Fellowships Opportunities for Early career

A research fellowship for young and mid-career social sciences and humanities scholars studying Asia, based in Leiden.

ODI Fellowship Scheme

ODI Global (Overseas Development Institute)

A two-year fixed-term placement of young economists and statisticians as civil servants in finance ministries, central banks, and statistical offices in developing countries, running since 1963.

📍 Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Pacific, Western BalkansPaidHard

#fellowship#economics#development

Apply → odi.org

Early Career

Chatham House Academy Fellowship

Chatham House

A ten-month in-person international affairs research fellowship in London, with four fellows selected per cohort.

📍 London, United KingdomStipendHard

#fellowship#international-affairs#uk

Apply → careers.chathamhouse.org

Early Career

Chatham House Global Platform for Action Fellowship

Chatham House

A ten-month in-person London fellowship on humanitarian energy and climate/displacement policy, run with UNITAR and Oxford's Refugee-Led Research Hub.

📍 London, United KingdomStipendHard

#fellowship#climate-policy#humanitarian

Apply → chathamhouse.org

Early Career

IAPS AI Policy Fellowship

Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS)

A four-month remote-first AI policy research program with a mandatory two-week Washington DC residency.

📍 United States / Remote worldwidePaidMedium

#fellowship#ai-policy#remote

Apply → iaps.ai

Early Career

James Martin Center Visiting Fellows Program

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute

A nonproliferation and weapons-of-mass-destruction policy research fellowship based at the Middlebury Institute.

📍 Monterey, California / Washington, DC, USAUnpaidHard

#fellowship#nonproliferation#security

Apply → nonproliferation.org

Early Career

Think Visegrad Fellowship

International Visegrad Fund

A six- to eight-week fellowship at Central European think tanks in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, or Slovakia, producing a policy paper.

📍 Czechia, Hungary, Poland, SlovakiaPaidMedium

#fellowship#policy#central-europe

Apply → think.visegradfund.org

Early Career

Bruegel Visiting Fellowship

Bruegel

A flexible-duration research fellowship, from days to a year, for economists at a leading Brussels-based EU economic policy think tank.

📍 Brussels, BelgiumPaidMedium

#fellowship#economics#eu-policy

Apply → bruegel.org

Early Career

ACET Transformation Fellowship

African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

Specialized fellowship tracks on structural change, productivity, gender, resilience, and evidence-based policymaking supporting ACET's research agenda.

📍 Ghana / Africa-wideUnpaidMedium

#fellowship#economics#africa

Apply → acetforafrica.org

Early Career

World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program

World Bank

An eight-month fellowship (September-May) matching developing-country researchers with World Bank research economists in Washington DC.

📍 Washington, DC, USAStipendHard

#fellowship#development-economics#world-bank

Apply → worldbank.org

Early Career

Yale Jackson School Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship

Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

A five-month hybrid program for sixteen Global South climate and clean-energy practitioners, with sessions at Yale and in Paris.

📍 United States / France (hybrid)PaidHard

#fellowship#climate-policy#global-south

Apply → jackson.yale.edu

Early Career

CEEW Global South Fellowship

Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

A six- to twelve-month fellowship at Asia's leading climate and energy policy think tank in New Delhi for emerging climate leaders worldwide.

📍 New Delhi, IndiaUnpaidMedium

#fellowship#climate-policy#india

Apply → ceew.in

Early Career

IISS Southeast Asian Young Leaders Programme Visiting Fellowship

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Up to three months at the IISS Singapore office, including participation in the Shangri-La Dialogue and Young Leaders Programme.

📍 SingaporeStipendHard

#fellowship#security#southeast-asia

Apply → iiss.org

Early Career

Stimson Center South Asia Program Visiting Fellowship

Stimson Center

A year-long research fellowship for India- and Pakistan-based analysts, combining ten months of research in the home country with one month in Washington DC, running since 1993.

📍 India / Pakistan / Washington, DCStipendHard

#fellowship#south-asia#security

Apply → stimson.org

Early Career

Stimson Center South Asia Program Junior Fellowship

Stimson Center

A one-year, full-time Washington DC-based fellowship for early-career analysts researching South Asia security issues.

📍 Washington, DC, USAPaidHard

#fellowship#south-asia#security

Apply → stimson.org

Early Career

TIMEP Nonresident Fellowship

Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)

Supports MENA-based advocates, scholars, and analysts working on-the-ground for transparent, accountable governance.

📍 MENA region (nonresident)UnpaidMedium

#fellowship#mena#governance

Apply → timep.org

Early Career

Bassem Sabry Democracy Fellowship

Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)

A six-month in-person fellowship in Washington DC for MENA-focused advocates of democratic, inclusive change, now in its tenth cohort.

📍 Washington, DC, USAStipendHard

#fellowship#democracy#mena

Apply → timep.org

Early Career

HIIA Future Leaders Program

Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA)

A three-month in-person foreign policy research fellowship in Budapest for young international affairs professionals.

📍 Budapest, HungaryStipendMedium

#fellowship#foreign-policy#hungary

Apply → hiia.hu

Early Career

Institute for Global Affairs Nonresident Fellowship (Independent America Program)

Institute for Global Affairs (Eurasia Group)

A one-year nonresident program for scholars and analysts working on rethinking US foreign policy for new global realities.

📍 United States (nonresident)PaidMedium

#fellowship#foreign-policy#think-tank

Apply → instituteforglobalaffairs.org

Early Career

EDUFI Fellowship

Government of Finland (Finnish National Agency for Education)

A Finnish government fellowship providing initial funding for foreign doctoral researchers to conduct thesis research at a Finnish university department.

📍 FinlandStipendMedium

#fellowship#finland#phd

Apply → oph.fi

Early Career

Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Herchel Smith Fund, University of Cambridge

Supports early-career researchers in biological and physical sciences, including chemistry and mathematics, at Cambridge.

📍 Cambridge, United KingdomStipendHard

#fellowship#science#postdoc

Apply → herchelsmith.cam.ac.uk

Early Career

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Funds foreign postdoctoral researchers to conduct research at Japanese institutions under a host researcher.

📍 Japan (international applicants)StipendHard

#fellowship#research#japan

Apply → jsps.go.jp

Early Career

ZSL EDGE Fellowship

Zoological Society of London

A 28-month leadership and training program for conservationists focused on Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species.

📍 Global SouthPaidHard

#fellowship#conservation#wildlife

Apply → edgeofexistence.org

Early Career

Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowship

The Company of Biologists

Funds collaborative lab visits for graduate students and postdocs in cell biology, developmental biology, and experimental biology.

📍 International (UK-based)PaidMedium

#fellowship#biology#collaboration

Apply → biologists.com

Early Career

L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talents

L'Oréal Foundation / UNESCO

Selects fifteen top women scientists globally each year from national and regional L'Oréal-UNESCO winners for added international recognition and support.

📍 GlobalPaidHard

#fellowship#women-in-stem#science

Apply → fondationloreal.com

Early Career

PowerLines Documentary Photography Fellowship

PowerLines Productions

A three-month documentary photography fellowship focused on economic and human issues.

📍 United States / InternationalPaidHard

#fellowship#photography#documentary

Apply → powerlinesproductions.org

Early Career

CanadaLand Audio Journalism Fellowship

Canadaland

A fellowship for producing a twenty- to thirty-minute audio journalism project published on the Canadaland network.

📍 CanadaPaidMedium

#fellowship#audio-journalism#canada

Apply → labs.canadaland.com

Early Career

One World Media Fellowship

One World Media

A year-long program supporting global journalism and documentary storytelling from the Global South, with an assigned executive producer and workshops.

📍 United Kingdom (Global South focus)PaidMedium

#fellowship#journalism#global-south

Apply → oneworldmedia.org.uk

Early Career

Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)

Supports the career development of an early-stage female or nonbinary journalist covering human rights and social justice, including MIT coursework and major newsroom internships.

📍 United States (international applicants)PaidHard

#fellowship#journalism#human-rights

Apply → iwmf.org

Early Career