Global Fellowship Program

Fellowship Program Catergory

Number of Fellows

Criteria

1) Minimum 2 years of experience in research administration.

2) Minimum 2 years of active membership in NCURA. This can be waived if the applicant’s own institution agrees to serve as a Host Institution for a future NCURA Global Fellow.

3) Institutional support as demonstrated by a Letter of Commitment from the applicant’s institutional leadership.

4) Credentials and the ability to travel outside the applicant’s own country.

Selection Criteria (as of 2019)

National-Level Research Administration Experience
International Research Experience
References (have to be NCURA members)
Quality of Statement of Interest

Senior Level

(10+ years experience)

2

Early-Mid Career

(2-10 years experience)

2

International

2

Partner Organizations

Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS)

European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA)

South African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA)

Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA)

German Network for Research and Transfer Management (FORTRAMA)

About the NCURA Fellowship Programs

The NCURA Fellowship programs are a joint initiative between NCURA and our sister research administration organizations as well as between our U.S. Regions and the International Region. The Fellowship programs have two underlying objectives: (i) the training of research administrators, and (ii) enhancing global research collaboration. These programs are intended to reduce barriers to global research administration and create an administrative framework conducive to global research collaboration. There is an ever increasing amount of global research collaboration, and these Fellowships aim to create a pool of individuals who are able to interpret a multitude of various sponsor requirements and assist their institution with administrative compliance on a global scale – from application submission through financial reporting and closeout.

These Fellowship programs will provide an opportunity for research administrators to travel to another country's research organization and to immerse themselves in a program of mutual learning and knowledge exchange. NCURA will support up to USD $3,000 in travel costs, and Fellows are expected to pass on their experiences and knowledge of how research administration management operates at their institution, to identify best practices and the local knowledge of their Host Institutions, and to respect all appropriate organizational rules and cultural practices.

If your institution is interested in serving as a Host Institution for a fellow, click here.

Current Fellowship Programs

Senior Level Fellowship (10+ years)

Please apply to this program if you are a U.S. based senior administrator.

Early - Mid Career (2-10 years)

Please apply to this program if you are a U.S. based early- mid career administrator.

International

This program is aimed at non-U.S. administrators, encompassing both early - mid career as well as senior administrators. We recommend applying under this program category if you are an international administrator. International administrators are welcome to apply as early-mid career or senior programs if they see it as a better fit.

Partners:

General Fellowship Information

Time Period for the Two-Week Fellowship: between Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

Number of Awards: 6

List of Host Institutions: Click here.

Funding Amount: USD $3,000 (additional costs will be borne by the Fellow or the Fellow’s institution)

Application Information

Current Status: 2025 Applications opening soon. Please check back on this site.

Application Documents

Online Application form (Will be available here when open)
Letter of Institutional Support and Resume/CV (to be emailed to fellows@ncura.edu. This email is only for those documents; please submit the rest of the application using the aforementioned application form.

Eligibility Requirements

*****Individuals are not eligible to apply if applicant had been selected as a Fellow within the past 3 years. *****

Minimum 2 years of experience in research administration.
Minimum 2 years of active membership in NCURA. This can be waived if the applicant’s own institution agrees to serve as a Host Institution for a future NCURA Global Fellow.
Institutional support as demonstrated by a Letter of Commitment from the applicant’s institutional leadership.
Credentials and the ability to travel outside the applicant’s own country.

Selection Criteria

International research administration experience
National research administration experience
References (must be NCURA members)
Quality of the statement of interest
If applicant is applying to more than 1 Fellowship type, NCURA will select the applicant for no more than 1 Fellowship type

FAQs:

Can I apply for more than one Fellowship type at a time?: Yes. You can apply for multiple Fellowship types; however, if you are applying to more than one Fellowship, NCURA will select you for no more than 1 Fellowship type at any given time. Once you have been selected for a Fellowship, you will not be eligible to.
If I have been a Fellow in a previous year, when am I eligible to apply for a Fellowship again in the future?: You will be eligible to apply for a fellowship after 3 years. For example, if you have been selected as a 2019 Fellow, you can apply again in 2022 to be a 2023 Fellow.
Is there a limit on how many times I can apply to be a Fellow?: No, but if you have been selected as a Fellow within the past 3 years, you are not eligible to be selected.

Contacts

Jan Bruegmann, Global Liaison, NCURA. bruegmannGC@ncura.edu +1-202-466-3894

NCURA Global Fellowship