Fellowship Opportunity: the HYI-NUS Joint Doctoral Scholarship Program at NUS, Singapore, for the Academic Year 2022-23

1 July 2021

Call for Applications

Fellowship Opportunity: the HYI-NUS Joint Doctoral Scholarship Program at NUS, Singapore, for the Academic Year 2022-23 Exclusive for Chula’s Full-Time Faculty Members in Humanities and Social Sciences

1. Overview: The Harvard-Yenching Institute and the National University of Singapore (with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Asia Research Institute as principal participants) have established a joint doctoral scholarship program, whereby candidates apply simultaneously for an NUS Ph.D. and the NUS and HYI joint fellowship to support it. The HYI Joint Scholarship Program provides the funding for young faculty members to pursue a Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore (NUS), with one year of dissertation research/writing at Harvard University and/or other appropriate universities in the U.S. The candidates will normally be at the NUS for three years and in the U.S. for one academic year. Up to 2 candidates from Chulalongkorn University can be nominated.

2. Eligibility: the candidates     
1. Must be nominated by Chulalongkorn University,     
2. Hold a teaching position or possess teaching experience at Chulalongkorn University and are assured of reemployment after graduation from the NUS,     
3. Conduct research focusing on one of the following fields:             
– Anthropology             
– Archaeology         
– History (including Art History, Economic History, and Legal History)         
– Linguistics         
– Literature         
– Philosophy         
– Politics         
– Study of Religion         
– Sociology     
4. Meet the admission requirements as set out for the Ph.D. program at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS.

3. Application Documents (preferable in one single electronic file):    
Application Package & Guideline can be downloaded here:  https://bit.ly/3q1bvsJ​
1. An application form for the HYI-NUS Joint Doctoral Scholarship Program,     
2. An institutional approval form (official nomination of the candidate from Chulalongkorn University to the program),     
3. Supervisor acknowledgement form,     
4. A statement of purpose,     
5. A writing sample, and     
6. A curriculum vitae.

4. Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 (by 15.00 hrs.)

For more information, please visit: https://fass.nus.edu.sg/…/harvard-yenching-institute…/https://harvard-yenching.org/nus-hyi-joint-scholar

For application, please contact: Office of International Affairs and Global Network Ms. Nattakarn Chamsuwanwong 83101/ Nattakarn.pa@chula.ac.th Ms. Pantip Masatanang 83127/ Pantip.m@chula.ac.th

For inquiries about the program, please contact: Ms. Pearly Ang from the Graduate Studies Division, Dean’s Office, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, National University of Singapore via email at pearly@nus.edu.sg