Funder: Institute for Advanced Study
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Academic-year stipend up to $80,000, capped at half the prior year's base salary; up to $800 in non-travel research reimbursements
Summary: Residential fellowships support junior and senior scholars pursuing social science research, either within an annual theme or independently.
Key Information: Members must reside at IAS and cannot hold teaching commitments, other employment, or another residential fellowship during membership.
Description
The Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Social Science invites approximately 20 scholars each year for residential fellowships in Princeton, New Jersey. Fellows, known as Members, pursue research across the social sciences and related disciplines. About half work on the School’s annual theme, while the remainder pursue other projects; applications outside the theme are equally welcome. Members have access to offices, libraries, housing, and subsidized dining services.
The School’s published “Understanding AI” theme invites theoretical, interpretive, and empirical research on AI as a social, cultural, historical, economic, and political phenomenon. Topics include AI’s implications for labor, governance, rights, human agency, capital, and geopolitics. Collaborative exchange is central to the theme seminar, alongside the wider School’s shared scholarly activities.
