The 2026 application cycle for the multi-disciplinary Rowland Fellowship program at Harvard University is now open.
At this time of limited funding for scientific research in the USA, we are extremely grateful to be able to continue recruiting this season and would appreciate your help in sharing the attached flyer for the attention of finishing/recently finished PhD students. (If I should direct this email to another person/inbox at your institution, please do let me know and I will update my contact list.)
The Rowland Fellows program is open to early-career researchers from a wide range of experimental fields, including physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and neuroscience. We are looking for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional achievements in their chosen area and who are ready to begin independent research groups (including the hiring of small teams), take on new challenges, and push the boundaries of their fields.
Importantly, if you are aware of talented researchers who would be a great match for this program, but who may not apply without explicit prompting from a trusted mentor, please do encourage them to consider the opportunity, and invite them to reach out to me with any questions about the Fellowship.
The application deadline for the Rowland Fellows program is August 15th, 2025. To qualify, applicants must have received, or expect to receive, their PhDs between May 2024 and Fall 2026. The selection process includes a symposium series of talks by finalists in November 2024, and final selections will be completed in December 2024.
One unique benefit of the Rowland Fellowship is the mentoring and support from highly experienced staff scientists and engineers who work with the Fellows to design and fabricate new experimental set-ups. Support is also provided from the core Rowland team to build expertise in budgeting, mentoring of lab members, grant writing and publishing. Detailed information about the Rowland Institute, the Rowland Fellows program, and a link to the online application is available on our website at https://www.rowland.harvard.edu/fellowships/
You may have questions, or encounter such questions from your trainees, about the ability of Harvard to host international students in the coming academic year. As the landscape is changing rapidly, we suggest you refer interested candidates to https://www.harvard.edu/president/category/news/ for the most up-to-date information that has been shared with the Harvard community on this topic. At the time of writing, we will seek to interview the best applicants to the Fellowship without heed to their national origin or citizenship, which is our usual practice.
Please reach out to me if you’d like to forge a closer connection between your group and the Rowland Institute to stay abreast of opportunities to work with Fellows or to visit us for a talk etc.
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Rosy Hosking, Ph.D.
Director of Research Affairs
The Rowland Institute at Harvard
Posted on 11/07/2025
