The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s 2020-2021 cohort, was announced on the 22nd of May 2020, including 42 fellows representing six countries. The acceptance rate for the incoming class was 2.8 percent, from a pool of nearly 1,400 applicants.

Radcliffe is planning a virtual fellowship at this time, with the possibility of a residential component, pending decisions on Harvard-wide policies by University leaders, informed by epidemiological models of the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. More information on

More info on Prof. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s award and multidisciplinary project titled, “Aesthetics of Memory, Narratives of Repair” can be accessed here: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/pumla-gobodo-madikizela and https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/05/radcliffe-institute-announces-2020-2021-fellows.