CFAs: Wilson Center Fellowship Program

The Center awards approximately 15-20 residential fellowships each year. Fellows will be affiliated with one or more of the Wilson Center programs/projects and are encouraged to interact with policymakers in Washington, D.C., with Wilson Center staff, and other scholars who are working on similar research and topics.

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.

Funding Information

• The Center offers a stipend of $90,000 for a nine-month fellowship. Fellows are responsible for their own health insurance and travel expenses.
• 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.

Eligibility Criteria

• Citizens or permanent residents from any country (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).
• Academic candidates must be at the post-doctoral level and have published a book or monograph beyond the Ph.D. dissertation.
• Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement.
• English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows.

Ineligibility Criteria

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

For more information, visit Wilson Center.