OpportunityTitle: Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships
CategoryExplanation: The Center accepts non-advocacy, policy-relevant, fellowship proposals that address key challenges of past, present and future issues confronting the United States and the world. Applicants should be aware that the work and priorities of the Center&#239;&#191;&#189;s activities will be focused on its primary themes. Within this framework, the Wilson Center supports projects that intersect with contemporary policy issues and provide the historical and/or cultural context for some of today&#239;&#191;&#189;s significant public policy debates.      Global Sustainability and Security  &#239;&#191;&#189; Terrorism  &#239;&#191;&#189; Transnational crime and citizen security  &#239;&#191;&#189; Climate change, natural resource scarcity, and their impact on national security  &#239;&#191;&#189; Urbanization, migration, and immigration    Regional Power Shifts  &#239;&#191;&#189; Transitions from autocracy  &#239;&#191;&#189; Rising powers and regional orders    American Challenges as a Global Power  &#239;&#191;&#189; American competitiveness and innovation  &#239;&#191;&#189; Future of America&#239;&#191;&#189;s social contract: the role of government and the economic future  &#239;&#191;&#189; Energy: its costs, availability, impact on national security, and prospects for the future
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: # Citizens or permanent residents from any country (foreign nationals must be able to hold a valid passport and obtain a J1 Visa)  # Men and women with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of -backgrounds (including government, the corporate world, professions, and academia)  # Academic candidates holding a Ph.D. (Ph.D. must be received by the application deadline of October 1)  # Academic candidates demonstrating scholarly achievement by publications beyond their doctoral dissertations  # 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    # 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    Notes on Eligibility  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. However, the nature and recency of the prior award may be among the factors considered during the selection process, and by the Fellowships Committee of the Board of Trustees.
Description: The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship Fellowship Program and to take advantage of the opportunity to engage actively in the Center&#239;&#191;&#189;s national mission. The Center awards approximately 22-25 residential fellowships through its annual international fellowship competition. Fellows will be affiliated with one of the Wilson Center programs/projects and are encouraged to interact with policy makers in Washington, D.C. as well as with Wilson Center staff who are working on similar research and topics.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Fellowship Assistant Email
GrantorContactText: Louisa Roussey &lt;br/&gt;Fellowship Program Assistant &lt;br/&gt;202-691-4227