their research, attend weekly seminars and teach in academic departments. In each of the first two years, fellows teach one undergraduate course per semester, pending approval by the Office of the Dean of the Faculty; in their third year, they teach only one course in either semester. When teaching, fellows will carry the secondary rank of Lecturer.
Applications are welcome for the following fellowships:
- Two or three Open Fellowships in any discipline represented in the Society
- One Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
- One Fellowship in East Asian Studies
Benefits
- Expected Salary Range: $101,000 – $105,000
Eligibility
- Applicants holding the Ph.D. at the time of application must have received the degree after January 1, 2024.
- Applicants not yet holding the Ph.D. are expected to have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation – at least half – at the time of application.
- Successful candidates must fulfill all requirements for the Ph.D., including filing of the dissertation, by June 15, 2026.
- Candidates for/recipients of doctoral degrees in Education, Jurisprudence, and from Princeton University are not eligible.
- Applicants may apply only once to the Princeton Society of Fellows.
Application
Applicants are asked to submit an application by August 5, 2025 (11:59 p.m. ET).
For more information, visit Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts.
