Carnegie Corporation of New York

Limit: 2*  // Tickets Available: 1 (Senior Scholar)

Junior Scholar: H. Kornstein (Public & Applied Humanities)

*UA may nominate one Junior Scholar and one Senior Scholar.
Due to the competitive nature of this funding program, the internal selection process will be held with an anticipated deadline. Based on previous funding cycles, UA anticipates a sponsor deadline of November 14, 2024. 
 

The fellows program was established in 2015 to provide philanthropic support to extraordinary scholars and writers for high-caliber research in the humanities and social sciences.  Fellowships of $200,000 are awarded annually to exceptional scholars, authors, journalists, and public intellectuals. The criteria prioritize the originality and promise of the research, its potential impact on the field, and the scholar’s plans for communicating the findings to a broad audience. The funding is for a period of one or two years with the anticipated result of a book or major study. Regardless of title, a junior scholar is defined as someone who received their PhD within the last 10 years (2013–2024, for the 2025 fellowship program).

Through the study of political polarization in the United States, the Corporation seeks to raise awareness in the philanthropic sector, guide public policy, and help inform the foundation’s grantmaking in democracy, education, and international peace and security. 

Focus Areas:

• The Corporation anticipates that the work of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program will explore the many ways political polarization in the United States manifests itself in society and suggest ways that it may be mitigated. Studies of polarization in other countries will be considered providing they offer lessons that can be applied to the United States.

Evaluation criteria: 

• Originality and promise of the idea 
• Quality of the proposal 
• Potential impact on the field 
• Record of the nominee 
• Plans to communicate findings to a broad audience

Resubmissions:

•  You may be nominated for the Fellows Program multiple times. However, we strongly recommend that applicants make substantive changes to their applications, as proposals identical to those not previously selected are less likely to be successful.

Limit: 2*  // PIs selected: 
Junior Scholar: S. Klar (Government and Public Policy)
Senior Scholar: O. Schilke (Management and Organizations)

*UA may nominating one Junior Scholar and one Senior Scholar.
Due to the competitive nature of this funding program, the internal selection process will be held with an anticipated deadline. Based on previous funding cycles, UA anticipates a sponsor deadline of November 14, 2023.
 

The fellows program was established in 2015 to provide philanthropic support to extraordinary scholars and writers for high-caliber research in the humanities and social sciences.  Fellowships of $200,000 are awarded annually to exceptional scholars, authors, journalists, and public intellectuals. The criteria prioritize the originality and promise of the research, its potential impact on the field, and the scholar’s plans for communicating the findings to a broad audience. The funding is for a period of one or two years with the anticipated result of a book or major study. Regardless of title, a junior scholar is defined as someone who received their PhD within the last 10 years (2013–2023, for the 2024 fellowship program).

Through the study of political polarization in the United States, the Corporation seeks to raise awareness in the philanthropic sector, guide public policy, and help inform the foundation’s grantmaking in democracy, education, and international peace and security. 

Focus Areas:

• The Corporation anticipates that the work of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program will explore the many ways political polarization in the United States manifests itself in society and suggest ways that it may be mitigated. Studies of polarization in other countries will be considered providing they offer lessons that can be applied to the United States.

Evaluation criteria: 

• Originality and promise of the idea 
• Quality of the proposal 
• Potential impact on the field 
• Record of the nominee 
• Plans to communicate findings to a broad audience

Resubmissions:

•  You may be nominated for the Fellows Program multiple times. However, we strongly recommend that applicants make substantive changes to their applications, as proposals identical to those not previously selected are less likely to be successful.

UA anticipates nominating one Junior Scholar and one Senior Scholar. UA anticipates a sponsor deadline of November 14, 2021. Updated guidelines will be posted once released by the sponsor.

In the previous cycle, there were four broad topic areas that include a wide range of suggested subtopics:

• Strengthening U.S. democracy and exploring new narratives
• Technological and cultural creativity—potential and perils
• Global connections and global ruptures
• Environments, natural and human

RDS anticipates similar topic areas for the 2022 program. Topic areas will be updated once announced by the sponsor.

How is a Junior Scholar defined for this opportunity?

The sponsor has previously defined a junior scholar as someone who received his/her Ph.D. within the last ten years. A junior scholar may hold any title, e.g., assistant professor or associate professor. The “junior” status is determined by the year in which his/her terminal degree was earned.

Senior: M. Nassar
Junior: E. Plemons