FW: CfA: Andrew W. Mellon East-Central European Research Visiting Fellowships 2005/2006

[Katalin Fabian]

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> Subject: CfA: Andrew W. Mellon East-Central European Research Visiting
> Fellowships 2005/2006
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> CfA: Andrew W. Mellon East-Central European Research Visiting
> Fellowships 2005/2006
> 
> Andrew W. Mellon East-Central European Research
> Visiting Fellowships 2005/2006
> in the Humanities and Social Sciences
> 
> Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Fellowships
> 
> CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
> 
> Deadline: November 30, 2004
> 
> 
> I. Objective
> 
> The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
> (CAORC) and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)
> jointly award Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Fellowships in
> the Humanities and Social Sciences. The three-month
> fellowships, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon
> Foundation, will enable scholars from Eastern and
> Central Europe to work in Vienna on research projects
> of their choice within the framework of the scholarly
> community and activities of the IWM.
> 
> II. Conditions
> 
> Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Fellows are invited to spend
> three months at the IWM to pursue their research
> projects while working in residence at the Institute.
> The fellows will receive a stipend of EUR 7.630,-
> (paid in three instalments) to cover living expenses,
> travel, health insurance and incidentals. The IWM will
> provide Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Fellows with a guest
> apartment, an office with a personal computer and
> access to email and internet, in-house research
> facilities and other relevant sources in Vienna.
> Fellowship terms are July ­ September 2005; October ­
> December 2005; January ­ March 2006; and April ­ June
> 2006.
> 
> III. Eligibility
> 
> The IWM is accepting applications from scholars from
> Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
> Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia for
> its Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Fellowships. The
> candidates
> 
>    * must be citizens or permanently reside in one of
> the countries concerned
>    * must have obtained a Ph.D. and
>    * should hold a senior academic position (at least
> associate professor level).
> 
> The fellowships are intended for younger postdoctoral
> scholars and, although there is no specific age limit,
> preference will be given to those under 45 years of
> age.
> 
> Research projects must be thematically related to the
> IWM's research fields.
> 
> IV. Jury
> 
> A jury of experts will evaluate the applications and
> select the finalists. Members of the jury are:
> 
> Ira Katznelson
>    Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History
> at Columbia University, New York
> J�nos M�ty�s Kov�cs
>    Professor of Economics and Political Science,
> E�tv�s Lorand University, Budapest, and
> Permanent Fellow of the IWM
> Charles Taylor
>    Professor emeritus of Philosophy, McGill
> University, Montreal; Professor of Philosophy and Law,
> Northwestern University, Chicago
> 
> V. Application
> 
> The application consists of the following materials:
> 
>   1. the application form (please download Word
> document or PDF or request by fax: +43-1-313 58-30 or
> e-mail: fellowships at iwm.at);
>   2. a concise research proposal in English (max. 4
> pages, doublespaced, A4)
>   3. a curriculum vitae and list of publications, and
>   4. names of two referees familiar with the
> applicant's academic work
> 
> Please send the application by mail to
>    Institut f�r die Wissenschaften vom
> Menschen
>    Fellowship Coordinator
>    Spittelauer L�nde 3
>    1090 Wien
>    Austria
> 
> Advance copies by e-mail are eligible:
> fellowships at iwm.at / Subject header: Mellon
> Fellowships
> 
> Deadline for application is November 30, 2004 (date of
> receipt).
> 
> VI. Notification
> 
> Applicants will be notified of the jury decision in
> early 2005; it is not required for the jury to
> publicly justify its decisions.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Location: Austria (for applicants from Select CEE countries)
> Deadline: November 2004
> Website: www.iwm.at
>