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SSSHARC advances collaborative partnerships through its visiting fellowship programs and other initiatives. We are particularly interested in projects that are strategically aimed at industry, philanthropic or international funding opportunities and would include the University of Sydney as an administering or partner organisation.

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Visiting Fellowships 2026

The Visiting Fellows program enables collaborative research in humanities and social sciences at the University of Sydney.  These fellowships are funded by named bequests in the Humanities, Sexuality Studies and Social Sciences.

Application Timeline

Fellowships open

Monday, 26 May 2025

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Applications close

Monday, 14 July 2025

Award announced

Monday, 28 July 2025

This fellowship is for an outstanding international or Australian-based humanities researcher to collaborate with researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Please review the Gilbert Fellowship in the Humanities Guidelines and apply online.

The University of Sydney has a generously endowed fellowship program in sexuality studies. Funded by the late Dr Gary Simes – a linguistic historian, bibliographer and University of Sydney graduate – the Hunt-Simes bequest enables a number of Visiting Chairs and Visiting Junior Chairs every year.

Please review the Hunt-Simes Visiting Chair of Sexuality Studies Fellowship Guidelines and apply online.

This fellowship is for an outstanding international or Australian-based social science researcher to collaborate with researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.  
 
Please review the James Fellowship in the Social Sciences Guidelines and apply online.