Sponsor
Carnegie Corporation of New York
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Award Details
Since 2015, the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program has supported high-caliber scholarship and research in the social sciences and humanities that address important and enduring issues confronting our society. In June 2023, Carnegie announced a second phase of the program and a new focus on political polarization in the United States.
Fellowships of $200,000 are awarded annually to about 30 exceptional scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals who are U.S. citizens or have permanent U.S. residency status. The program asks scholars to help Americans understand how and why our society has become so polarized and what we can do to strengthen the forces of cohesion in our society. Political polarization is characterized by threats to free speech, the decline of civil discourse, disagreement over basic facts, and a lack of mutual understanding and collaboration.
The funding is for a period of one or two years with the anticipated result of a book or major study. The criteria prioritize the originality and promise of the research, its promise to offer actionable solutions, and the scholar’s plans for communicating the findings to a broad audience.
The fellowship must begin on the first of the month between July and September of 2026.
Candidates who have been nominated for the Fellows Program since the change of focus to polarization in 2024 may not be nominated again during the current three-year period.
UBC internal selection deadline: October 1, 2025.
UBC may nominate one untenured and one tenured scholar.
As internal selection may be needed for this award, interested candidates must submit the following 2 items to Stephanie O'Neill, Award Nomination Development Officer, by October 1, 2025.
- A three- to five-page prospectus that describes the proposed research, including a projected work plan and approximate time frame. The prospectus should be double-spaced with a minimum of 12-point font.
- A UBC CV
Contact: Stephanie O'Neill, Award Nomination Development Officer (stephanie.oneill@ubc.ca)