Public Scholars Fellowship
Scholarship. Practice. Engagement.
Moynihan Public Scholars are academic researchers, public service practitioners, and writers or journalists with a demonstrated ability for blending heterodox thought, political engagement, and popular communication. Like Senator Moynihan, Public Scholars pursue bold, heterodox ideas in service of the public good. Public Scholars receive robust unrestricted awards and spend up to one year at City College writing, teaching, and participating in a thriving intellectual community that includes yearly cohorts of Moynihan Public Service Fellows.
Fellowship Features
The Moynihan Public Scholars Fellowship offers robust support to mid-career academics, public servants, and journalists pursuing bold ideas in service of the public good. Features include:
Financial Support
Fellows receive unrestricted awards of up to $100,000
New York City
Fellows spend one year in the nation’s intellectual and creative epicenter.
Office Space
Each fellow has access to dedicated office space on City College’s historic uptown campus
Class
Fellows teach one undergraduate course at one of the nation’s most diverse and talented colleges.
Seminar
Weekly seminars convene fellows with students, faculty, and leaders in their field.
Events
Fellows participate in highly visible public events held at City College’s landmark Shepard Hall.
Beware of certainty where none exists. Ideological certainty easily degenerates into an insistence upon ignorance.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan