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Postdoctoral Fellow

The Georgetown - Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice (MHHJ) is pleased to announce the call for proposals for its 2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship supports research focused on the Washington, DC metropolitan area (District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County). Recipients will also teach one fall course in a related medical or health humanities field and contribute to scholarly articles, method or theory development, or other scholarly tools. The fellowship is a full-time, residential position, requiring fellows to reside in the DC area and fully engage in the Center’s activities throughout the academic year. Each year, the fellowship focuses on a specific theme; this year's theme is "Networks."

Postdoctoral Fellow Notice of Funding Opportunity

Funding Details

  • Maximum Award Amount: $64,000 (benefits available)

  • Period of Performance: 12 months

  • Funding Conditions:

    • Funding cannot be deferred

Qualifications

To be eligible for this fellowship, the candidate must: 

  • Have an a doctoral degree in relevant areas such as history of health/medicine, science and technology studies, literature, philosophy/bioethics, medical anthropology, medical sociology, race and ethnic studies, medicine, public health, or disability studies;

  • Received their doctoral degree within the last five (5) years;

  • Be willing to relocate to the Washington, DC metropolitan area and be available to participate in MHHJ programming;

  • Not be currently appointed as full-time faculty at Georgetown or Howard.

Fellowship Expectations

1. Fellows are expected to produce at least one research output.

2. Fellows must organize at least one public-facing workshop, conference, or similar event.

3. Fellows are expected to design and teach one course in the medical humanities.

Application Instructions (due February 14, 2025)

  • Two referees’ names and emails (letters requested for finalists only)

  • Cover letter (max 1 page) detailing interest, qualifications, and project relation to MHHJ and the annual theme

  • Curriculum vitae (max 2 pages)

  • Proposed Fall Course Materials

    • Course Description (<250 words) and 5 learning objectives

    • Course type: lecture, seminar, etc. 

    • Syllabus (max 4 pages) 

  • Project summary (max 500 words)

  • Proposal (max 2,000 words) using MHHJ template, including:

    • Goals

    • Background

    • Theoretical framework and methods

    • Ethical considerations

    • Community and public engagement plan

    • Dissemination plan

    • References (not included in word count)

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