The American Philosophical Association Fellowship
APA members in the humanities or social sciences can spend 2–6 months at Edinburgh’s IASH to pursue research aligned with interdisciplinary themes like decoloniality, digital scholarship, and environmental humanities.
Funder: Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026 (application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: No funding; 2–6 month research residency with office, library access, and integration into research community
Summary: Provides APA members in the humanities or social sciences a 2–6 month visiting research fellowship at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
Key Information: Applicants must be APA members; no direct funding is provided.
Description
This fellowship offers a unique opportunity for members of the American Philosophical Association (APA) to spend 2–6 months as a visiting research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh. Fellows receive a private office, full library borrowing rights, and are integrated into a vibrant international research community. The program encourages research aligned with IASH’s annual theme (for 2025–26: “Making a Nation”) and its interdisciplinary strands, such as decoloniality, digital scholarship, environmental humanities, gender and sexualities studies, and medical humanities. There is no direct funding associated with this fellowship.
