KROC Institute: Visiting Research Fellowships Grant

KROC Institute: Visiting Research Fellowships Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: University Of Notre Dame Du Lac
Amount: Up to US $30,000
Last Updated: December 23, 2025

Summary

The KROC Institute at the University of Notre Dame offers Visiting Research Fellowships for scholars focused on peace studies. The program invites innovative proposals addressing themes like climate justice, gender intersectionality, international mediation, and the role of arts in peacebuilding. Both academic and alumni fellows are encouraged to apply, with stipends of $25,000 for junior and $30,000 for senior fellows. The institute provides essential resources and an inspiring environment for impactful research.

Overview

About The University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, is one of the world's leading centers for the study of the causes of violent conflict and strategies for sustainable peace. Kroc Institute faculty and fellows conduct interdisciplinary research on a wide range of topics related to peace and justice. Visiting Research Fellows Program Academic Fellows Fellowships are offered to scholars with substantial research experience who will connect their research to ongoing Kroc Institute research initiatives. For the academic year 2025-26, we invite research proposals that focus on one or more of the following themes:. Climate Change and Environmental Justice. We are interested in innovative interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and addressing the pressing environmental challenges we face today and their impacts on peace, broadly conceived to include environmental justice, environmental peacebuilding and sustainable peaceIntersection of Gender, Race, Class and Peacebuilding. We are interested in interdisciplinary approaches and qualitative, participatory, and/or feminist methodologies. Thematically, we are interested in questions of intersectionality in relation to identity, power, representation and direct and structural violence.International Mediation. We are interested in international mediation, preventive diplomacy and national dialogue as strategies for preventing and ending high intensity conflict. Preference will be given to applicants whose research has direct relevance to policy and/or practice.Media, Technology and Peacebuilding. We are interested in the impact of digital platforms on conflict dynamics and peace processes; the use of technology to support democratic inclusion in governance; and technology to support peacebuilding (peacetech). Preference will be given to applicants whose research has direct relevance to policy and/or practice.Peace Accords Matrix (PAM). We are interested in the design and implementation of peace accords, with special attention to inclusive peace processes that involve civil society, transitional justice and country contexts currently negotiating or implementing a peace accord. Preference will be given to applicants whose research has direct relevance to policy and/or practice.Peacebuilding and the Arts. We are interested in the various ways in which the arts - understood broadly to include performance, poetry, fiction, music, visual arts and more - are used to contribute to peacebuilding. This category aims to attract scholar-artists. In all the above categories, the applicant should present a clear and concise description of the planned research project, its significance, why the Kroc Institute is an ideal place for the researcher to complete a fellowship, and how the project will build on existing research in a given field. Alumni Fellows We invite Kroc Institute alumni who graduated prior to 2016 and hold an advanced degree to apply for a one-semester (fall or spring) visiting research fellowship. This fellowship targets alumni who have pursued careers as peacebuilding practitioners and seek time to reflect on and write about their work while in residence at the Institute. The successful alumni visiting fellow will be expected to be involved in the intellectual life of the Institute, and to produce a tangible result from the fellowship. This could include producing a publishable written work that brings to bear their practical experience in conversation with innovative peace research in their field, hosting a workshop or mini class while on campus, or another creative product developed during the fellowship. Funding Visiting fellows will receive a stipend of $30,000 per semester. Housing is provided in furnished Institute apartments at no cost. Fellows have library and Internet access and document retrieval services.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Academic FellowsNon-alumni applicants must have completed a doctoral, or equivalent, degree. If you are currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, you must have completed your doctoral degree before the beginning of the fellowship. If you have previously been a Kroc Visiting Research Fellow, please wait seven years before applying again.Applicants must indicate whether they seek a fellowship for a single semester or the full academic year.Alumni FellowsApplicants applying for the alumni category must have graduated from one of the Kroc Institute’s academic programs (undergraduate or graduate) prior to 2016.Alumni of the Kroc undergraduate program must have completed a graduate degree (a masters, doctoral or professional degree).One-semester (fall or spring) visiting research fellowship.