Funder: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: $10,000 per month for 12 months; 10–20 fellowships in the 2027–2028 cycle
Summary: Supports independent, nonpartisan research and writing on major foreign-policy challenges facing the United States and the world.
Key Information: Applicants must apply as sole investigators with stand-alone projects independent of co-authored or jointly executed research.
Description
The Wilson Center’s flagship Research Fellowship Program supports scholars, practitioners, journalists, and public intellectuals pursuing policy-relevant research and writing. Fellows work in their own areas of interest while engaging with Washington policymakers and other researchers. The program connects scholarship with public policy, supporting evidence-based work that informs rather than advocates for a particular political viewpoint.
Projects must address significant foreign-policy challenges confronting the United States and the world and align with at least one of the Center’s scholarship pillars: strategic competition, economic statecraft, technology and innovation, or regional studies. The Center encourages fresh research that reaches beyond narrow specialties to broader policy and global issues. Potential outputs include book manuscripts, long-form articles, and briefing roundtable series for policymakers.
