Scholars Without Borders Opportunities

Research associates will be expected primarily to teach and conduct research. The research associate will also have the opportunity to pursue further academic qualifications, in particular a doctoral dissertation. At least one-third of set working hours will be made available for the research associate’s own academic work.

KU Leuven seeks applications for a 2-year postdoctoral research position (with the possibility of extension upon positive evaluation). The selected candidate will conduct independent research as part of the project "Kantian and Post-Kantian Conceptions of Collective Political Agency (1790-1830)."

The Humboldt Research Fellowship funds postdocs and experienced researchers at various stages of their careers to conduct research in collaboration with German host institutions. Selection committee meets every March, July, and November; please send completed applications and supplemental documents well in advance of the desired selection date.

The scholarships enable particularly gifted Master's students, doctoral candidates and (junior) researchers of German language and literature studies to come to the Institute of German Philology at Würzburg University for the purpose of education and (further) training. Candidates from specific countries in Central and Eastern Europe are eligible to apply.

IU Bloomington's Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures invites applications for their PhD program, which supports research in most areas of Slavic literature, culture, linguistics, and language pedagogy. The Department offers competitive multi-year support packages that may include fellowships, teaching opportunities, assistantships, and apprenticeships at its in-house publishing company, Slavica.

The BAYHOST scholarship program supports postgraduate/MA students, PhD candidates, and researchers from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European countries (citizens of Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine) who wish to study or conduct research at a Bavarian institute of higher education for up to one year (with the possibility of extension up to three years in some cases). 

ARISC seeks to award three graduate/postdoctoral fellowships of up to $2,250 to support research in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Graduate students enrolled in accredited degree-granting programs in the U.S. or Canada and postdoctoral or early-career scholars (scholars who have received their PhD since 2021) are eligible to apply. In exceptional cases, awards will be granted to applicants who do not meet these requirements.

The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS (Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies) at Kiel University is offering the 5 positions as postdoctoral researchers to be filled at the July 1, 2026. 

The Grant Programme of the Berlin House of Representatives awards funding to young researchers in any subject area from the United States, the United Kingdom, France and states that once belonged to the Soviet Union. Eligible candidates are either researching Berlin and, therefore, German issues or the German international relations or they are working on projects requiring access to the Berlin research institutions. 

The Berlin House of Representatives Study Foundation offers grants to exceptional early-career researchers from the US, UK, France, and Soviet successor states to support research on topics related to Germany or German-international relations, particularly in the humanities or social sciences.

Washington University in St. Louis calls for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship program designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and interpretive social sciences. We invite applications from recent PhDs, DPhils, or D.F.A.s whose research employs historical methods and approaches as an integral part of their interdisciplinary research.

The Henry Chauncey, Jr. ’57 Postdoctoral Fellowship offers 3 positions for one year, renewable for one additional year. The position seeks  junior scholars from around the globe whose work addresses questions of statecraft and grand strategy and demonstrates excellence in one of a range of academic disciplines and methodologies. They are expected to use their time at Yale to conduct original research and prepare manuscripts for publications. The fellowship will take place at Yale University, and the salary is $68,000, plus $5,000 for research expenses.

Postdoctoral Fellow for Leukemia Research: The ADVANTAGE Division of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences is seeking a motivated Postdoctoral Fellow specializing in leukemia research. This position is part of an ambitious European Project, ArtCell, aimed at developing artificial CAR-T cells.

U.S.-RAR aims to strengthen U.S.-Russia bonds within higher education. The program partners with higher education institutions in exile to support displaced Russian educators in creating new university courses for Russian students that rival the censored, ideologized courses taught by Russian institutions. The courses will be developed in consultation with American faculty specialists and will be taught at these five Russian universities in exile.

ARISC is offering up to $5,000 for collaborative projects focused on preserving and conserving Armenia’s archaeological and historical heritage. Proposals must be submitted jointly by a team of two or more scholars and/or specialists (at least one must be a citizen of the U.S. and one a citizen of the Republic of Armenia). Grants are offered for a period of up to 12 months. 

The European Solidarity Corps offers funding to support volunteer projects of various lengths, from 2 months up to 1 year, by covering travel costs, accommodation, meals, language courses, and pocket money. Projects should promote EU solidarity and align with the principles of the European Solidarity Corps, focusing on areas such as humanitarian aid, support for refugees/internally displaced people, natural disaster prevention, and related areas described in more detail on the ESC website.

Vanderbilt University is seeking applications for 1-2 postdoctoral scholars to join the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab beginning in Summer 2026 for a one-year fellowship located in Nashville, Tennessee, paying $75,000. Researchers will focus LGBTQ+ health and economic outcomes.

Basic Sciences for Society (BS4S) will support 20 researchers for 36 months, pursuing research in IChF’s areas of excellence—health technologies, advanced biomaterials, photonics, catalysis, and materials for sustainable technologies. Researchers will develop their individual projects and take part in tailored training designed to teach them how to transform basic research into real-world products or services, with support from 12 businesses offering internships and mentorship.

Aalto University offers scholars fleeing the war in Ukraine the opportunity to continue their academic work as temporary visiting scholars in one of the university's research areas (science, art, technology, and business).

The topic for the position is advancing new linguistic knowledge based on corpus and/or experimental data from the perspectives of cognitive linguistics and construction grammar. The emphasis will be on Russian, though other languages, in particular Ukrainian and other Slavic languages, may be included.