HARVARD UNIVERSITY, PROGRAM ON U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Harvard University's Program on U.S.-Japan
Relations offers postdoctoral fellowships for social scientists in a
broad range of fields, including anthropology, economics, education,
history, law, political science, public health, public policy, and
sociology. Projects that focus on Japan or Japan's international role
from a comparative, historical, or global perspective are welcome. A
knowledge of the Japanese language is not required. Awards are for the
academic year and provide $40,000 over 10 months. The application
deadline is 1 March 2005. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree by 1
August 2005. Application forms are available at
www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan, or by
contacting: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations/1033 Massachusetts
Ave./Cambridge, MA 02138-5319 (e-mail:
us_japan@wcfia.harvard.edu).
Recurring Postdoctoral Fellowships
Below is a
sampling of some of the recurring postdoctoral fellowship opportunities
available to new Ph.D.'s. For a more up-to-date listing of postdoctoral
positions, visit the ASA's Employment Bulletin at
http://www.asanet.org/pubs/eb/.
Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.sloan.org/programs/
HUD Urban
Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/HUD.html
Mellon
Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/html/melloninfo.html
National
Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
http://www.nae.nyu.edu/spencer/
National
Institute on Aging Postdoctoral Positions
University of Michigan
http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/training/postdoc.html
NICHD
Postdoctoral Fellow Position
University of Texas-Austin Population Research Center
http://www.prc.utexas.edu/training/nichd_postdoc.htm
RAND
http://www.rand.org/
Research
and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy
University of Michigan
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/research/poverty/fellowship.htm
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
Scholars in Health Policy Research Program
Health & Society Scholars Program
www.rwjf.org
Society of
Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Princeton University
www.princeton.edu/~sf/
Social
Science Research Council
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/
University
of California Institute For Labor and Employment
www.ucop.edu/ile
W.K.
Kellogg Foundation Scholars in Health Disparities
www.cfah.org
We recommend trying multiple strategies in order to search for
postdoctoral fellowships. You should search the Internet for additional
postdoctoral opportunities in your area. They are normally associated with
various research institutes, so you might search for fellowship
opportunities within various institutes related to your specialty (see
http://www.asanet.org/student/oppresrc.html for
a listing). ASA has a website (http://www.asanet.org/student/funding.html)
with a small list of fellowship opportunities as well. Also, many of the
larger universities have postdoctoral opportunities. You can try visiting
their websites to see if you can find a postdoctoral opportunity that
would be a good match for you. You might also search for Society of
Fellows programs which are present at a variety of universities. Finally,
you should let your professors know that you are looking for a
postdoctoral opportunity. These opportunities often open and close on a
yearly basis and they vary in the extent to which they are publicized.
Therefore, your professors may be your best resource in finding a postdoc.
