Graduate Summer Fellows Program

The Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the future-focused research interests of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.

The Pardee Center conducts future-oriented, interdisciplinary, and policy-relevant research that can contribute to long-term improvements in the human condition. The Center is especially interested in rigorous analysis relating to longer-range human development. We especially encourage proposals for research that has the potential to identify actions that can be taken today to make our collective global tomorrow better.

The 10-week fellowship offers structured interaction with Pardee Center affiliated faculty and a collegial atmosphere that fosters peer support and intellectual growth. Summer Fellows conduct independent research and produce a substantive research paper to be considered for publication by the Pardee Center. Fellows are expected to participate fully in Pardee Center activities and Summer Fellows events for the duration of the 10-week program.

The program is open to Boston University graduate students from all Schools and Colleges. Master’s students will receive a stipend of $6,500. For PhD recipients in years one through five, this program will count as part of the five-year funding guarantee. For the 2025 session, students completing degrees in May 2025 are not eligible.

For more information on the Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows program, please read this list of frequently asked questions, or email gsfellow@bu.edu.

A list of the previous Pardee Center Summer Graduate Fellows and their research can be viewed by year: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008.