Rowland Fellowship 2027

The Rowland Institute at Harvard seeks outstanding early-career experimentalists in science and engineering who can establish independent, creative research programmes in an interdisciplinary environment.

Rowland Institute at Harvard lists this opportunity for Early-career experimental scientists and engineers, Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Global / United States. Applicants should use the official call page to confirm final requirements before submitting.

Applicants should be completing a PhD or have received a PhD after 1 May 2025, and must complete the doctoral degree before starting the fellowship.

The proposed research must be experimentally focused in science or engineering, including fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and neuroscience.

Applicants may come from accredited academic institutions in the United States or internationally, and both U.S. citizens and non-citizens are eligible.

Fellows receive principal investigator rights and establish labs in the Rowland Institute's interdisciplinary research environment.

The fellowship supports high-risk, creative, boundary-crossing experimental research and provides mentoring, scientific writing support, budgeting support, and career development.

Benefits include dedicated laboratory space, start-up funding for capital equipment, a yearly operations budget starting at USD 225,000, salary beginning at USD 89,999 per year, and full Harvard benefits.

Application deadline: Application deadline: Aug 1, 2026.

Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.

Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.

Applications must be submitted through the official Harvard Academic Positions posting by 1 August 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT.

Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.