Tinker Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies
Applications for academic year 2025-2026 are due on April 1, 2025.
The Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University is pleased to offer one postdoctoral fellowship annually to a scholar from any discipline who is engaged in research related to Latin American Studies, including the Caribbean and Brazil.
The fellowship provides a 12-month stipend beginning September 1 of each year and ending August 31 of the following year. The expected base pay range for this position is $73,800--$77,000. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the qualifications of the selected candidate, budget availability, and internal equity.
Fellows are required to be in residence in the Stanford area during the appointment period, to teach one course during the academic year, and to participate in all regular Center activities.
Applicants who have received their PhD from Latin American universities are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility
- Applicants must have been awarded their Ph.D. no later than August 31 the year in which the fellowship begins, and may not be more than three years beyond conferral of the doctoral degree.
- Applicants must be either a US citizen or a citizen of Portugal, Spain, or a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking Latin American country.
- Proof of language proficiency required for applicants whose doctoral work was not conducted in English.
- Lecturers, Visiting Assistant Professors, tenure-track faculty, and Stanford PhD recipients are not eligible to apply.
How to apply
The 2025-2026 fellowship application period opens on February 18, 2025 and closes at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on April 1, 2025.
Applications will only be accepted via our online application portal. No email or paper submissions will be accepted. The Google application requires some biographical Information and the following documents:
- Current curriculum vitae
- Research statement for the year of appointment (max. 1,250 words on 1 inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font -pages, double-spaced)
- Writing sample—dissertation chapter or other paper (max. 7,500 words on 1 inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font -pages, double-spaced)
- One syllabus for a masters-level course on any topic with a research methodologies in Latin American studies component
- Three letters of recommendation
Please note that recommenders are required to submit their letters of recommendation directly through our online portal. You can share the submission link with them to facilitate this process.
Questions regarding this fellowship may be addressed to clas-visitors [at] stanford.edu (clas-visitors[at]stanford[dot]edu).