The Michigan Society of Fellows was founded in 1970 through grants from the Ford Foundation and Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies to promote academic and creative excellence in the humanities, the arts, the social, physical, and life sciences, and the professions. The objective of the Society is to provide financial and intellectual support for individuals holding advanced degrees in their fields, who are selected for their outstanding achievement, professional promise, and interdisciplinary interests. 

Candidates should be near the beginning of their professional careers. Those selected for fellowships must have received a Ph.D. degree or comparable artistic or professional degree between June 1, 2022, and August 25, 2025. Fellows are appointed as Assistant Professors in appropriate departments and as Postdoctoral Scholars in the Michigan Society of Fellows. They are expected to be in residence in Ann Arbor during the academic years of the fellowship, to teach for the equivalent of one academic year, to participate in the informal intellectual life of the Society, and to devote time to their independent research or artistic projects. 

We seek a diverse and international pool of applicants, especially welcoming candidates from underrepresented backgrounds. Applications from degree candidates and recipients of the Ph.D. or comparable artistic or professional degree from the University of Michigan will not be considered. Applicants from the following disciplines will not be considered: Anthropology, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), and Slavic Languages and Literatures.