Fellowship announcements

PASt - EXPIRED - call for fellowships:

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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University Distinguished Professor
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

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

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.

• 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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Postdoctoral Fellowships
Research Fellowships
Poster

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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