Fulbright-Freud Visiting Lecturer of Psychoanalysis

Type
Jointly sponsored grants
Application Period
4 February–15 September 2025
Grant Length
4 months
Starting Date
March 2027 (orientation in late February)
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Generously funded by the Sigmund Freud Museum

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Only applications submitted using the online portal managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE) will be considered. Before starting your application, please read the information about the grant provided below.

Applications are not currently being accepted. The link to the online application management system will be available on this page when the application period starts.

Grant summary

Recipients of this award conduct research at the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna and teach one course or seminar on a topic related to the research project at a Viennese host institution. Details of the teaching assignment are to be arranged by the Sigmund Freud Foundation and Fulbright Austria in consultation with grantee.

Grant amount & benefits

  • €5,000 per month (approx. $5,500; exchange rates may fluctuate) for four months
  • Travel and relocation allowance of €1,000 (approx. $1,100; exchange rates may fluctuate)

Qualifications & eligibility

This teaching and research grant is open to associate and full professors. Applicants should have several years of teaching/lecturing or professional experience in relevant fields of psychoanalysis.

All applicants must have US citizenship. (Having a US green card, permanent residency, or a residency permit is not sufficient.)

Fulbright-Freud scholars are expected to have a basic knowledge of German; English may be used as the language of instruction.

Fulbright Austria expects applicants to take all possible measures to avoid plagiarism. For resources on plagiarism, please visit these external resources:
 

Catalog text

The IIE catalog with the official grant text and full award details is available from early February to mid-September.

The possibility of spending my sabbatical working at the Freud Museum drew me immediately to apply for the Fulbright. My interest was further piqued by learning that I would also have the opportunity to teach a seminar on my research project.

-Jennifer Friedlander, 2020–21 Fulbright-Freud Visiting Lecturer of Psychoanalysis

Recipients of this Fulbright grant

2000–01

Jay Geller
Vanderbilt University

2001–02

Diane O'Donoghue
Tufts University

2003–04

Peter Rudnytsky
University of Florida

2004–05

Mary Bergstein-Massi
Rhode Island School of Design

2005–06

Vamik Volkan
University of Virginia

2006–07

Ann Pellegrini
New York University

2007–08

Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein
Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California

2009–10

Ruben Gallo
Princeton University

2009–10

Steven Miller
State University of New York, Buffalo

2010–11

Liliane Weissberg
University of Pennsylvania

2011–12

June Pilcher
Clemson University

2012–13

Robert Tobin
Clark University

2013–14

Pamela Cooper-White
Columbia Theological Seminary - Decatur

2014–15

Michelle Duncan
Cornell University

2015–16

Thomas Kohut
Williams College

2016–17

Eric Anderson
Rhode Island School of Design

2017–18

Donna Orange
New York University

2018–19

Christine Coffman
University of Alaska

2019–20

Stefan Bird-Pollan
University of Kentucky

2020–21

Jennifer Friedlander
Pomona College

2021–22

Ricardo Ainslie
University of Texas at Austin

2022–23

Richard Lane
University of Arizona

2023–24

Paul Allen Miller
University of South Carolina

2024–25

Max Cavitch
University of Pennsylvania

Hibat-Ullah Khelifi
Contact Person

Hibat-Ullah Khelifi

Scholar Program Officer
Liaison for the Fulbright Specialist Program, Intercountry Lecture Program, and Fulbright Schuman Program
TEL. +43-1-236 7878 - 15
HKhelifi@fulbright.at

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