Scholars Without Borders Opportunities

Fellowships to support postdoctoral researchers throughout Europe and the world for a period of up to two years. International mobility required. July applications will be considered for the autumn selection round, with results announced at the end of December.

Leakey Foundation Research Grants fund scholars whose research is focused on human origins, with a current emphasis on paleoanthropology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene, primate evolution, behavior, and genetics, and modern hunter-gatherer groups. Applicants must currently be affiliated with an institution, such as a museum or university. There is no citizenship requirement for eligibility. 

Awards are up to $20,000 for PhD candidates, and up to $30,000 for postdoctoral researchers.  

The University of Luxembourg offers two postdoctoral positions in European law (any area). Full-time, fixed-term (36 month) positions to begin September 2025. 

UK Research and Innovation is offering policy fellowships to early to mid-career researchers to co-design research with a host organization to inform policy on a priority area, and improve the exchange of knowledge between policy and academic institutions. Successful candidates will be based at a UK organization eligible to receive funding. 

Awards range from £180,000 - £280,000 pounds over the 18 month fellowship period, with a start date in February 2026. 

IWM Vienna's Documenting Ukraine program offers one-time grants of 5000 EUR to fund projects documenting the experience of the full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war or providing intellectual or artistic reflections on these events.

The University of Toronto seeks to hire a full-time tenure track Associate Professor in Polish History, with an expected start date of July 1, 2026. The successful candidate will also be named the Konstanty Reynert Chair of Polish Studies for a five-year term, which will be renewable following a favorable review. 

Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. 

Scholarship offered by the International Visegrad Fund to conduct research at the Open Society Archivum in Budapest, with the recommended proposal theme "Living in Dystopian Times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after)". While applicants from any country are encouraged to apply, priority will be given to applicants from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, as well as applicants at-risk from war zones.  

Grant award is €3000 euros to cover travel to and from Budapest and subsistence and accommodation for an eight week stay. 

Ghent University's Dept. of Conflict and Development studies seeks a researcher/teaching assistant for a two-year appointment beginning October 1, 2025 (at the earliest) with the possibility of extension up to 4 additional years upon positive evaluation. The assignment will be divided between teaching responsibilities and the preparation of a doctoral dissertation related to conflict and development studies.

PEN Ukraine, supported by The Nansen Support Program for Ukraine, is offering 20 fellowships for Ukrainian writers and journalists in genres including nonfiction, fiction, and children's and young adult literature. Successful candidates will publish their finished work with a Ukrainian publishing company by November 30, 2026. 

Fellowship awards amount to €5000 euros, with the possibility for fellows to present their project to a panel of representatives from Norwegian literary organizations. 

The programme provides funding to scholars from Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia to spend one month developing research projects in Poland (including interviews, surveys, archival and library searches, etc.) and networking with Polish academic and cultural institutions.

The House of Europe - Ukraine is offering grants to foster relationships between Ukrainian and European cultural institutions and organizations. Grants fund the organization of a residency on the topic of Ukrainian national communities. Successful applicants are eligible to receive from 6,000 to 16,000 euros for basic expenses (rental of premises and equipment, purchase of materials, travel expenses, promotions, expert fees, etc.). Regular admission cycle with applications due by 3 PM (Kyiv time) on the last day of each month.

The Forum Basiliense at the University of Basel seeks applications for Junior Fellowships focused on the theme "Conflict and Cooperation." Open to excellent PhD holders and junior professors from any discipline represented at the University, fellows will actively participate in interdisciplinary/international academic dialogue and research for a period of 3 to 6 months in 2026, preferably during the spring or autumn term.

These grants aim to amplify the voices of national minorities, creating a space where people can discover their culture and engage with it. This project funds collaborative art residencies of European cultural institutes with Ukrainian organisations.

The organizing committee invites proposals that explore iconoclastic, revisionist, and innovative approaches to Nabokov studies and especially welcomes contributions that challenge traditional interpretations or offer new critical frameworks. Abstracts should be submitted by August 1, 2025. 

The Wenner-Gren Foundation supports anthropological research undertaken by those who have historically been subjects of research as opposed to researchers themselves, focusing on projects growing out of a scholar's established relationship with a community. Teams of academics are welcome to apply; the applicant on record should hold a PhD in anthropology or a related field, and teams MUST include an individual with lived experiences in the places where research is underway. No citizenship requirements for grant eligibility. 

Grants will be awarded for a maximum of $25,000. 

The Dept. of Political Science seeks a visiting assistant professor to teach undergraduate courses on comparative politics, international relations, or a combination of the two (preference for the latter) for the 2025-2026 academic year. Application review began on June 1 and will continue until the position is filled.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland is seeking a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of History focusing on Modern Soviet/Russian History. Full-time position for the 2025-2026 academic year with the possibility of extension. 

Full-time postdoctoral position in the Dept. of Topological Quantum Chemistry. 

St. Mary’s College of Maryland is seeking a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science for the 2025-2026 academic year (with the possibility of renewal). Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Center for Judaic Studies seeks applications for a three-year appointment as the Emil & Eva Hecht Visiting Professor of Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies. Successful candidate will teach two Judaic Studies courses focused on Holocaust and antisemitism studies over three academic quarters (September to June) each year of appointment. Position start date is Fall 2025 or Winter 2026 (subject to negotiation).