Columbia Global Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program 2025/2026 for early-career scholars

The Columbia Global Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program offers year-long fellowships to early-career scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who have refugee status or have been forcibly displaced. Fellows receive hosting and workspace at a Columbia Global Center, a stipend, mentorship, a small research/travel fund, training, and integration into the Columbia Global Centers community.

Stipend; hosting and workspace at a Columbia Global Center (Amman, Nairobi, or Santiago); dedicated mentorship; small research/travel fund; training in academic writing; access to online courses; integration into the Global Center community; alumni network.

Scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who have been displaced; postdoctoral researchers in the early stages of their careers or Ph.D. candidates with disrupted education; creative writers, artists, curators, and interdisciplinary researchers are encouraged to apply.