University of Notre Dame, College of Arts & LettersFellowship

Notre Dame Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dec 01, 2026 23:59:00 EST

Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Dec 01, 2026 23:59:00 EST

About this opportunity

The University of Notre Dame's College of Arts & Letters appoints a cohort of Provost's Postdoctoral Fellows for a two year term (2027-2029) with an annual salary of $75,000 and a one time $15,000 fund for research expenses and further training. Fellows get office space, a primary faculty mentor with monthly development meetings, six-monthly progress reviews and a university-wide cohort with colloquia, publication panels and teaching development through the Kaneb Center.

What you get: ➤ $75,000 annual salary for two years ➤ One time $15,000 research and training fund ➤ Primary faculty mentor with monthly development meetings ➤ Office space in the hosting department or institute ➤ University-wide postdoctoral cohort, colloquia and teaching development ➤ Planned visa support for international fellows

What you'll do: ➤ Pursue your proposed research agenda over two years ➤ Publish and develop grant-writing and teaching skills ➤ Participate in the fellows' research colloquium and cohort programming ➤ Meet regularly with mentors and complete six-monthly progress reviews ➤ Live close enough to campus to attend events in person

Who can apply

PhD completed within 3 years of the cohort start date (window extends for parental or FMLA leave)
Open to applicants worldwide; visa support planned
ABD applicants may apply if the dissertation defence is confirmed for the June before the start
Research fit with one of the eight hosting departments or institutes of the 2027-2029 cohort
Master's-only applicants are not eligible
Current Notre Dame students, graduates and fellows are not eligible
No application fees

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Good to know

+Strong salary and support for an early-career humanities and social sciences fellowship
+Structured mentorship and a dedicated postdoctoral training programme
+Explicitly open to international applicants with planned visa support
+Application is free of charge through Interfolio

Worth checking yourself

!Postdoctoral audience: requires a completed PhD, which sits above LOT's core youth demographic
!Heavy document load with three letters that must all arrive by the deadline or the application is not reviewed
!Only eight fellows across eight named units, so fit with a hosting unit is decisive
!The aggregator overstated the research fund as annual; it is one time

What we could not confirm

?Exact programme start date (term given as 2027 2029 only)

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About this opportunity

Who can apply

PhD completed within 3 years of the cohort start date (window extends for parental or FMLA leave)
Open to applicants worldwide; visa support planned
ABD applicants may apply if the dissertation defence is confirmed for the June before the start
Research fit with one of the eight hosting departments or institutes of the 2027-2029 cohort
Master's-only applicants are not eligible
Current Notre Dame students, graduates and fellows are not eligible
No application fees