Project on Managing the Atom Fellowships
Project on Managing the Atom Fellowships support scholars and mid-career professionals in nuclear policy research to rethink deterrence, reduce its dangers, and resolve regional proliferation crises.
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Funder: John F. Kennedy School of Government
Due Dates: December 1, 2026 (Application) | December 15, 2026 (Recommendation letters)
Funding Amounts: $50,000 predoctoral or $60,000 postdoctoral stipend for ten months; non-stipendiary appointments also available
Summary: Supports nuclear policy research, with particular interest in rethinking nuclear deterrence, reducing its dangers, and resolving regional proliferation crises.
Key Information: Predoctoral fellows must pass general examinations before appointment.
Description
The Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs offers ten-month fellowships for predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars and mid-career professionals. The program blends policy and technical perspectives, giving fellows time to develop research and exchange ideas with an international cohort, faculty, senior fellows, visiting policymakers, and other experts.
MTA is moving toward a more focused research agenda, emphasizing rethinking nuclear deterrence, reducing its dangers, and resolving regional nuclear proliferation crises. Its broader nuclear policy interests include nonproliferation, weapons strategy, arms control, disarmament and verification, nuclear energy, regional conflict, and security for nuclear weapons and materials. Fellowships involving nuclear weapons topics are often shared with the International Security Program.
