Medical Humanities Fellows/Stanford Humanities Center

Stanford Medicine physicians interested in pursuing nonfiction or scholarly work in the Medical Humanities are invited to apply for a fellowship at the Stanford Humanities Center.

Applications for 2026–27 academic year are currently being accepted and are reviewed on a rolling basis.

The Medical Humanities fellowship program is housed at the Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford's center for advanced research in the humanities, located on the historic campus. During their fellowship, Medical Humanities fellows have a dedicated office at the Center, and are immersed within an interdisciplinary community of scholars. Medical Humanities fellowships are typically for one academic quarter; shorter lengths of residency may be considered.

Eligibility

The following Stanford medicine affiliates are eligible to apply for this fellowship: UML faculty, UTL faculty, clinical educations (CE), and SoM instructors with access to sabbatical or professional development leave. Especially appropriate for this fellowship are candidates who are developing or completing a nonfiction project that could benefit from humanistic collaboration. Fellows are expected to be excused from at least 80 percent of research and clinical duties during the fellowship term. Applicants must provide documentation from their Division Chief or Department Chair attesting coverage of the Humanities Center’s fees ($6,000) associated with the position.

Apply

Please submit the materials listed below to Svetlana Turetskaya, sturetsk@stanford.edu, Humanities Center program manager. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

• Curriculum vitae of no more than 10 pages

• Project  statement: brief description (500–750 words) of the writing/research project to be pursued during the fellowship. Please explain the objectives, significance, methodology, and originality of the project in a manner clear to an interdisciplinary audience of academics within and outside the medical humanities. Please also indicate your preferred quarter (if any) for fellowship leave (fall, winter, or spring)

• Confirmation of Leave and Financial Support from division chief/department chair: please download the form, complete it, and send to Svetlana Turetskaya at sturetsk@stanford.edu.

• One recommendation letter (recommended but not required)

Contact 

For additional questions and/or to apply please contact Svetlana Turetskaya, sturetsk@stanford.edu.