The SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University seeks applications for Visiting Fellows . By enabling the Institute to integrate a broader range of people into our work, the SNF Agora Visiting Fellows program supports the institute’s overall mission of strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue. The program recruits a cohort of fellows from diverse sectors, disciplines, backgrounds, and ideologies to join the institute for a year to work with our permanent faculty, researchers, and students. It welcomes applicants from media, academia, the arts, and other fields.

Fellowship candidates should propose specific fellowship projects they want to pursue. These projects may be undertaken at any time within the fellowship year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027).  

SNF Agora Visiting Fellows are expected to periodically go to JHU’s campus in Baltimore to meet the terms of their project.

The 2026-27 theme is Democracy and the Media: “The institute seeks fellows interested in how these evolving media forms relate to and shape democracy, including: how they may promote or dissuade free speech, as well as burgeoning structural and financial pressures on journalistic norms and reporting standards.”