The Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab (SNAPL), part of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), offers two two-year postdoctoral fellowships starting in fall quarter 2027.
Fellows work in one of four research tracks — Talent Flows and Development, Nationalism and Racism, U.S.-Asia Relations, or Democratic Crisis and Reform — lead a thematic collaborative research group and support the lab’s student programming alongside their own research and publications.
Benefits & funding
- Annual salary of US$83,000 plus benefits.
- Two-year appointment; extension possible, subject to performance and funding.
- Access to Stanford research facilities and to FSI and campus events.
- Fellows must be in residence at APARC for the whole appointment and take part in center and lab activities.
Eligibility
- A PhD received within three years of the fellowship start date (fall 2027).
- Candidates still finishing may apply if the dissertation is submitted and approved for conferral by June 30, 2027; proof of conferral is due by August 31, 2027.
- Research on contemporary Asia within one of the four tracks; candidates with overlapping interests may apply to more than one track.
- No nationality or residence restriction is stated; Stanford considers applicants regardless of national origin.
Application process
- 1Complete the online form and upload, as PDFs, a letter of request on your research, experience and plans for solo and co-authored publications, plus an academic CV of up to two pages.
- 2Have three referees email their letters to the lab by December 1, 2026; the application is complete only once all three arrive.
Program timeline
Application and reference deadline
December 1, 2026
Dissertation submitted and approved for conferral
June 30, 2027
Proof of degree conferral due
August 31, 2027
Fellowship begins
Fall quarter 2027