Eligibility

The Kellogg Institute seeks accomplished as well as promising scholars whose work and presence will contribute creatively to its major research themes.

• Applicants may come from any country

• Most successful applicants will hold a PhD or equivalent degree in a social science discipline or in history

• In exceptional cases, the Institute will support applicants with a PhD or its equivalent in other disciplines

• The Institute welcomes applications from distinguished senior candidates who do not hold a PhD

• Advanced ABD graduate students may apply, but awards are contingent on their having completed the PhD before beginning the fellowship
  

Eligibility Considerations (for non-US citizens/residents)

The following should be considered when applying for a Kellogg Institute fellowship: 

• Advanced English language proficiency is required

• Foreign nationals must have a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 Visa

• A recently issued U.S. immigration regulation states that an individual who completes a period of stay of less than five years as a J-1 professor or research scholar and does not have another appointment immediately following the termination of said stay, cannot return to the U.S. as a J-1 professor or research scholar until the individual has been outside the U.S. for a minimum period of two years. This new two-year bar is different from the two-year home residency requirement normally issued to J-1 scholars.