Radcliffe Fellowship | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

The Fellowship Program annually selects and supports artists, scholars, and practitioners who bring both a record of achievement and exceptional promise to the Institute.

Radcliffe Fellows are individuals at different stages of their careers who come to the Institute from across the United States and around the world and represent a broad range of academic, professional, and artistic fields. Fellows work on an individual project—a novel, a film, a map of the Milky Way—while mining and deepening the knowledge, ingenuity, and talent of the Harvard University community. Projects range from the poetic to the cosmic. Past fellows include Jill Lepore, Samantha Power, Zadie Smith, Elizabeth Warren, and the Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer.

Become a Fellow Graduate Student Fellowships Radcliffe Research Partnerships

Amsale Alemu

Karine Chemla

Ruodi Duan

Michael K. Honey

Ibram X. Kendi

Shawon Kinew

Debra L. Shepherd

James Sturm

Lauren K. Williams

A man stands, arms crossed, in front of a classroom whiteboard. In the foreground, empty chairs.

A Fact is No Match for a Martian

A woman stands among the lilacs, her face partially obscured by a fuchsia megaphone.

From Math to Polymath

Demonstrators marched in Los Angeles following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu

Streets of Fire

An older woman poses, smiling, at a wooden railing; in the distance behind her, people at the beach.

Flash of Genius

A bearded man looks directly at the camera, arms crossed, in a lounge with two large curtained windows.

The Story of His Life

Newsmakers: Spring 2021

A man in a polo shirt and jeans smiles as he sits outdoors in front of a large glass-fronted building.

Wonders Never Cease

Views of Crystal Z Campbell's vibrantly colored window brochures

Crystal Z Campbell’s Haunted Creations

Schönberg’s map of Texas, 1866. Courtesy Library of Congress.

On Juneteenth, a Texan Feels at Home

A woman looks at the camera, smiling, as she clutches her wrap closed at the throat.

Lessons in Empathy, and Mourning

I absolutely loved my Radcliffe experience! I really, truly can't explain how life-changing it was for me. There were so many interactions with others that fed my work in myriad ways—many of which (I'm sure) are not even apparent to me at the moment but will be gradually revealed over time. I'm so incredibly grateful for my time here at Radcliffe.

ZZ Packer 2014–2015 Lillian Gollay Knafel Fellow and writer

We had the freedom to push toward a deep understanding of our subjects. That’s one of the things the Radcliffe Institute does best: It allows for room to grow. As we presented our work and learned about one another's projects, there was a sense of self-consciousness falling away, a developing sense of play and exploration, a sense of listening, of interest across genres and across fields, one that introduced creative energy into everyone’s work.

Julie Orringer 2013–2014 Lisa Goldberg Fellow and fiction writer

The Radcliffe Fellowship Program is by far the most intellectually stimulating experience I have had in my decade at Harvard.

Edo Berger 2019–2020 Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow and a professor of astronomy at Harvard

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