FPO Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

The FPO Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage and support original and significant studies exploring the complexities of human orientation. The Foundation for Philosophical Orientation (FPO) primarily supports innovative dissertations in the wider field of philosophical scholarship, but also outstanding projects in any academic field (in the humanities, the social sciences, as well as the natural sciences, including biology, psychology, sociology, or astrophysics) if they make significant contributions to the philosophy of orientation. Projects may involve philosophical reorientations in history and today; the structures of human orientation in space and time; memory studies and brain research; the economic, political, communicative, religious, or ethical dimensions of decision-making; global reorientations connected with the Anthropocene and the digital transformations of the world. The FPO is especially committed to supporting courageous reorientations in philosophy and beyond. These 12-month fellowships provide $30,000 for full-time dissertation writing during the academic year 2026-2027. Dissertations must be written in English and connect with the philosophy of orientation.