Scholars who are particularly interested in opportunities at NTU are encouraged to send a CV by 31 October 2025 to D-HASS@ntu.edu.sg.

About the Fellowship
The NTU CoHASS Early Career Research Fellowships aims to nurture promising young researchers within the humanities, arts, and social sciences, enabling them to develop strong, independent research portfolios while contributing to the College's research, teaching, and intellectual life.

Fellows will be appointed to one of CoHASS’s constituent Schools or research centres. They will pursue research in their own disciplinary field while also engaging with the College’s cross-disciplinary research clusters. Fellows contribute to teaching and administration in their host School and may participate in cross-college initiatives. Each Fellow will be supported by a named faculty mentor within their host unit to provide academic guidance and career development, while maintaining full independence in their own research.

This three-year appointment offers early-career scholars the opportunity to establish themselves as future leaders in research and teaching within a vibrant, interdisciplinary academic environment.

NTU’s College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences includes four schools: Humanities; Social Sciences; Art, Design and Media; and the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, in addition to the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration. Disciplines include economics, psychology, sociology, politics and global affairs, communication, information and media studies, history, linguistics, philosophy, art history, literary studies, and art, design and media.

Areas of Research
Scholars from all humanities, arts, and social science disciplines are welcome to apply, provided their research engages meaningfully with one or more of the following College’s thematic clusters.

Digital Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

• Digital capitalism and its impact on society and culture
• Use of computational, digital, and AI tools
• Digital and AI-driven creativity, cultural production, and conservation
• Ethical and governance frameworks for AI
• Overall goal, to support flourishing of human individuality amid expanding digital capitalism

Global Asia

• Develop COHASS as an Asia-wide hub for Global Asia studies
• Trans-disciplinary research on intra-Asian connections and Asia’s engagement with the world
• Grow Southeast and South Asia add to expertise on East Asia focus
• Policy-relevant but research-rooted

Health, Culture, and Society

• Build on strong base in economics, psychology, and sociology
• NTU as a leader in medical humanities and societal health research
• Deepen partnerships with hospitals and healthcare practitioners, in Singapore and the region

Arts, Culture, and Sustainability

• Cross-college centre on arts, culture, sustainability, and technology
• NTU Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science are jointly establishing the Max Planck-NTU Centre for Biocultural Worlding in January 2026; the first Max Planck Centre in the Humanities in Asia
• Collaborate with Singapore's cultural sector to drive regional leadership in this space

Scholars who are particularly interested in opportunities at NTU are encouraged to send a CV by 31 October 2025 to D-HASS@ntu.edu.sg.

The Nanyang Assistant/Associate Professorship (NAP) scheme offers outstanding early-career researchers and exceptional scholars from Singapore and around the world the opportunity to pursue research excellence and develop into future academic leaders at NTU. Successful NAP awardees will be given a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor appointment and granted a substantial start-up grant (SUG) to lay the foundation for their research ventures within the university.

This is a prestigious and highly competitive scheme for ambitious, outstanding researchers who have the potential to make major intellectual breakthroughs and will shape their fields for years to come. Successful applicants are expected to demonstrate an excellent track record of publications in their field. They typically possess at least three years post-PhD experience and are ready to share a concrete proposal for their next research project that makes full use of the opportunities and resources available as part of the NAP scheme.

Eligibility criteria

• Applicants must be early career researchers, holding a PhD or equivalent degree, obtained within the last 10 years.
• Scholars from across the humanities, arts, and social sciences are welcome to apply, particularly those whose research engages substantively with one or more of the College's thematic clusters outlined above.
• A strong track record of early achievements.
• Selected candidates must be committed to taking up an independent research appointment at NTU.

Benefits
NAP Awardees will enjoy a comprehensive set of benefits designed to support and enhance their academic and research at NTU:


Note: Click here for more information on the respective schemes:
National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellowship
Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship (only applicable to Singaporean awardees)

The awardees will also have access to excellent R&D infrastructure, featuring state-of-the-art laboratories provided by the University, as well as opportunities for research funding.

NTU is an equal opportunity employer. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic university comprising faculty and staff who are committed to research, teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We invite individuals of diverse gender, ethnicity, and other under-represented groups, including those with disabilities, to apply.

Candidates are strongly advised to discuss their application with the relevant School before submission.