Fellowship announcements
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Young Academy for Cultures and Societies Research (YAC)
Freiburg INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
The Freiburg Postdoctoral Academy (FPA) invites early career researchers (with 2 to 6 years of post-doctoral experience) from various disciplines to apply for 10 memberships in the newly launched Young Academy for Cultures and Societies Research. The programme, running from October 2025 to September 2028, focuses on the topic “The Good Life – What Makes a Good Society” and offers individual and group research budgets, networking opportunities, and project support.
TAMPERE IAS SENIOR (6) AND POSTDOCTORAL (9) FELLOWSHIPS
TAMPERE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
The Tampere IAS exists to help ambitious researchers to take their research to the next level. To do this, Tampere IAS has opened a call for applications for six three-year Senior Fellowships and nine two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships. The call is open globally to all researchers from the research fields represented in the comprehensive Tampere University.
Application deadline: 3 March 2025.
More information is available here.
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Intelligence (INTELLIGENCE3)
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS)
HCAS, the Neuroscience Center at Helsinki Institute of Life Science, and the Department of Computer Science of the University of Helsinki invite applications for 3 three-year Fellowships, starting in August 2025.
The aim is to work on a more comprehensive conception of the nature of intelligence by integrating research results and methods from the humanities and social sciences, neuroscience, and computer science.
HCAS is looking for researchers working on cognition in three different fields 1) the humanities and social sciences, 2) cognitive and systems neuroscience, and 3) computer science.
Application deadline: February, 25, 2025.
More information is available here.
Research in Groups
Center for Interdisciplinary Research
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University's Institute for Advanced Study, offers researchers the opportunity to work together on current, original topics. Researchers from all disciplines and all countries can apply in the following formats: visiting groups (1 to 3 months), resident groups (4 to 6 months), long-term groups (several visits over a period of up to 3 years)
Deadline: 24 April 2025
The detailed calls for applications can be found on the ZiF website.
AIAS Science Diplomacy Theme Group fellowships
Arhus Institute for advanced Study
AIAS is pleased to announce 10-month fellowships in Science Diplomacy. The call is open for researchers of any nationality or academic disciplines with research profiles within the thematic scope of the call. The target group is talented researchers at all career stages with a minimum of a PhD degree at the time of application.
With the AIAS-SD Theme Group Fellowship, AIAS aims to advance the research-based focus and knowledge of the interdisciplinary relatedness of science diplomacy as an impactful factor across research fields.
Deadline for application: 5 February 2025 at noon CET.
Know more about the fellowships by visiting our website.
TIAS 2024_2025 fellowships
Turku Institute for advanced study
TIAS invites applications for four (4) Collegium and three (3) Postdoctoral Fellow positions for three-year period starting from 1 September 2025. TIAS selects its Fellows via an international call for applications and welcomes applications from all disciplines within its five constituent faculties (Economics, Education, Humanities, Law and Social Sciences). Selection of successful applicants will be on the basis of academic excellence.
Call deadline: 8 January 2025 at 16:00
More information here
Dieter Schwarz Fellowship
TUM-IAS
The 9-month Fellowship promotes the research areas of the TUM Campus Heilbronn through international cooperation with other universities and research institutions. Outstanding international scientists who intend to explore innovative, high-risk topics in the key areas researched at the TUM Campus Heilbronn together with a TUM research group are eligible for this Fellowship. A nomination must be made by a TUM professor who acts as a host. The proposal is to be submitted jointly by the nominee and the planned TUM host. More information here
Dieter Schwarz Courageous Research Grant
TUM-IAS
The Grant will give the opportunity to collaborate with TUM in conducting promising "High Risk - High Gain" research projects to international scientists who intend to use groundbreaking technology to propose a radical solution to a major challenge in the area of “Digitization and Sustainability”. A nomination must be made by a TUM professor who acts as a host and partner. The proposal is to be submitted jointly by the nominee and the host. The Fellowship lasts three years, with the expectation that the Fellow will spend a total of at least nine months at TUM. more information here
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship
TUM-IAS
Up to 9 Fellowships will be awarded to outstanding international scientists from outside TUM who intend to explore innovative, high-risk topics in their research areas together with a TUM research group. Proposals related to the field of sustainability are encouraged. A nomination must be made by a TUM professor who acts as a host and partner. The proposal is to be submitted jointly by the nominee and the host. Nominations are invited from all areas of the TUM research portfolio. The Fellowships last 9 months over 3 years. more information here.
Philosopher in residence Fellowship
TUM-IAS
The Philosopher in Residence Program aims to promote discourse between philosophy and other sciences and public debate about the conclusions of this interdisciplinary exchange. This program is supported by the TÜV SÜD Foundation. It is aimed at internationally leading and emerging representatives of the field of philosophy wishing to carry out a joint project with a TUM professor from the fields of natural sciences, engineering, life sciences including medicine and health sciences, economics or social sciences. The proposal is to be submitted jointly by the applicant and a TUM professor who acts as a host and partner. The Fellowship is scheduled for 12 months, at least 4 of which will be spent at TUM.
Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowship
TUM-IAS
The Fellowship will be awarded to an outstanding researcher from industry who would like to expand their connection to a TUM research group. Proposals related to the field of sustainability are encouraged. The proposal is to be submitted jointly by the nominee and the planned TUM host. Applications are invited from all areas of the TUM research portfolio. To increase international collaboration, TUM-IAS especially welcomes applications from companies from outside Germany. The Fellowship lasts 3 years, part of which will be spent at TUM. More information here
2025 residence fellowships
CY ADVANCED STUDY
CY Advanced Studies is pleased to announce its 2025 Fellows-in-Residence Programme, a programme offering 4 to 10 months stays in Cergy. All fields of research are eligible. Two types of fellowships are proposed: senior fellowships (PhD +10 / 4 to 10 months, that can be divided into two stays) and national fellowships (one semester residencies at the junior or senior level, for researchers holding a permanent position in French institutions or international researchers from partner universities). More information on the call for applications here.
Opening of the application platform: October 15, 2024.
Submission of the research project : November 26, 2024, 13:00 CET
Submission of the full application: January 21, 2025, 13:00 CET.
FRIAS SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE FELLOWSHIP FOR SENIOR RESEARCHERS FROM AFRICA
Freiburg Institute for advanced study
For the Academic Year 2025/26, the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies is offering one Individual Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowships for Researchers from Africa (7-month fellowships between September 1st, 2025 and August 31st, 2026. The fellowships are available for researchers with completed PhD plus a minimum of eight years of post-doctoral experience.
Application Deadline: September 13, 2024, 13:00 H CET
All information on the application procedure and on the fellowship conditions is available here
FRIAS EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIPS
Freiburg Institute for advanced study
For the Academic Year 2025/26, the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies is offering Individual Early Career Fellowships (4- to 10-month fellowships between September 1st, 2025 and August 31st, 2026). The fellowships are available for researchers with completed PhD plus a maximum of eight years of post-doctoral experience.
Application Deadline: September 13, 2024, 13:00 CET
All information on the application procedure and on the fellowship conditions is available here.
FRIAS SENIOR FELLOWSHIPS
Freiburg Institute for advanced study
For the Academic Year 2025/26, the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies is offering Individual Senior Fellowships (3- to 8-month fellowships between September 1st, 2025 and August 31st, 2026). The fellowships are available for researchers with completed PhD plus a minimum of eight years of post-doctoral experience.
Application Deadline: September 13, 2024, 13:00 H CET
More information on the application procedure and offered conditions is available here.
AIAS-AUFF Fellowship
Aarhus Institute for Advanced Study
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) is pleased to announce up to 10 AIAS-AUFF Fellowships. The AIAS-AUFF Fellowships are available for curiosity-driven, talented researchers from all over the world and within all research disciplines. Fellowships last for 23 months starting on 1 September 2025.
Deadline: November 5, 2024
Click here to learn more about the programme
CORE FELLOWSHIPS
Helsinki COllegium for advanced study
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) invites applications for fixed-term appointments to begin in August 2025. We are looking for 10–15 Core Fellows representing the career stages of early career (post-doctoral researchers), mid-career (university researchers) and full professors (research directors). Professorial fellows are appointed for a term of six to twelve months, university researchers for one to two years, and post-doctoral researchers for one to three years.
Deadline: 12 September 2024 at 23:59. For more details, click here.
THE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN THE ARTS
HELSINKI COLLEGIUM FOR ADVANCED STUDY
HCAS invites applications for 1–2 Postdoctoral Researchers in the Arts for fixed-term employment from 15 August 2025 to 14 August 2026. The position of the postdoctoral researcher in the arts is located at the Collegium and primarily intended for persons having a doctoral degree in the arts. However, persons engaged in artistic work with a doctoral degree in a different academic field are also eligible to apply. The call is open to practitioners of all fields of art. Successful candidates have the ability to produce high-quality artistic work and conduct research at an internationally significant level. The positions of the postdoctoral researchers in the arts are funded by Kone Foundation. For more details, click here.
Core fellowships
IMERA - InstitutE for Advanced STUDies of
AIX-MARSEILLE University
In collaboration with its partners, Imera is offering 9 residency positions for periods of 5 or 10 months, dedicated to scientists and/or artists. These positions are distributed across four programs developed within Iméra: "Arts &Sciences: Undisciplined Knowledge," "Interdisciplinary Explorations," "Mediterranean," and"Necessary Utopias". Iméra encourages interested individuals to review the details of the four programs on its website.
Deadline: October 21, 2024.
Visiting Researchers stays / Visiting Scholarships
WASEDA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
WIAS is presently recruiting senior level researchers for Visiting Researcher Program and young researchers for Visiting Scholar Program. For further information, please visit our following website
Visiting Researcher:https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2024/04/05/15541/
Visiting Scholar: https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2024/04/05/15538/
Deadline for Application: June 7, 2024, 5 p.m. (Japan time)
CALL FOR A POSITION: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (NON-TENURE-TRACK）
WASEDA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
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 conducting advanced research on a wide range of themes, with no limitation regarding their fields of study. WIAS is currently recruiting researchers for AY2025, as outlined on the following webpage.
Recruitment Information for AY2025 Researchers
Application deadline: June 4, 2024 (Tuesday), 5 P.M. (JST)
Contact: wias-recruit@list.waseda.jp
Research stays
Paris Institute for advanced Study
The Paris IAS offers exceptional researchers in the social sciences and humanities the opportunity to develop a research project in ideal conditions that include a full academic year away from teaching and administrative responsibilities, insertion in an international and interdisciplinary community of top-level researchers and the largest concentration of scientists in Europe, within an excellent work and living environment in the heart of Paris. Researchers will be selected for 5 different programmes, all open to any discipline in the SSH. All programmes (except for our research Chairs) follow the same application process, selection criteria, and conditions. Researchers from all countries are eligible to the programme but they must have spent no more than 12 months in France during the three years prior to the application deadline.
Application deadline: May 5, 2024
For more information, please click here
Research Groups
Israel Institute for advanced Study
The IIAS invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit Research Group (RG) proposals for the 2026-2027 academic year. Proposals may cover any research topic from all disciplines including interdisciplinary research, and must seek to be innovative with potential impact on their research field. RG size is flexible, ranging from 5-8 core fellows, (one of whom may be a postdoctoral fellow). Scholars spend their residency at the IIAS, located in Jerusalem.
What is a Research Group? Each RG brings together a diverse group of scholars to engage in research questions of common interest. The group fellows benefit from integrative thinking and rich dialogue, while expanding individual fellows’ research.
Application deadline: Dec.1, 2024
For more information, please click here
INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS
ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
The IIAS at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IIAS) invites established scholars with tenured position in an academic/research institution from Israel and abroad to submit proposals for an individual fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year (5 or 10 months fellowships). Topics may cover any research area from any discipline and must seek to be innovative, with the potential to impact research in the field. Two or three scholars who will collaborate on the same project should apply individually and state clearly that they wish to work together.
Fellows spend their residency at the IIAS, located at the Edmond J. Safra Givat Ram campus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The IIAS provides fellows with a nurturing and stimulating academic environment, as well as administrative support.
Application deadline: Dec.1, 2024
More information here
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
TAMPERE IAS
The Tampere Institute for Advanced Study grants fixed-term Postdoctoral, Senior and Professorial Research Fellowships to researchers in all scientific fields represented at Tampere University. The Tampere Institute for Advanced Study now calls for applications for 9 two-year, fixed-term and full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions starting on 1 September 2024 and ending on 31 August 2026.
deadline: 4 mars 2024
More information available here.
15 MEMBERSHIPS WITHIN THE “YOUNG ACADEMY FOR SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH” (YAS)
Freiburg institute for advanced studies
The Young Academy for Sustainability Research (YAS) seeks to foster cross-disciplinary cooperation between distinguished young scholars in the field of sustainability research. The Academy’s objective is to provide an institutional structure that will enable early-career researchers to foster multidisciplinary dialogue and collaboration, to start collaborative projects, and to engage with the general public. The Young Academy is self-organised by its members, with support by the FRIAS team.
The Young Academy, which is funded by the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation, was launched in October 2021, and a first cohort of fellows is working on sustainability-related topics until September 2024. In its second cohort, the Young Academy will support 15 post-doctoral researchers – seven from the University of Freiburg and another eight from other universities and research institutions in Germany and abroad. YAS members will participate in 3-day-long quarterly meetings in Freiburg. Regular attendance at the meetings is mandatory.
residence: Oct 1, 2024 - Sept. 30, 2027
Experience: 2-6 years after PhD.
Deadline: March 4, 2024
More information about the call here.
1 FELLOWSHIP IN RESIDENCE AT FRIAS WITHIN THE “YOUNG ACADEMY FOR SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH” (YAS)
FREIBURG INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
FRIAS unites research in all disciplines. It supports academic exchange between disciplines, different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers. Furthermore, FRIAS engages in activities opening the research community to society and politics. The YAS Fellow in Residence will be part of this community and benefit from the lively research environment of the university and its eleven faculties.
The YAS seeks to foster cross-disciplinary cooperation between distinguished young scholars in the field of sustainability research. The Academy’s objective is to provide an institutional structure that will enable early-career researchers to foster multidisciplinary dialogue and collaboration, to start collaborative projects, and to engage with the general public. The YAS is self-organised by its members, with support by the FRIAS team.
The Young Academy, which is funded by the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation, was launched in October 2021, and a first cohort of fellows is working on sustainability-related topics until September 2024. In its second cohort, the Young Academy will support one Fellow in Residence and 15 Visiting Fellows (seven post-doctoral researchers from the University of Freiburg, and another eight from other universities and research institutions in Germany and abroad).
residence: Oct 1, 2024 - Sept. 30, 2027
Experience: 2-6 years after PhD.
Deadline: March 4, 2024
More information about the call here.
Research in Groups
Center for Interdisciplinary Research / Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF)
2024 - 2026
You are interested in interdisciplinary research and want to pursue a current, original topic with a group of scholars? The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University's Institute for Advanced Study, offers the opportunity to do just that on its campus by providing:
- financial resources (e.g. for events, accommodation, travel expenses)
- the necessary infrastructure (e.g. conference and working spaces, apartments)
- organisational support
- time and space for in-depth work on a subject
Deadline: 23 April 2024
All details on our funding format "Research in Groups" and the current Calls for Proposals can be found on our website.
PATHWAYS TO KNOWLEDGE FELLOWSHIP
WARWICK UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
P2K fellows will use the fellowship to undertake a significant piece of innovative, interdisciplinary research and to produce high quality publications.
Fellowships are for one year and will be based at the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) at the University of Warwick. The Fellowships are open to any researcher who has a PhD and more than five years postdoctoral experience from senior research fellows to full professors as we wish to support the development of exciting new thinking rather than focus on specific career stages.
For further information, click here
MIAS call for applications in Arts, Humanities and Social sciences 2024-2025
Madrid Institute for Advanced Study
The Madrid Institute for Advanced Study (MIAS) offers different types of residential FellowshipPrograms for candidates in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Early career researchers, experienced researchers have the opportunity to concentrate on their research within a rich and diverse scientific community, and to participate in seminars and academic events with a dynamic network of international connections. The duration of the different programs ranges from 3 months to 3 years (renewable).
Call for applications deadline: 30.11.2023 (17.00pm Paris Time)
Check on the call for applications here
2024 Fellows-in-Residence Programme
CY Advanced Studies
It is a residential programme hosting max. 6 researchers from outside CY Initiative, for a period ranging from 4 to 10 months. 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.
Two types of fellowships are proposed:
- 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, over multiple academic years.
- 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.
The application, in English only, is a two-stage process:
- The summary of the research project must be submitted by Thursday 23rd November 2023, 13:00 CET;
- The full application must be submitted by Thursday 18th January 2024, 13:00 CET.
Click here for more information
Individual Fellowships 2025-2026
Israel Institute for Advanced Study
The IIAS invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit proposals for an individual fellowship at the IIAS for the 2025-2026 academic year. Topics may cover any research area from any discipline and must seek to be innovative, with the potential to impact research in the field. Two or three scholars who collaborate on the same project should apply individually and state clearly that they wish to work together.
Fellows spend their residency at the IIAS, located at the Edmond J. Safra Givat Ram campus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The IIAS provides fellows with a nurturing and stimulating academic environment, as well as administrative support. Fellows from abroad receive a generous fellowship and subsidized accommodation.
Deadline December 7, 2023
More information here
Research Groups 2025-2026
ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
The IIAS invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit Research Group (RG) proposals for the 2025-2026 academic year. Research proposals may be submitted by initiator(s) affiliated with any academic institution in Israel or abroad. Proposals may cover any research topic from all disciplines including interdisciplinary research, and must seek to be innovative with potential impact on their research field.
RG size is flexible, ranging from 5-8 core fellows, and each RG can include one postdoctoral fellow. Scholars spend their residency at the IIAS, located at the Edmond J. Safra Campus in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.
Deadline: December 7, 2023
For more information, click here
AIAS-AUFF Fellowship
Aarhus Institute for Advanced Study
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) is pleased to announce up to 10 AIAS-AUFF Fellowships. The AIAS-AUFF Fellowships are available for curiosity-driven, talented researchers from all over the world and within all research disciplines. Fellowships last for 23 months starting on 1 September 2024.
Deadline: February 1st, 2024
Click here to learn more about the programme
AIAS-PIREAU Fellowship Theme: 'Labour market transformations and inequality'
AARHUS INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
Interdisciplinary research collaboration and innovative ideas are prerequisite for tackling joint societal challenges. Strengthening global cooperation among relevant research communities will have a significant impact on the mitigation of the negative consequences of the many dimensions of inequality on the rise in our societies.
The AIAS-PIREAU theme-based fellowships seek to enhance interdisciplinary and global collaboration by engaging an interdisciplinary and international group of excellent researchers in theme-based research projects within the scope of PIREAU.
Inequalities have been on the rise in the past decades. Fast-paced transformations of the labour markets – in the form of globalization, de-regulation, digitalization, etc. – are frequently highlighted as a root cause of augmented disparities in citizens’ socioeconomic standing and health status.
Against this background, the theme of this call is ‘Labour market transformations and inequality’. Projects may investigate inequality in economics, health, politics, or any other outcome of societal importance, but should have a focus on how today’s changing labour market affects, or is affected by, these inequities. Within this broad theme, all research questions and approaches are welcome.
Deadline: February 1st, 2024
Click here to learn more about the programme
AIAS-SHAPE Fellowship Theme: 'Democracy and Digital Citizenship'
AARHUS INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
Aarhus University’s Research Centre for Shaping Digital Citizenship (SHAPE) and Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) are pleased to announce five theme-based fellowships of a duration of ten months from September 2024 to June 2025.
AIAS-SHAPE Fellowship Theme: 'Democracy and Digital Citizenship'
Interdisciplinary research collaboration and innovative ideas are prerequisite for tackling joint societal challenges. Strengthening global cooperation among relevant research communities will have a significant impact on tackling the direct and indirect human consequences of technological development and increased digitalization.
The AIAS-SHAPE theme-based fellowships seek to enhance interdisciplinary and global collaboration by engaging an interdisciplinary and international group of excellent researchers in theme-based research projects within the scope of SHAPE.
The theme of this call is 'Democracy and Digital Citizenship'. Fellows will investigate the relationship between data/algorithms and democracy/citizenship and thereby contribute to SHAPE’s collective task of conducting research that helps solve problems related to democracy and citizenship in a digitalized world.
SHAPE is particularly interested in projects that address the democratic fragility that comes with digitalization, for example, the challenge of strengthening citizen participation in democratic processes and increasing the citizenship of (potentially) vulnerable groups.
Deadline: February 1st, 2024
Click here to learn more about the programme
scholarships for post-doctoral researchers in Education
Institute of Advanced Studies of the university of Sao Paulo
Requirements: relevant PhD obtained within the last 7 years, experience in the teaching of science, mastery of modern software, teamwork skills, communication skills, and fluent English.
Deadline: August 30, 2023
Constructive advanced Thinking (2024-2026) Programme
27 participating Institutes, including 16 UBIAS members
CAT fosters networks of excellent early-career researchers dedicated to devising new ideas to understand and to tackle current or emerging societal challenges. Although the programme has a strong focus on the societal relevance of the projects, it is entirely blue sky, bottom-up and non-thematic. CAT encourages collaboration with stakeholders outside academia who are willing to support or engage in innovative research initiatives.
The groups will meet for short stays at different institutes and will be put in contact with the institutes’ fellows and local research communities.
CAT provides teams of early-career researchers (3-5) time and space for thought and discussion in the best research environments Europe has to offer. The groups may include one representative of a stakeholder organization related to the theme of the project. During a period of up to 3 years, teams will benefit from a series of short stays (i.e. 1-2 weeks, 2-3 times a year, for max.6 stays).
Application deadline: 15 October 2023, 15:00 CET
For more details, click here.
Postdoctoral fellowships
Zukunftskolleg, konstanz
The 2023 Postdoctoral Fellowships call offer 5 2-year positions to excellent postdoctoral researchers at the early career level with leadership abilities and a capacity for teamwork. Fellows have a work contract with the University of Konstanz and are expected to have their place of residence in Konstanz. They participate actively in the regular weekly meetings of the Zukunftskolleg and have an opportunity to teach.
Deadline: 10 October 2023, 11:00 am
More information
Artists in residence
Merian Institute for Advanced Study (MIASA)
MIASA invites applications for artists to interact with and accompany Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups and/ or individual or tandem fellows in their ongoing research at MIASA. Artists have the capability to express and present globally challenging topics in a way which can enrich the sciences by introducing disruptive ideas. Similarly, scientific discourse can nourish the creative processes of the arts. MIASA is particularly interested in projects which address one of the following fields: *Meanings of Sustainability; *Environment; *Conflict and Peace; *Democracy; *African Cities; *Restitution; *Migration, and is interested in applications from artists of all creative forms (visual, plastic, textual, digital or performing arts). Artists in residence are invited to MIASA for a 3-month stay within the period from March 2024 to June 2025.
Application deadline: Sept. 15, 2023
More information here
EARly CAREER fellowships
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Study
Early Career Fellowships are available to researchers from any nationality and discipline based in Freiburg, Germany and abroad. They are available for 4 to 10 months between September 1st, 2024 and August 31st, 2025. Applicants must have a completed PhD +max.8 years of post-doctoral experience. Fellowships will allow researchers to conduct their own research projects. Full-time presence at FRIAS is mandatory.
Application deadline: Sept.15, 2023 - 1pm CET
More information here.
Senior fellowships
FREIBURG INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
Senior fellowships are available to researchers from any nationality and discipline based in Freiburg, Germany and abroad. Fellowships are available for 3 to 8 months between September 1st, 2024 and August 31st, 2025).
Applicants must have a completed PhD +8 years of post-doctoral experience or a tenured professorship or equivalent permanent position. Fellowships will allow researchers to conduct their own research projects. Full-time presence at FRIAS is mandatory.
Application deadline: Sept.15, 2023 - 1pm CET
More information here.
RESIDENT fellowships
Institut méditérannéen de recherches avancées
For the year 2024-25, Iméra, the Institute for Advanced Study of Aix-Marseille University is opening 14 resident fellowships ranging from 5 or 10 months, targeting academics and/or artists. The fellowships are distributed over four programs (Arts & Sciences: Indisciplined Knowledge; Interdisciplinary Explorations; Mediterranean; Necessary Utopias). Interested artists and/or academics can apply to one of the residencies.
Application deadline: October 16, 2023, 1 PM (french time)
Contact: constance.moreteau@univ-amu.fr
More information here
CORE FELLOWSHIPS
Helsinki COllegium for advanced study
HCAS invites applications for fixed-term appointments to begin in August 2024. We are looking for 10–15 Core Fellows representing the career stages of early career (post-doctoral researchers), mid-career (university researchers) and full professors (research directors). Professorial fellows are appointed for a term of 6-12 months, university researchers for 1-2 years, and post-doctoral researchers for 1-3 years. Deadline: 14 September 2023 at 23:59. For more details, click here.
THE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN THE ARTS
HELSINKI COLLEGIUM FOR ADVANCED STUDY
HCAS invites applications for 1–2 Postdoctoral Researchers in the Arts for fixed-term employment from 15 August 2024 to 14 August 2025. The position is intended for persons having a doctoral degree in the arts. However, persons engaged in artistic work with a doctoral degree in a different academic field are also eligible to apply. In addition to the doctoral degree, the requirements for the position include experience of artistic work or artistic research. The call is open to practitioners of all fields of art. Successful candidates have the ability to produce high-quality artistic work and conduct research at an internationally significant level. The positions of the postdoctoral researchers in the arts are funded by Kone Foundation. For more details, click here.
USIAS FELLOWSHIPS
UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
The University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS) was created in 2012 to fund excellent, original research in all scientific domains and to serve as a place of intellectual innovation. In order to reach this objective, USIAS welcomes excellent researchers from all countries and all disciplinary backgrounds. Each year, the Institute selects around 15 Fellows for a period of between three months to two years. Application deadline: 5 September 2023. More information on the 2024 Call here.
Young International Academics
Institute for Advanced Studies – University of Luxembourg
The Young International Academics (YIA) postdoctoral programme is an innovative career development programme hosted by the IAS to nurture early-career postdoctoral applicants to advance their interdisciplinary/intersectoral research. Spread over two calls, the YIA programme invites a total of 10 postdoctoral fellows with 36-month contracts each, over a programme-lifespan of 5 years. A unique feature of the YIA is its integration into the University of Luxembourg’s IAS, which promotes excellence and interdisciplinarity in research. For YIA fellows, the IAS provides an excellent environment for interdisciplinary research, mentoring by IAS fellows and an international approach promoting diversity and excellence.
Application deadlines: 30 November 2023 (first call ) and 30 April 2024 (second call)
Website link to the call: Home - Young International Academics "YIA" (uni.lu)
CORE FELLOWSHIPS
Institute for advanced Study at the Central EUropean University
Senior and Junior Core Fellows spend 3-9 months in Budapest and pursue their own research. They receive a stipend and accommodation at the Raoul Wallenberg Guesthouse from the Institute. Fellowships are available in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities, broadly defined. Fellowships run for the full 9-month period (October-June), for the 3-month “short fall semester” (October-December), the 5-months “long fall semester” (October-February) or the 6-month spring semester (January-June). Each year, IAS CEU selects for this program some 15 fellows.
Deadline for application for academic year 2024-2025 is 11:59 p.m. (CET) on 21 September, 2023.
More information.
JOINT BUDAPEST FELLOWSHIPS
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY AT THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS CEU) together with the Democracy Institute (DI) and the Open Society Archives (OSA) at the Budapest Site of CEU are pleased to continue their joint call for applications, after the successful launch of its inaugural fellowship program Revisionism and Falsification, Evidence and Proof for the academic year 2023/24. After the successful launch of its inaugural fellowship program Revisionism and Falsification, Evidence and Proof for the academic year 2023/24, please see the call for the Academic year 2024/5 for the new topic on Falsifying the Future. Deadline for application for academic year 2024-2025 is 11:59 p.m. (CET) on 21 September, 2023.
More information here.
AFFILIATED FELLOWSHIPS
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY AT THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
In addition to our fellowship programs we accept a handful of affiliated fellows at IAS CEU each year. Affiliated fellows typically use their own external fellowships to spend their research period, or parts thereof, at IAS CEU. The minimum stay is 3 months. Affiliated fellows do not receive a stipend and may or may not receive housing from the Institute. Deadline for application for academic year 2024-2025 is 11:59 p.m. (CET) on 21 September, 2023. More information here.
artist in residence FELLOWSHIPS
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY AT THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
IAS CEU offers annually one Writer in Residence fellowship and one Visual/New Media Artist in Residence fellowship to provide selected artists with opportunities to conceptualize and create new works. These two residential fellowships (up to 5 months each with a minimum stay of 3 months) are offered on a competitive basis to writers and visual artists, working in creative writing (such as poetry, prose, drama, screen and playwriting) and in various visual media, including film and digital applications.
Deadline for application for academic year 2024-2025 is 11:59 p.m. (CET) on 21 September, 2023. More information here.
FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY AT THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
Each year the IAS CEU in Budapest welcomes faculty members, for either the Fall or the Winter semester, offering participation in the Institute’s academic and social life, and time and space to withdraw for the duration of one term from some of the usual departmental routine and teaching.
CEU Faculty Fellows will be able to spend time on their research and writing projects alongside an international cohort of Fellows. For any further infiormation and details about application, please see the attached Call for Application. Deadline for application for academic year 2024-2025 is 11:59 p.m. (CET) on 21 September, 2023. More information here.
Interdisciplinary fellows groups
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN AFRICA (MIASA)
The present call is for pre-proposals for Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups (IFGs) for the period from August 15 to December 15, 2024, and from February 1 to May 31, 2025. MIASA hosts two IFGs per year. They are MIASA’s central instrument for fostering original research on ‘Sustainable Governance’ and its connected thematic areas as mentioned above. An IFG brings together a group of four to six fellows, including two co-convenors. One of the two co-convenors is expected to be from the University of Ghana. IFGs are interdisciplinary and international.
The all-important selection criteria are the academic excellence of the application and the fit of the proposed topic with MIASA’s thematic research profile. More information here.
Individual and Tandem Fellowships 2024/25
Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)
MIASA is broadly dedicated to research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, with ‘Sustainable Governance’ as its central topic. Overarching aims of MIASA are working towards a reduction of global asymmetries in knowledge production and bridging the cultural divide between anglophone, francophone and lusophone Africa. MIASA, established in 2018, serves as a hub for exchange, networking and collaboration amongst leading researchers from Germany, Ghana, the African and European continents, and beyond. It is located on the beautiful campus of the University of Ghana at Legon.
The Institute offers time and space for supporting innovative academic projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences of top international quality. MIASA supports these projects via individual fellowships, tandem fellowships with one partner from Germany and the other from Africa, and fellowships as members of Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups. For 2024/25 MIASA is offering up to 10 Individual Residential Fellowships and up to two Tandem Residential Fellowships. Application deadline is 31 August 2023.
one-year Fellowship within the “Young Academy for Sustainability Research” (YAS)
FREiburg institute for advanced study
The University of Freiburg has launched the “Young Academy for SustainabilityResearch” (YAS) in October 2021 with the objective of hosting post-doctoral talents to undertake research in the field of sustainability. The YAS is funded by the Eva Mayr Stihl Foundation. The Fellow is expected to be actively involved in the YASand FRIAS in addition to his or her own research activities and to participate in meetings and projects of the members. YAS is open for applications from all disciplines. More information here.
2024/2025 FIAS Fellowships
French Institutes for advanced Study fellowship Programme
FIAS offers 40 ten-month fellowships in 7 Institutes: 4 in Aix-Marseille, 3 in the Loire Valley Institute (Orléans-Tours), 10 in Lyon, 3 in Montpellier, 4 in Nantes, 13 in Paris and 3 Rennes. The call is open to all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. Research projects in other sciences and in arts that propose a strong interaction and dialogue with the SSH are also eligible. Please check on the IAS scientific priorities before applying. More information here.
VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
WASEDA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
The Overseas Researcher Program provides the eligibility/status at Waseda University for a certain period of time and necessary services for researchers engaging in educational/research activities at their home academic/research institutions outside Japan. This program is designed for conducting research only. Enrolling in courses and earning course credits under this program is strictly prohibited. The applicant must have sufficient language ability to conduct his/her research and educational activities in either Japanese or English. To learn more about the program's conditions, click here.
2024/2025 RESEARCHER RECRUITMENT
WASEDA INSTITUTe for advanced Study
WIAS recruits 10 promising and talented researchers to focus on their research activities under fixed-term contracts in a rich research environment. Fellows conduct advanced research on a wide range of themes, with no limitation regarding their fields of study (SSH, natural sciences). Research themes in line with the Waseda University priorities (Carbon neutrality, life science and data science) in the frame of the Top global university project will be positively considered. More information here.
2024/2025 FULBRIGHT / IMeRA chair in Migration STUDIES
INSTITUT MÉDITERRANÉEN DE RECHERCHES AVANCÉES
The IMéRA and Fulbright chair in Migration studies is open to established scholars. They are invited to conduct their research in any discipline relating to migration studies at IMéRA and to participate in one or two day-long seminars on campus on the theme of the research project.
10-month stays strongly preferred, starting in September 2024.
Applications are due by September 15, 2023.
Apply here
MUSLIM SOLIDARITIES IN THE FACE OF CRISES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN - FELLOWSHIP
Institut méditerranéen de recherches avancées
The 'Muslim Solidarity' resident will contribute to the research project led by Professor Frédéric Volpi and will in particular lead a reflection and field work on one of the themes of the 'Muslim solidarity in the face of crises in the Mediterranean' project. In this context, he will also be an Associate Fellow of the Alwaleed Center at the University of Edinburgh. His/her research work falls within the framework of the priorities of the Mediterranean program of IMéRA and in particular of its research axis on Mediterranean Islam. Learn more about the programme
individual fellowships
Israel Institute for advanced study
The IIAS at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IIAS) invites established scholars with tenured position in an academic/research institution from Israel and abroad to submit proposals for an individual fellowship at the IIAS for the 2025-2026 academic year. Topics may cover any research area from any discipline and must seek to be innovative, with the potential to impact research in the field.Two or three scholars who will collaborate on the same project should apply individually and state clearly that they wish to work together.Fellows spend their residency at the IIAS, located at theEdmond J. Safra Givat Ram campus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The IIAS provides fellows with a nurturing and stimulating academic environment, as well as administrative support. Fellows from abroad receive a generous fellowship and subsidised accommodation.Our expectation is that fellows’ residency will result in creative and original research that can be shared with the international research community. For additional information please visit this link https://iias.huji.ac.il/Individual_researchers
RESearch groups FELLOWSHIPS
ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
THE ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES (IIAS) invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit Research Group (RG)proposals for the 2025-2026 academic year.Research proposals may be submitted by initiator(s) affiliated with any academic institution in Israel or abroad. Proposals may cover any research topic from all disciplines including interdisciplinary research, and must seek to be innovative with potential impact on their research field. RG size is flexible, ranging from 5-8 core fellows,(one of whom may be a postdoctoral fellow). Scholars spend their residency at the IIAS, located at the Edmond J. Safra Campus in Givat Ram, Jerusalem. The IIAS provides its fellows and visiting scholars with a nurturing and stimulating academic environment, as well as administrative support. Fellows from abroad receive a generous stipend and subsidised accommodation.What is a Research Group?Each RG brings together a diverse group of scholars to engage in research questions of common interest. The group fellows benefit from integrative thinking and rich dialogue, while expanding individual fellows’ research. Our expectation is that the RG’s period of residence will result in creative and original research that will be shared with the international research community.Former fellows may apply once 10 years have elapsed from the end of their previous term to the beginning of the academic year of their fellowship. For more information about Research Groups at the IIAS, please visit: iias.huji.ac.il/research-groups
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 US.
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:
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.
