Fellowship announcements
If UBIAS members would like to announce call for fellowships, please send an email to Mylène Trouvé at ubiasnetwork@gmail.com with the following:
- Fellowship name/type
- Institute
- Application deadline
- A short description of the fellowship of a max of 80 words
- Website link to the call.
ZuKonnect fellowships for early career researchers from africa, asia and latin america
ZUKUNFTSKOLLEG, KONSTANZ
Up to 4 (post-)doctoral stipends for an on-campus research stay at the Zukunftskolleg are available for up to 3 months (with justification for up to 4 months). The on-site ZUKOnnect Fellowships are complemented by a digital affiliation extending it to a duration of 12-months. The start date for the digital affiliation is summer 2023. The preferred start date for the on-site ZUKOnnect Fellowships is between 15 September 2023 and 15 October 2023.
BOBSTIBER FELLOWSHIP in transatlantic Audtrian and central european relationships
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - central european university
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS) and the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University in Budapest (IAS CEU) are pleased to invite applications for the fellowship in Transatlantic Austrian and Central European Relations for junior researchers for the academic year 2023/24. Fellowships are available for all scholarly work related to the transnational and transatlantic relationship between the United States and present-day Austria or the countries that historically make up the Austro-Hungarian or Austrian Empires and Central Europe, coming from all disciplines, including history, politics, economics, social sciences and cultural studies broadly understood. This joint fellowship seeks to strengthen, further and make visible scholarship on modern and contemporary as well as on imperial and post-imperial Austria and Habsburg Studies, and on issues of transfer, migration and exchange, as testified in Austria’s and Central Europe’s special relationship to the United States, direct and indirect.
6 OPEN FELLOWSHIPS AT TUM
Institute for advanced Study - TECHNISCHE ÜNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
The TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS) hereby invites Proposals for Fellowships in the following categories of its Fellowship program:
- Albrecht Struppler Clinician Scientist Fellowships for excellent physicians working at the TUM School of Medicine, TUM University Hospital or German Heart Centre Munich who intend to carry out a research project at the intersection of medicine and another research field within the TUM subject portfolio (more information)
- Anna Boyksen Fellowships for outstanding top-level female professors from outside TUM who intend to explore gender- and/or diversity-relevant topics in the context of the TUM subject portfolio (more information)
- Hans Fischer Fellowships for outstanding early-career scientists from outside TUM (more information)
- Hans Fischer Senior Fellowships for renowned international scientists from outside TUM (more information)
- Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowships for highly qualified researchers from industry (more information)
- Philosopher in Residence for internationally leading and emerging representatives of the field of philosophy (more information)
Further information on the conditions and the selection process is available here.
Proposals are to be submitted online (link to the application forms) by Tuesday, January 31, 2023 (12:00 p.m./noon CET).
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPs
COLLEGIUM HELVETICUM - ZÜRICH
With its junior fellowship program, the Collegium Helveticum aims to support outstandingly promising academics and artists at a critical stage of their career. The program is designed to encourage work that transgresses disciplinary boundaries in unconventional ways. We also encourage small interdisciplinary teams of up to three people to apply with a joint project.
Junior fellows are early-career researchers working in academic or artistic disciplines at postdoctoral or equivalent level for art school graduates. We invite international applications as well as application from scholars and artists currently affiliated with one of the Collegium Helveticum’s supporting institutions, ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich (UZH), and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
Application deadline: March 1, 2023 (23:59 CET)
More information Here.
JNIAS Fellowship
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advance Studies
Application Deadline: 30 September 2022
The Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies (JNIAS) was set up nearly twenty years ago as part of a public university. Since January 2008 over two hundred fellows from all over the world have come to the Institute as Fellows. In order to take part in the next Scholarly community, apply here.
Human+ Marie Sklodowska Curie Cofund Fellows
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Trinity College Dublin
Application Deadline: 19 August 2022
HUMAN+ is an international and interdisciplinary fellowship programme led by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute and ADAPT, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Digital Content Innovation, at Trinity College Dublin, and supported by the prestigious European Commission (EC) Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Action. HUMAN+ seeks to recruit world leading researchers with a background in either Computer Science & Electronic Engineering or Arts & Humanities, who understand technology as well as humanistic principles, to conduct two-year postdoctoral research fellowships in Ireland addressing human centric approaches to technology development. To achieve this, HUMAN+ research topics are divided into two research strands which the applicant must choose between at the application stage. Strand 1- Questions that consider technological developments from the humanistic perspective Strand 2- Research for the development of computing technology with insights informed by the Arts and Humanities. Recruited Fellows will: • Be provided with a 24-month fully paid Fellowship based in either the Trinity Long Room Hub or the ADAPT Centre • Be supported by a dedicated multidisciplinary and intersectoral supervisory team consisting of a Primary Supervisor from their chosen disciplinary area, a Co-Supervisor from the alternate strand and an enterprise mentor from their secondment organisation. • Deepen their disciplinary expertise while developing their interdisciplinary competencies through being trained in the methodologies and theoretical foundations of the arts and humanities and information sciences alike. The programme will run until 2025 and consist of a number of application rounds with regular cut-off dates until the 18 fellowship positions are filled.
OPEN CALLS FOR FELLOWSHIPS AT member institutes:
fellowship Programme - Call for applications 2022-2023
French Network of Institutes for Advanced Study
The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10-month fellowships in the five Institutes of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, and Nantes. It welcomes applications from high-level international scholars and scientists primarily in the fields of the social sciences and the humanities (SSH). The Paris IAS also welcomes projects at the interface between SSH and the cognitive and neuro-science.
Interested parties must have a strong interdisciplinary dimension and aim at a major advance on their topic or in methods. An essential selection criteria is the capacity of the proposed projects to make explicit their potential impact beyond their discipline/field and possibly beyond academia. Priority will be given to projects addressing societal challenges or offering innovative insights into the functioning of humans and societies.
The FIAS fellows will benefit from the support and conducive scientific environment offered by the IAS, in an interdisciplinary cohort of fellows and in close relation to the local research potential. The fellows will be free to organize their work and conduct research as they wish.
Available positions for the 2022-2023 academic year: 28
- Paris: 17
- Marseille: 4
- Montpellier: 3
- Nantes: 4
Deadline: 6 July 2021
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Poster
Call for Applications: 12 2-year memberships in the “Young Academy for Sustainability Research”
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
The University of Freiburg is launching the "Young Academy for Sustainability Research" in October 2021 with the objective of hosting six external (national and international) and six post-doctoral talents from Freiburg to undertake research in the field of sustainability at the University of Freiburg. The "Young Academy for Sustainability Research" is funded by the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation and administered at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies.
Deadline: 11 July 2021 (23:59 CET)
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JIAS 2022 Writing Fellowship
Institute: Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study is calling on interested candidates to apply for the 2022 Writing Fellowship. The Fellowship will run from 1 February to 31 May 2022. To apply, please submit a two-page proposal and a comprehensive CV. Referees should submit three letters of reference directly to jiasfellowship@uj.ac.za. Please note that reference letters should not be submitted by applicants themselves and incomplete applications will not be considered. Please note that due to the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19, successful applications may be deferred or withdrawn due to travel restrictions.
Deadline: 16 July 2021
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IAS CEU CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2022/23
Institute: Institute for Advanced Study Budapest, Central European University Budapest, Hungary
The Institute for Advanced Study CEU offers residential fellowships to highly accomplished senior and promising young scholars seeking to spend 6-10 months in an interdisciplinary intellectual community of their peers while pursuing their own research. Currently, they are accepting submissions for various fellowship schemes, namely:
- the Junior and Senior Core Fellowship,
- the Botstiber Junior Fellowship in Transatlantic Austrian and Central European Relationships,
- the Affiliated Fellowship program, as well as
- the Artist in Residence program for writers and visual/new media artists.
Deadline: 25 August 2021
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Call for Fellowships 2022
Institute: University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS), University of Strasbourg, France
The University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS) has launched its annual call for Fellowships for 2022. The Institute funds excellent research in all scientific domains. Each year, the Institute selects around 15 fellows for a period of between three months to two years. Fellowships are available to researchers wishing to carry out original research in interaction with researchers at the University of Strasbourg and/or to use specific Strasbourg research facilities. Eligible candidates should be at the level of at least assistant professor (tenure track) or equivalent.
Deadline: 15 September 2021
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Fellowships at the Zukunftskolleg
Institute: Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany
The Zukunftskolleg has opened its 16th call for applications for 5-year Research Fellowships and 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships. Researchers in the early stages of their careers who plan to develop and implement an independent research project are invited to apply for a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship (three positions). The fellowships are open to researchers from all fields represented at the University of Konstanz. The call for applications as well as information about the eligibility criteria and the application process can be found here. Researchers with significant work experience at the postdoctoral level are welcome to apply for a 5-year Research Fellowship (three positions). The fellows build their own academic profile by leading an independent research group at the University of Konstanz. 5-year. Research Fellowships are also open to researchers from all fields represented at the University of Konstanz. More information on this opportunity can be found here. Questions can be directed to Anda Lohan via e-mail: a.lohan@uni-konstanz.de.
Deadline: 15 October 2021, 11:00 am (Konstanz time)
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OPEN POSITIONS FOR UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AND POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS 2020-2021
Institute: Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, Fudan University, China
The Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences (Fudan IAS) is seeking applicants for the full-time positions of University Distinguished Professor and post-doc fellows in Political Science, Economics, and Sociology. The positions are open until filled and the employment starts at any time between 2020 and 2021. Salaries and benefits (depending on the position) are standardized and globally competitive. Applicants must have the ability to communicate fluently both in English and in Mandarin Chinese.
Deadline: open until filled.
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Post-doc fellows
THREE 6-MONTH JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY (FEBRUARY-JULY, 2022)
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
FRIAS in conjunction with the International Balzan Prize Foundation offers three 6-month Junior Fellowships in Global Environmental History for the period from February to July 2022. The fellowships are funded from the Balzan Prize awarded to Professor Jürgen Osterhammel by the Fondazione Internationale Premio Balzan. They are addressed to scholars preparing a post-doctoral research monograph on a topic of global environmental history. Fellows will join the multidisciplinary community at FRIAS and will have full access to the facilities and activities at the Institute.
Deadline: 30 June 2021
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3-MONTH VISITING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY IN 2022/23
Durham University’s Institute of Advanced Study
The Durham University Institute of Advanced Study provides a unique environment to foster transformational thinking, and seeks to catalyse new ideas by bringing together world-leading researchers from all disciplines to work with Durham scholars on collaborative interdisciplinary projects. Applications are now invited for Fellowships in 2022/23. Each year the IAS supports a number of funded collaborative research projects, and Fellowships are available for scholars who would like to apply to engage with these (see www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study/projects/future-projects/. Scholars may also apply to come to Durham for a term to work on other collaborative interdisciplinary research with academics at Durham University. All applicants must have a Durham host and a collaboratively composed Fellowship plan.
Deadline: 25 June 2021
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ZUKUNFTSKOLLEG NETWORK RESEARCH VISIT PROGRAMME
Institute: Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany
This funding programmes seek to enhance international research cooperation and to support international mobility. It funds temporary research stays of one to three months at the Zukunftskolleg for international exchange among peers. It is open to all Fellows of the UBIAS network. The aim of the Research Visits is to provide an opportunity to engage in a research project at the University of Konstanz, ideally in collaboration with a Zukunftskolleg fellow. No limitation is placed on the area of research within the humanities, natural and social sciences. Interdepartmental and interdisciplinary study is encouraged. The grant will cover travel and accommodation costs plus a contribution to the living costs.
Deadline: 4 June and 5 July 2021
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Poster
RESEARCHER RECRUITMENT FOR AY2022
Institute: Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS), Waseda University, Japan
WIAS was established in September 2006 to enable promising and talented researchers to focus on their research activities under fixed-term contracts in a rich research environment. At present, around 30 researchers at WIAS are performing advanced research on a wide range of themes, with no limitation regarding field of study. WIAS is currently recruiting researchers for AY2022, when they will undertake highly creative research projects that have the potential to identify issues for the future investigation, and who will carve out new fields of study within the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. They will be required to teach at least one full-year class per year (equivalent to two half-year classes), and may teach up to three full-year classes per year (equivalent to up to six half-year classes) at Waseda University. Persons with a doctorate, preferably granted after April 1, 2012, or those who are expected to obtain a doctorate by the time of appointment, are eligible to apply.
Deadline: 8 June 2021, 5 pm (Japan time)
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SEVERAL CALLS FOR FELLOWSHIPS
Institute: Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), Edinburgh
IASH is pleased to announce a new three-year project examining a variety of topics centred on decoloniality. The Institute Project on Decoloniality 2021-2024 (IPD ‘24) is now open for applications. The Institute and its partners warmly encourages Fellowship applications from scholars around the world, exploring issues including but not limited to: decolonising gender and sexuality, anticolonial and decolonial theory, race and racialisation, and Scotland’s role in the British Empire. See https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/institute-project-decoloniality for more details. As well as in-person Fellowships, the IASH is happy to accept applications for hybrid / remote-working Fellowships for applicants who are unable to travel to Edinburgh. It is important to note that they still welcome applications on all topics and in all areas of the arts, humanities and social sciences to continue IASH’s traditional interdisciplinary work across disciplines, alongside IPD’24.
Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021-22
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Fellowships lasting up to ten months from candidates in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. IASH provides an enviable location in one of the world’s most intellectually inspiring cities, together with a dynamic network of international connections. £13,000 bursary available.
Junior Anniversary Fellowship 2021-22
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
This ten-month Fellowship is for the most promising early-career scholars in the arts, humanities and social sciences. For 2021-22, we seek applications centred on the place of the humanities in the 21st century to take forward inquiry in a cross-disciplinary way, perhaps at the outermost boundaries of the humanities, arts and social sciences. £15,000 bursary available.
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Applications are invited for three- to six-month Fellowships from postdoctoral scholars in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, to examine special collections held at the University of Edinburgh. The collections include archives, manuscripts, rare books, art, musical instruments and other museum collections, many of which have either not been catalogued or not fully researched, presenting novel opportunities to a wide range of scholarly disciplines. Topics for 2021-22 can include Identities & Inequalities, International Connections: Focus on Africa or Materials & Materiality. £7,500 bursary available, plus travel grants.
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
This three-month Fellowship is intended to encourage outstanding early-career interdisciplinary research and scholarly collaboration in the broad field of modern and contemporary history. The CSMCH has selected an interdisciplinary research theme for this year ('crisis'), which applicants must address. Otherwise, there is no limit on geographical area or time period, as long as the bulk of research falls within the 'modern and contemporary' period (c.1750-present). £3,300 bursary available, plus travel grants.
Digital Scholarship Visiting Research Fellowships 2021- 2022
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
These Visiting Fellowships of between three and six months are intended to encourage outstanding digitally-focused, interdisciplinary research, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities with a specific focus on the digital. £7,500 bursary available.
IASH-Alwaleed Research Fellowship 2021-22
Applications are invited for three- to ten-month visits from researchers working in the field of contemporary Islam and Muslim culture, in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World. We would particularly welcome applications linked to the themes of the new Institute Project on Decoloniality. Projects dealing with other themes in relation to the Muslim world will also be fully considered for this round of Fellowships. £13,000 stipend available.
IASH-CTPI Duncan Forrester Fellowship
Applications are invited for three- to ten-month visits from researchers working in any of the research areas of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI). The applicant’s project must relate broadly to public theology, in relation to areas such as: peacebuilding and the arts; theology, politics, and migration; theology and environmental ethics; theology, law and justice; and decoloniality. £13,000 stipend available.
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Applications are invited from postdoctoral scholars working in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, to help provide evidence for research which will be part of the Institute Project on Decoloniality. Using the University of Edinburgh’s own archive and related collections, you will undertake research for three to ten months that uncovers evidence, narratives and addresses the silences in the University’s colonial legacy. In doing your research, you will work with the archivists to feed information back into the descriptions of these collections to readdress the knowledge and access to the collections, people and the stories within them. Stipends of up to £13,000.
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS (100%)
Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, University of Zurich, Zurich University of the Arts
The Collegium Helveticum is pleased to share the new fellowship programme, starting at 1 September 2021. As an Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) run jointly by ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and Zurich University of the Arts, the Collegium seeks to promote exchange and collaboration across disciplinary boundaries. Up to eight scholars and artists will have the opportunity to spend 10 months in 2021/22 as junior fellows at the Collegium Helveticum, located in the ETH Zurich's historical observatory («Semper Observatory»). The call is open for early-career researchers working in any academic or artistic disciplines at postdoc or equivalent level (for artists). Junior fellows receive a grant in the form of a full-salaried post at ETH Zurich. The fellows will be able to pursue individual projects and become part of the Collegium’s international network and fellow community. The Collegium’s work and meeting rooms, its new art and exhibition spaces and its various opportunities for exchange and interaction offer ideal conditions for a thriving culture of dialogue and a creative environment for innovative academic and artistic projects.
Deadline: 30 April 2021
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SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND TRANSATLANTIC TANDEM FELLOWSHIPS
Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS), Universidad de Guadalajara
The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) is accepting applications for six 4 to 8-month residence fellowship for experienced senior researchers. According to the CALAS research program, applicants are expected to contribute to the development of new methodological and analytic approaches to understand the changes and crises in Latin America. CALAS also accepts applications for two dual research fellowship (up to six months each) inside its program "Transatlantic Tandem," one located at its headquarters in Guadalajara, Mexico, the other one located at its regional office in San José, Costa Rica. Two researchers – one affiliated with a Latin American academic institution and the other one affiliated with a German academic institution – will work collaboratively on a particular research topic related to the CALAS overall research approach.
Deadline: 18 April 2021
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JUNIOR/SENIOR INDIVIDUAL AND TANDEM FELLOWSHIPS FOR 3-5 MONTHS
The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), University of Ghana
The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) offers five Individual Fellowships (Junior/ Senior) for 3-5 months each, and one Tandem Fellowship (Junior/ Senior) for two fellows for 3-5 months each at the University of Ghana for the period between 15 January and 31 July 2022. Individual fellowships will allow researchers to conduct a project of their own choice. These projects can be of an opening, continuing, or closing nature. The successful applicants will become MIASA Fellows with all the corresponding rights and obligations for the agreed fellowship period. The tandem fellowship will allow the researchers who are teaming up to pursue a joint academic project, which can be of an opening, continuing, or closing nature. Two researchers – one from Africa and one from Germany – will work in a collaborative manner on a particular research topic in the Humanities and Social Sciences, addressing in one way or another MIASA’s overarching aims. Their joint application must highlight the additional academic value of their cooperation. The application should also define the objectives and anticipated outcomes of their collaboration. The successful applicants will become MIASA Fellows with all the corresponding rights and obligations for the requested funding period.
Deadline: 31 March 2021
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TWO 2-YEAR JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS WITHIN THE “YOUNG ACADEMY FOR SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH”
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
The University of Freiburg is going to launch the “Young Academy for Sustainability” in spring 2021 with the objective of hosting the world’s finest post-doctoral talents to undertake frontier research in the field of sustainability. The “Young Academy for Sustainability Research” is funded by the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation and provides two 2-year anchor junior fellowships, including an attractive salary, a research cost contribution and conference grants as well as other benefits.
Deadline: 14 March 2021 (23:59 CET)
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SEVERAL CALLS FOR FELLOWSHIPS
Institute: Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), Edinburgh
IASH is pleased to announce a new three-year project examining a variety of topics centred on decoloniality. The Institute Project on Decoloniality 2021-2024 (IPD ‘24) is now open for applications. The Institute and its partners warmly encourages Fellowship applications from scholars around the world, exploring issues including but not limited to: decolonising gender and sexuality, anticolonial and decolonial theory, race and racialisation, and Scotland’s role in the British Empire. See https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/institute-project-decoloniality for more details. As well as in-person Fellowships, the IASH is happy to accept applications for hybrid / remote-working Fellowships for applicants who are unable to travel to Edinburgh. It is important to note that they still welcome applications on all topics and in all areas of the arts, humanities and social sciences to continue IASH’s traditional interdisciplinary work across disciplines, alongside IPD’24.
American Philosophical Association Edinburgh Fellowship 2021-22
Deadline: 15 December 2020 (17:00 EST)
The American Philosophical Association (APA) sponsors one Visiting Research Fellowship per year at IASH. The APA Fellow has a private office in the Institute, is a member of the Institute’s lively research community and has full borrowing rights at Edinburgh University Library. The Fellowship is for a period of 2 to 6 months. Applicants must be members of the APA. No stipend available, although travel grants may be awarded.
American Philosophical Society Fellowship 2021-22
Deadline: 1 February 2021 (17:00 GMT)
The Fellowship is for two to four months and is for research in any aspect of the humanities and social sciences; particularly welcome are applications linked to the themes of the new Institute Project on Decoloniality (IPD'24). The Fellowship is available only to residents of the United States (either American citizens or foreign nationals or permanent residents affiliated with a U.S. institution) or American citizens resident abroad. $6,000 bursary.
Deadline: 26 February 2021 (17:00 GMT)
The Fellowship is for three months and is for arts and humanities research (including South Asian film, literature, history etc) but excludes social science research. Applicants must be Indian citizens, resident and pursuing their academic careers in India. They must have a doctorate and be under 45 at the time of application. £4,200 bursary plus £600 travel grant.
Combe Trust Fellowship 2021-22
Deadline: 26 February 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellowship in 18th-Century Scottish Studies 2021-2022
Deadline: 26 February 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Digital Scholarship Visiting Research Fellowships 2021- 2022
Deadline: 26 February 2021 (17:00 GMT)
These Visiting Fellowships of between two and four months are intended to encourage outstanding digitally-focused, interdisciplinary research, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities with a specific focus on the digital. £1,000 bursary available.
Environmental Humanities Visiting Research Fellowships 2021-22
These Visiting Fellowships of between two and four months are intended to encourage outstanding interdisciplinary research, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities of Visiting Research Fellows with a specific focus on the Environmental Humanities. £1,000 bursary available.
IASH-Alwaleed Research Fellowship
The IASH-Alwaleed Research Fellowship is intended to encourage outstanding interdisciplinary research in the field of contemporary Islam and Muslim culture, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities of visiting Research Fellows together with academics in the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World: www.alwaleed.ed.ac.uk. £3,500 bursary plus travel grants.
IASH-SSPS Research Fellowships 2021-2022
The IASH-SSPS Research Fellowships are intended to encourage outstanding interdisciplinary research, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities of visiting Research Fellows together with academics in the School of Social and Political Science (SSPS). Two to four month visit. Stipends available at £1,300 per month.
Deadline: 26 February 2021 (17:00 GMT)
The Visiting Research Fellowships are for visits to Edinburgh of between two and six months for research in all areas of the arts, humanities and social sciences. For 2021-22, applications from scholars based in the Nordic and Baltic countries are particularly welcome, as part of the university's Northern Scholars scheme. Unfunded, although travel grants may be available.
CALL FOR ZUKONNECT FELLOWSHIPS
Institute: Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany
Up to 4 (post-)doctoral stipends are available for up to 3 months (with justification for up to 4 months) and are based at the Zukunftskolleg. The start date is between September 1st, 2021 and October 1st, 2021. The on-site stipends are complemented by a digital fellowship extending it to a 12-month fellowship.
The Zukunftskolleg Konnect Fellowships support early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America who are associated with one of the thirteen departments at the University of Konstanz. ZUKOnnect Fellows can use this time to extend their research networks and to get to know the research environment at the University of Konstanz while keeping their roots and position at home. As these fellowships can build a first bridge to the German and European academic system, we also encourage doctoral students in their last year to apply. From this call onwards, the “Manfred Ulmer-Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft” will support one ZUKOnnect Fellowships.
Deadline: 24 February 2021
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Poster
HUMAN+ FELLOWSHIPS 2021-23
Institute: Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
HUMAN+ is an international and interdisciplinary fellowship programme led by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute and ADAPT, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Digital Content Innovation, at Trinity College Dublin. It is supported by the prestigious European Commission Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie cofund actions. The HUMAN+ fellowship programme will appoint up to 18 fellows for two-year periods between 2021 and 2025. It is seeking world leading researchers with a background in either Computer Science & Engineering or Arts & Humanities, who understand technology as well as humanistic principles, to address human centric approaches to technology development. The first call for applications for fellowships to commence in October 2021 is now open until 19 February 2021 (extended from 30 January 2021).
Deadline: 19 February 2021
Read more about the call: https://humanplus.ie
2021 FELLOWS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Institute: The Institute for Advanced Studies @ Université de Cergy-Pontoise / Paris Seine initiative
This is a residential programme hosting max. 8 researchers from outside CY Initiative, for a period ranging from 4 months to one year. This programme aims at promoting interdisciplinary exchanges, international collaborations, and at strengthening the attractiveness of CY Initiative partners. All fields of research are eligible. Fellows are encouraged to develop their research in line with the research activity carried out by the CY Initiative laboratories. Three types of fellowships are proposed:
- Junior fellowships: for researchers who have obtained their PhD over the last ten years, with or without a permanent position at a university or research institute. These fellowships are awarded for a duration of one year and may be renewed for one additional year.
- Senior fellowships: for researchers who have obtained their PhD more than ten years ago, with a permanent position at a university or research institute. These fellowships are awarded for a duration of 4 to 10 months and, in case of long-term collaborations, can be divided into two or three stays, of minimum 3 months each.
- National fellowships at junior or senior level: for researchers holding a permanent position in French higher education and research institutions. For one semester, CY AS offers the possibility to host researchers during a CRCT or délégation period by reimbursing teaching costs to their home institution. This scheme is also open to international researchers from partner universities.
Program description
Platform for application
Deadlines:
- summary of the research project: 11 January 2021, 13:00 CET
- full application: 10 February 2021, 13:00 CET
AIAS-COFUND MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWSHIPS
Institute: Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark
Up to 15 AIAS-COFUND fellowships are available for talented researchers from around the globe holding a PhD and at least two years of fulltime postdoctoral research experience after completing their PhD. Applicants can choose their research topic freely within all academic areas. Fellowships start on 1 October 2021 or 1 February 2022.
Deadline: 15 January 2021 at 12.00 (noon) CET
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CALL FOR SENIOR FELLOWSHIPS
Institute: Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany
The Zukunftskolleg has launched a call for Senior Fellowships. The Senior Fellowship will be awarded to up to three researchers for the year 2020/21. The duration of the award is no less than 3 months and not more than 12 months, depending on the work plan submitted. Upon agreement the fellowship can be divided into two to three research stays.
The Senior Fellowship is open to established researchers with an outstanding research record and who have at least seven years of independent academic work, emeriti included. Next to the excellence in the research field, documented by publications and awards, the applicants must have extensive experience in supervision and mentorship of early career researchers. Furthermore, applicants will need to identify a local host amongst the current fellows of the Zukunftskolleg with whom they intend to team up during the fellowship.
The fellowships may begin as early as 1 April 2021, but no later than 1 June 2021.
Questions can be directed to Anda Lohan or Daniela Kromrey via e-mail: zukunftskolleg.seniors@uni-konstanz.de.
Deadline: 15 December 2020, 11:59 pm (CET)
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS – TUM-IAS FELLOWSHIPS 2020
Institute: TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS), Technische Universität München, Germany
The TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS) invites applications for Fellowships in the following categories of its Fellowship program:
- Anna Boyksen Fellowships for outstanding scientists from outside TUM who intend to explore gender- and diversity-relevant themes in the context of the TUM subject portfolio (more information).
- Hans Fischer Fellowships for outstanding early-career scientists from outside TUM (more information).
- Hans Fischer Senior Fellowships for renowned international scientists from outside TUM (more information).
- Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowship for a highly qualified researcher from industry (more information).
Further information on the conditions and the selection process is available in the attachments and here. Applications are to be submitted online (link to the application forms).
To scientists and TUM professors considering a future collaboration, the Institute would also like to point out the TUM Global Visiting Professor Program (more information) for short-term visits of up to three months. During this initial shorter visit, prospective collaborators can explore the possibility of a future, more long-term collaboration in the framework of an Anna Boyksen, Hans Fischer (Senior) or Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowship. The TUM Global & Alumni Office will publish a call for proposals for this program by the end of September 2020.
TUM-IAS explicitly encourages nominations of and applications from women as well as from all others who would bring additional diversity dimensions to the university’s research and teaching strategies.
Deadline: 27 Ocotber 2020
15TH CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - FELLOWSHIPS AT THE ZUKUNFTSKOLLEG
Institute: Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany
The Institute offers:
- Three to five 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships for all those in the early stage of their academic career who plan to develop and implement an independent research project. The target group consists of researchers at the postdoctoral level, who are open-minded, risk-taking, and intellectually gifted, so that they can reasonably be expected to take up leading roles in academia. Furthermore, one Cluster-Zukunftskolleg Fellowshiprelated to the study of collective behaviour can be funded by the "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" directly. An additional Cluster-Zukunftskolleg Fellowship can be funded by the Cluster of Excellence "Politics of Inequality" for projects investigating the political causes and consequences of inequality.
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Three 5-year Research Fellowships to promote researchers with significant work experience at the postdoctoral level aiming for a career in academia. The fellows build their own academic identity by leading an independent research group at the University of Konstanz. These fellowships are available to researchers characterised by a strong and creative mind, an ability to think and communicate beyond their own disciplines, regardless of their nationality.
Both Fellowships are open to researchers from all fields represented at the University of Konstanz.
Deadline: 15 October 2020, 11:00 am (Konstanz time)
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UP TO 25 INDIVIDUAL MARIE S. CURIE FCFP FELLOWSHIPS (JUNIOR/SENIOR) FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/22
Institute: Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
FRIAS is announcing its eighth call for applications for the FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Programme (FCFP) and invites outstanding international senior and junior researchers from all disciplines and nationalities to apply. Fellowships of 3 to 10 months in the senior scheme and of 12 months in the junior scheme may be applied for. Conditions are internationally competitive. All fellowships will be awarded through a highly competitive, strictly merit-based selection process. The FCFP is co-financed by the EU’s Marie S. Curie Actions COFUND Programme.
Deadline: 30 September 2020
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IAS CEU CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2021/22
Institute: Institute for Advanced Study Budapest, Central European University Budapest, Hungary
The Institute for Advanced Study CEU offers residential fellowships to highly accomplished senior and promising young scholars seeking to spend 6-10 months in an interdisciplinary intellectual community of their peers while pursuing their own research. Currently, they are accepting submissions for various fellowship schemes, namely:
- the Junior and Senior Core Fellowship,
- the Botstiber Junior Fellowship in Transatlantic Austrian and Central European Relationships,
- the Fritz Thyssen Junior Fellowship,
- the Affiliated Fellowship program, as well as
- the Artist in Residence program for writers and visual/new media artists.
Deadline: 1 September 2020
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