The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University invites applications from affiliates of our sister center, the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Tel Aviv University, who are interested in spending a year at in Cambridge, MA. A broad range of researchers who will work over the course of the year on pressing issues in ethics are encouraged to apply for this exchange fellowship.  

For the 2025-26 academic year, our call is completely open: we will consider any topic pertaining to the serious ethical questions of our time. All eligible applicants will be given careful consideration; priority will be given to outstanding early career scholars and practitioners. Our Center will also be launching an interdisciplinary research network to explore ethical and political dimensions of disagreement, in both its productive and unproductive varieties. Philosophers, humanists, social psychologists, and any researchers from relevant domains are invited to indicate whether their project falls into this research orbit.

Exchange Fellows are expected to devote the majority of their time to their individual project(s) and to participate in regular work-in-progress seminars. In addition, Fellows are expected to participate in—and contribute to—the Center's intellectual life, which includes public lectures, themed seminars and reading groups, conferences, workshops, and lunch discussions.

This Fellowship is residential. Fellows are expected to be in residence in the Boston area at least four working days per week during the term with the exception of travel to conferences and meetings.

Eligibility

We encourage applications from researchers who have a PhD or a professional degree in hand. Advanced graduate students are also eligible. Any discipline or professional field will be considered eligible. The Fellowship runs the course of the academic year, typically from the beginning of September through the end of May. 

Stipend

Our standard post-doctoral fellowship stipend is $65,000 and our standard graduate student stipend is $40,000. Final determination of the stipend amount will be based on the type and duration of fellowship awarded. 

How to Apply

To apply, you will need to complete this online application form, which includes submission of the following: 

• Cover letter stating your background and interest in the Exchange Fellowship Program 
• CV 
• Research proposal 
• Recent writing sample 
• Names and contact information for three professional references (letters of support are not required at this stage) 

The deadline for submitting this application is 11:59 pm ET on February 24, 2025. Please note that the application form will be saved automatically while in progress, but no edits or alterations will be allowed once you have submitted the application. The application form will automatically shut down at the deadline. 

NOTE: If you have applied for the Fellows-in-Residence program and would like to be considered for this program as well, please resubmit your materials here. There is no need to modify them in any way.

Should you have any questions regarding this application process, please contact us at ethics_fellowships@fas.harvard.edu.