Fall 2026 External Fellowship Roundup
As summer comes to a close, now is an ideal time to look ahead to the fall fellowship season. Although fellowship opportunities are available throughout the year, many of the most competitive programs have application deadlines between September and December for the following academic year.
In this post, we’ve highlighted several fellowship opportunities that may be a good fit for Emerson faculty and have application deadlines this fall.
For more information about fellowships, how they can supplement a pre-tenure or sabbatical leave, or when to apply for one, please contact ORCS.
Fellowship Name
Discipline/Topic
Deadline
Humanities, theme-based. The 2027-28 theme is “Play”: interdisciplinary perspectives on play, imagination, and human experience
September 1, 2026
Arts, humanities, sciences & social sciences
September 10, 2026
residency for writers, composers, visual artists, filmmakers, playwrights, and interdisciplinary artists
September 10, 2026
humanities, social sciences, law, journalism, public policy. Location-specific fellowship in Germany
September 25, 2026
women faculty engaging in independent research in all areas of study
September 30, 2026
residential fellowship at Stanford Humanities Center
October 1, 2026
all fields of the humanities, natural and social sciences, and the arts; residential fellowship
October 1, 2026
residential fellowship at Humanities Center at Columbia; humanities and humanistic social sciences
October 12, 2026
topics that relate to the visual arts, their history, practice, theory, or interpretation
October 15, 2026
fellowships in arts and humanities; religion
October 22, 2026
minority faculty; commitment to racial justice
October 25, 2026 (expected)
Themed fellowship; 2027-2028 fellowship theme is “Love and Ethics”
October 26, 2026
social science; foreign policy; on-site fellowship
October 31, 2026 (expected)
fellowships in Writing for Performance and Choreography and Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
November 1, 2026
cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities; on-site fellowship in Rome
November 7, 2026 (expected)
researchers from all disciplines, including the humanities, for research stay in Germany
November 15, 2026
junior faculty; funds projects that will make field/campus more inclusive
December 1, 2026 (expected)
American history; theme-based. 2027-2028 theme is “Afrolatinidades in Transnational Perspective”
December 10, 2026
build practical and innovative resources for community-centered news, journalists and the communities they serve.
December 18, 2026
on-site fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
February 1, 2027