- The Society will request that the three additional letters of recommendation be submitted electronically – not by email, but through a link, which we will provide in our correspondence with the referees. Interfolio letters are not accepted. After receipt of the nomination, the referees will be contacted on a rolling basis beginning in mid-July by our office via email and asked to submit their letters within three weeks of the date of our email. (This is why full and accurate email addresses are necessary to process the nomination.) Instructions for uploading letters will be provided to each referee, along with a password to enter the secure site.
- Our communication with the candidate will request that written materials be submitted electronically through a link to our submission portal within three weeks from the date of our initial email contact. Full instruction for uploading the C.V., list of publications, research proposal, unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and three samples of work will be provided, along with a password to enter the secure site.
On the basis of the materials submitted, the Senior Fellows select a certain number of candidates for interview. It is from this number that the final selection is made. The Society pays the traveling expenses of those candidates interviewed.
Please note: if still pursuing the Ph.D., candidates should be at the dissertation stage of their theses and be prepared to finish their degrees within a year of becoming fellows. If already a recipient of the degree, they should ideally not be much more than a year past the Ph.D. at the time the fellowship commences. Most Junior Fellows receive the Ph.D. just prior to the start of the fellowship.
The deadline for receiving nominations for Junior Fellowships that begin July 1, 2023 was Friday, August 12, 2022. Please check back in Spring 2023 for deadlines and updated information regarding the 2024 application cycle.