Eligibility Guidelines and Application Materials

Eligibility
Disciplines Listing
Application Materials
Letters of Recommendation
Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Troubleshooting the Application Portal
Selection Process
Application Deadlines


Eligibility

+ I am currently enrolled in a PhD/Master's program but will graduate before September—am I eligible to apply?
+ What are the eligibility requirements to apply for a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship?
+ Can I apply if I am not a US citizen?
+ I am an independent scholar/artist/I am not affiliated with an institution. Am I eligible to apply?
+ Does the Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship Program accept group projects?

Disciplines

+ What disciplines does Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship support?
+ What discipline should I select if my work is interdisciplinary in nature?
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Application Materials

+ What does the application include?
+ Can I re-submit my application from a previous year?
+ How do I start an application?
+ The application asks me to list any "additional required resources." What does this mean?
+ How long should my curriculum vitae be?
+ What should I include in the project proposal?
+ How long should my proposal be? How should it be formatted?
+ Are footnotes included in the proposal word count? Can images be included?
+ Do I have to submit a bibliography? Are there specific formatting/length guidelines for the bibliography? What should be included in my bibliography?
+ Can I see a sample of a successful project proposal?
+ What should I submit as a work sample?
+ Can I upload more than one article/story/excerpt for my sample if, combined, they are less than the page limits designated above?
+ How strict are the page limits?

Letters of Recommendation

+ How many letters of recommendation may I include?
+ What should I take into consideration when asking for letters of recommendation?
+ How do I request recommendation letters via the application portal?
+ Do you send my application materials to the recommenders I designate?
+ Are letters from a dossier service (e.g., Interfolio) accepted?
+ When are my recommendation letters due?
+ Can you tell me whether you have received the letters from my recommenders?
+ What if my recommender says they have not received an email request or are encountering an issue accessing the reference portal?

Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

+ What are some examples of the kinds of projects in the sciences that are well suited for a Harvard Radcliffe fellowship?
+ If I am a lab-based scientist and my proposed project involves collaborating with a local, Boston-based lab, how should I address this in my application?
+ I run a lab at my home institution. How have previous fellows been able to manage their lab from afar during the fellowship year?

Selection Process

+ Who evaluates my application?
+ What are the evaluation criteria?
+ When will I be notified of the results?
+ If I am not selected as a Fellow, may I reapply?
+ What if I receive another fellowship offer before hearing back from Radcliffe?
+ Can I receive feedback on my application?

Troubleshooting the Application Portal

+ What do I do if the portal does not recognize my password?
+ File Upload–what formats are accepted? What is the maximum file size?
+ How can I save/print a copy of my application once I've completed it?
+ How can I confirm that my application has been successfully submitted?
+ My proposal document looked fine in MS Word, but after I uploaded it, all the formatting changed and made it difficult to read. Why did this happen and how can I fix it? Will this affect the review of my application?
+ My proposal includes non-English language characters. Will the system support these?
+ My proposal was exactly the correct length in my original document, but when I viewed the PDF version of my upload, it exceeded the required page limit. What should I do?
+ I uploaded the file of my project proposal yesterday, but the website is not showing (in red) that it has been successfully uploaded. I received the following message on the webpage: FILE UPLOAD STATUS: FILE BEING CONVERTED. Should I try to upload it again?
+ I cannot print my application. When I click the View/Print Application link, the PDF document comes up on the screen, but I get a message saying it cannot be printed.
+ I use Mac OS and am having difficulty viewing the converted PDF file and/or the complete PDF application when I click the View/Print Application link.

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Application Deadlines

+ When is the application due?
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