Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2027 (Funded)

Deadline: November 1, 2026

Applications are open for the Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2027. The Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG) is launching a Postdoctoral Fellowship program that will begin in the summer of 2027 with one Fellow holding a 12-month position at one of four partner institutions located in Southeast Asia.

The program aims to provide scholars of Southeast Asia with opportunities for training, networking, and field research to improve competitiveness for the academic and non-academic job markets. The appointment will allow the Fellow to strengthen their research agenda while also contributing to the academic life of the host institution. The Fellow will receive mentoring from a member of the SEAREG Executive Council and will have their work showcased at SEAREG’s annual Southeast Asian workshop in the summer of 2027.

Benefits

The Postdoctoral Fellowship offers a competitive salary and a small fund to support research expenses. It will also support travel ahead to SEAREG’s Southeast Asian workshop at the start of the Fellowship.

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration, all applicants must have

Completed their PhD in a three-year window that precedes the start of the Postdoc Fellowship (May 2024-May 2027)

Received their PhD from an institution based in North America (the United States, Canada or Mexico)

Engaged with Southeast Asia seriously as a region in the course of their dissertation research, and their ongoing research agenda should align with SEAREG’s priorities as outlined in the organization’s constitution.

Eligible applicants will have completed their PhD in a social sciences discipline—political science, sociology, economics, or a related discipline. The researcher will not necessarily be expected to conduct research on the country of their host institution, but their two-page research proposal should indicate how the host university is nonetheless an excellent fit for their postdoc agenda.

Application

All application materials must be submitted by Sunday, Nov. 1 at 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (U.S.).

Required application materials include the following

A one-page cover letter

A two-page research proposal that outlines

What you hope to accomplish during the Postdoctoral Fellowship;

How you are going to engage the host institution;

Who your mentor at the host institution will be and the rationale for the pairing;

Your intended outputs from the Fellowship

A letter of support from your mentor at the host institution (two-page maximum). Mentors must be full-time, permanent faculty; each mentor can only support one application.

Two writing samples, which may include published articles, working papers, or dissertation chapters highlighting your scholarship on Southeast Asia

Two letters of recommendation

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For more information, visit SEAREG Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Postdoctoral Fellowship applications must include a letter of support from a mentor based at their intended university.

To be eligible for consideration, all applicants must have: Completed their PhD in a three-year window that precedes the start of the Postdoc Fellowship (May 2024-May 2027) Received their PhD from an institution based in North America (the United States, Canada or Mexico) Engaged with Southeast Asia seriously as a region in the course of their dissertation research, and their ongoing research agenda should align with SEAREG’s priorities as outlined in the organization’s constitution. Eligible applicants will have completed their PhD in a social sciences discipline—political science, sociology, economics, or a related discipline.

All application materials must be submitted by Sunday, Nov. 1 at 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (U.S.).