Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Program

A residential year at the Foundation's New York headquarters for scholars doing data analysis and writing on RSF priority areas. Provides salary replacement, office space, computing and subsidised housing.

Indicative award

up to $150k per year (per year)Page states salary support typically up to 50 percent of academic-year salary, to a maximum of $150,000. No minimum is published, so amountMin is null. Partially subsidised housing is provided for scholars from outside greater New York.

Timing

Annual cycleAnnual cycle · JunNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.RSF's deadlines page lists a Visiting Scholars deadline of June 25, 2026 at 2pm ET for the September 2027 - June 2028 residency, with decisions in December 2026. That date has passed; the next cycle date was not published at the time of checking. A separate Visiting Researchers deadline of May 4, 20

Who can apply

Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank

Eligibility

Open to individual scholars and small working groups from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds; the project must fit an RSF priority area. Requires residence in New York for the fellowship period (Sept 1 to June 30, or a half-year fall or spring visit).

SSWR clusters

Topics

social inequality · poverty policy · labour markets · race and immigration

Apply at

https://www.russellsage.org/apply/visiting-scholar

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Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Program

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