Columbia Global Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program

The Columbia Global Emerging Scholars Fellowship gives early-career researchers the chance to continue their academic journeys when crisis forces them to flee their home country.

For one year, fellows are hosted at a Columbia Global Center — Amman, Nairobi, or Santiago — where they receive the resources, Columbia faculty mentorship, and intellectual community needed to advance their work. By restoring the space to teach, study, and publish, the Fellowship helps scholars reclaim momentum and shape the future of their fields.

What Fellows Receive

• Hosting and work space at one of the Columbia Global Centers (Amman, Nairobi, or Santiago)
• A stipend
• Dedicated mentorship from esteemed Columbia faculty
• A small research/travel fund to support their scholarly endeavors
• Training that meets their academic needs in areas such as academic writing
• Access to a broad selection of online courses
• Full integration into the vibrant life of one of the Columbia Global Centers
• Inclusion in an alumni network

Following a successful four-year pilot program (2020-2023) for displaced scholars at Columbia Global Center Amman, the program has expanded to offer up to 10 annual fellowships across three continents thanks to support from the Mellon Foundation.

This fellowship is one form of Columbia’s support to displaced scholars, which also includes the Committee on Forced Migration. The Committee provides an institutional setting for Columbia faculty to share research, network, and explore new approaches to addressing the complex problems of forced migration.