Category: Fellowships

IMERA Call for Fellowship Applications (France)

IMéRA Calls for applications
IMéRA – Institute for Advanced Study of Aix-Marseille University – is issuing calls for applications for residencies between September 2016 and July 2017:
A general Call for individual applications: open to scientists and artists
Specific Calls for individual applications: open to scientists
A general Call for team applications: open to scientists and artists

Deadline: 27 November 2015 (included)
Announcement of the results: 19 February 2016
IMPORTANT NOTICE – Eligibility conditions vary according with applications:
General calls are open to scientists and artists with or without official status and residing outside France, and are not targeted;
Specific calls are open only to persons with university or researcher position in a foreign institution, and cover research disciplines or themes.

Applications can only be submitted on IMéRA’s website.

Short–term post-doctoral fellowships (France)

The Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme and its partners offer post-doctoral fellowships to researchers in the social and human sciences for periods from 1 to 6 months.

The program breaks down into two sections
1. The INCOMING program
This program targets researchers affiliated with an institution of higher education and research or a public/private research institute based aboard wishing to undertake a research stay in France.
2. The OUTGOING program
This program targets researchers residing and affiliated with a French institution of higher education and research or a public/private research institute who would like to benefit from a research stay in another country.

Applications
Please refer to the different calls to find out what arrangements apply to the competition you have chosen (geographical area, length of the fellowship) and the application procedure.
OPEN Calls for applications
Africa  FMSH-IFAS : France > Southern Africa (french) (outgoing)
America FMSH-IFEA : France > Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (french) (outgoing)America FMSH-CEMCA :  Mexico > France (french) (incoming)
America FMSH-CEMCA : France >  Mexico (french) (outgoing)
Asia  FMSH-EFEO : France >  Asia (french) (outgoing)
Asia FMSH-IFEAC : France> Central Asia (french)  (outgoing)
Asia FMSH-IFEAC :  Central Asia > France (incoming)
Europe FMSH : South Caucasus > France (incoming)
Europe FMSH-CEFR- : Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine  > France (incoming)
Europe FMSH-IFEA : France > Istanbul (outgoing)

COMING Calls for applications
Asia FMSH-ICSSR : France >  India (outgoing)

Native American Residency Fellowships (Vermont)

Native American Residency Fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center

This Fellowship program was established in 2011 to support the development of visual artists and the potential for inter-cultural dialog. Each year, the Foundation awards two residency fellowships to Native American visual artists at the Vermont Studio Center. Each Fellow receives a one-month residency, which includes room and board, a private studio, and a $500 travel stipend.

Founded by artists in 1984, the Vermont Studio Center is the largest international artists’ and writers’ Residency Program in the United States, hosting 50 visual artists and writers each month from across the country and around the world. The Studio Center provides 4-12 week residencies on an historic 30 building campus along the Gihon River in Johnson, Vermont, a village in the heart of the northern Green Mountains.

Two Fellowships are awarded annually to Native American visual artists who demonstrate:
• Strong artistic ability
• An evolving practice this is at a pivotal moment in its development
• A practice that engages a dialogue between the artist’s indigenous world and the surrounding culture

Application Process and Deadlines
The annual application deadline is February 15. Artists must apply online. To find out more about this opportunity, please contact David Grozinsky at 802 635-2727 at the Vermont Studio Center or Lissette Garciaat Harpo Foundation.

Robert Bosch Cultural Managers in the Arab World

Robert Bosch Cultural Managers in the Arab World

Sponsor:Goethe-Institut

Amount:Historically, the monthly stipend has been 1.800 €. Starting in March 2016, two fellowships are available in Egypt. The fellowship will last one year with an option for extension.

Applicant Type:New Faculty/New Investigator; Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional

Citizenship or Residency: Germany

Activity location:Egypt

Deadline: 15 November 2015

Since October 2005 cultural managers from Germany have been sent to institutions in the Arab world. Locations so far have included Assiut in Egypt, Marrakesh in Morocco, Tripoli in Lebanon, Aden in Yemen, Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, and Aleppo in Syria. Currently, one cultural manager is active in Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia, and three cultural managers are active in the Nile Delta, Northern and Southern Upper Egypt.

For 2016, the program will offer to fellowships as cultural managers in Egypt. The fellows will organize educational and cultural projects in order to support the dialog between Germany, Europe, and the Arab world.

Robert Bosch Cultural Managers are offered fellowships and are tasked, through cultural events and other opportunities to socialize, with expanding the information on offer and supporting the dialog between Germany, Europe, and the Arab world.

The fellowship awarded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung gives fellows the opportunity to obtain further practical qualifications in international cultural management and to distinguish themselves in the area of international cultural exchange.

The work of a cultural manager varies greatly depending on the specific needs of the site. Generally, the fellow is to convey an image of contemporary Germany in the host country through innovative projects and is also to inspire the local population for German culture. As the guest of a cultural institution in the Arab world, he or she promotes international relations by helping to organize networking structures for sustainable cooperation between the host country and Germany, but also in the region. The fellow proposes cultural and educational offerings that relate to Germany. This includes organizing expositions, musical events, workshops, lectures and theater projects, but also fundraising and acquiring funds from third parties as well as media and public relations work.

The program Robert Bosch Cultural Managers in the Arab World is a cooperative endeavor of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Goethe-Institut. As the regional institute for the Middle East and North Africa, the Goethe-Institut in Cairo supports and coordinates the cultural managers.

Hong Kong Postgraduate Fellowships

Applications are invited for the Hong Kong Postgraduate Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) studentships to commence study in September 2016. HKPFS is a special scheme run by the HK University Grants Council designed to attract the best students for doctoral study in Hong Kong. The scheme is extremely generous in terms of remuneration and benefits and it is open to all applicants irrespective of nationality. For a copy of HKBU’s information about the scheme, please contact Colin Sparks.

Over the last few years, the School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University has been increasingly successful in helping students obtain these very competitive awards. We should like to ask you to encourage any of your students who are interested in pursuing doctoral studies to apply to us.  The School is a large one with a wide range of research interests.  We are interested in potential students who wish to research in the following areas:
*Film Studies (documentary studies, television studies and Asian cinemas are particularly strong specialisms)
*Journalism (comparative media systems, media education and literacy, and Chinese media are particularly strong specialisms)
*Communication Studies (advertising and public relations, organisational and health communication are particularly strong specialisms)

Students with other interests within these general areas are strongly encouraged to contact the School to discuss whether we possess the expertise to supervise them should they decide to apply.

Our doctoral programme is very international in orientation and composition.  Roughly 30 per cent of our doctoral students are from outside China. We have students from Europe, the US, Africa, South Asia and East Asia and we are keen to maintain such a cosmopolitan student body.  The general conditions for admission to the university’s Graduate School are at: http://gs.hkbu.edu.hk/.

Hong Kong is an excellent place to study for a doctoral degree and a very exciting place to live. HKBU is very well supported by the UGC and research is one of our main priorities. Universities enjoy a  high level of academic freedom. (Incidentally, despite its name, Hong Kong Baptist University is a secular public university that welcomes students of all religions and none.)  Hong Kong bills itself as “Asia’s World City” and has a diverse population.  Faculty and students are active participants in the city’s vigorous civic life.

There is a two-step application process.  Potential students must first register their interest with the UGC at the URL above and obtain a registration number. They then apply to HKBU through the Graduate School using that registration number as a reference.  Applications are exclusively electronic. Applicants must submit their initial applications through the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme Electronic System before the deadline on 1 December 2015 at 12:00 noon Hong Kong Time.

Should any of your students be interested in learning more about these opportunities, they can feel free to contact the Director of the Doctoral Programme, Colin Sparks.

International Research Center for Japanese Studies: Visiting Research Scholar 2017-18

Visiting Research Scholar 2017 – 2018
The International Research Center for Japanese Studies is one of the constituent institutions of the National Institutes for the Humanities, which was established as an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation under a law effective April 2004. Founded in May 1987 as an inter-university research institute of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, this Center seeks to promote comprehensive, international, and interdisciplinary research on Japanese culture, and to foster cooperation among researchers in Japanese studies worldwide. In order to broaden and deepen research on Japanese culture and bring together researchers in a variety of specialized fields, the Center regularly appoints a number of scholars from around the world as Visiting Research Scholars.

The Center invites applications from scholars who wish to conduct research while in residence here. Visiting Research Scholars are expected to engage in collaborative activity with the Center’s permanent faculty by, for example, participating in at least one of our team research projects (“kyōdō kenkyū”).

Number of Openings
Several positions

Obligations
The Visiting Research Scholar will be free to carry out his/her individual research, but must join in at least one team research project.
You are required to submit a report about trends in Japanese Studies in your country.
You are required to submit one article to either one of the two Nichibunken journals, Nihon Kenkyū (in Japanese) or Japan Review (in English).

Qualifications and Eligibility
Researchers of any nationality not more than 65 years old when the research period begins, who live outside Japan, are eligible to apply. Others whom the Director-General of this Center deems to have equivalent qualifications as a researcher may apply, provided that they meet the age criteria.

Applicants who meet the following criteria are preferred
⑴ Researchers employed by a university or other research institution.
⑵ Researchers with a doctoral degree.
⑶ Those whom the Director-General deems to have equivalent qualifications as above ⑴ and ⑵.

Proposed Duration of Stay (Research Period)
We are now accepting applications from The Visiting Research Scholar candidates for the fiscal year 2017(April 1, 2017～March 31, 2018), expected to start their stay on a date within this period. The stay must be for a minimum of three (3) months but not exceed the maximum of twelve (12) months. (It is possible for a period of stay to extend into the following fiscal year.) Along with a first preference for a period of stay, please indicate a second preferred period.

Examples
2017 Apr. 1 ～ 2018 Mar. 31　(for one year)
2018 Jan. 1 ～ 2018 Dec. 31 (for one year)
2018 Mar. 1 ～ 2019 Jan. 31 (for eleven months)

Salary and Conditions
⑴ The Visiting Research Scholar’s salary will be determined on the basis of salary regulations and will reflect the Visiting Research Scholar’s seniority. It will be paid on the appointed day each month.
⑵ Roundtrip travel expenses will be paid according to a rate stipulated in the regulations.
⑶ A research allowance (including a domestic research travel expense allowance) will be disbursed to each Visiting Research Scholar.
⑷ The Center’s library, computers, and other facilities, including an individual research room, will be made available for the use of the Visiting Research Scholar, in the same way as for a regular full-time employee of the Center.
⑸ Visiting Research Scholars have opportunities for presentation of research findings in seminars, public lectures, and the Nichibunken Forum held by the Center.
⑹ Housing accommodations will be available on the site of the Center. (There are charges for the use of these facilities.)

Application Procedure
Please fill in the application form below and submit it as an e-mail attachment. You will receive an e-mail confirmation when it arrives.　If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation of its arrival, please send an e-mail to the address “for inquiries only” or inquire at Nichibunken by telephone or fax.
PDF file (210KB)
MS Word file（131KB)

Application Deadline
The application must reach the Center before the end of the day (Japan time) on Saturday, October 31, 2015.

Result
All the applicants will be notified of the results by the middle of March, 2016 by post only (to the address of your affiliation)

Address for the Application
Application form only: shinseivrs@nichibun.ac.jp

For Inquiries Only (please use for inquiries concerning applications) :
vrsinquiry@nichibun.ac.jp

International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Research Cooperation Division
3-2 Oeyama-cho, Goryo, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 610-1192, Japan
Phone: +81(0)75-335-2041 Fax: +81(0)75-335-2092

Associate Research Directors (France)

Associate Research Directors (DEA) | Second call for proposals 2016
Deadline : November 9th, 2015

Created in 1975 upon the initiative of Fernand Braudel, in collaboration with the French Secretary of State for Universities, Department for Higher Education and Research, the DEA Programme (Directeurs d’Études Associés, or Associate Research Directors) is the oldest international mobility programme at Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme. It provides funding to invite international scientific experts from across the globe for one month to six weeks and enables them to carry out work in France (field enquiries, library work and archives).

Participation requirements
The programme is intended solely for professors and senior researchers with a PhD, or equivalent, working in institutions of higher education and research.
Applicants must be no older than 65 at the time of their stay.

Benefits
An allowance of 3 300 € is awarded for transport and stay expenses. In addition, FMSH provides support for visa applications and logistics (accommodation and access to libraries).

Applications and deadline
Applications must be sent before November 9th 2015.

Content of the application
• A curriculum vitae (with date of birth)
• A list of scientific publications
• A research project (4-5 pages) with the dates of stay, and a bibliography
• A letter of support by a French researcher is welcome
• Applications should be sent via our online platform

Once on the platform, in your online application for DEA, please select for the year of the call : 2016 and for the session of the call : November 2015.

For further information or if you encounter difficulties, contact candidatures.dea@msh-paris.fr

After a scientific expertise of the research projects, decisions regarding invitations are made by a commission made up of the administrator, scientific directors of the FMSH, as well as various specialists.

Results will be communicated directly to applicants by the end of March 2016.

The research stay must start no later than November 1st 2016.

Stanford University’s CASBS Fellowships Call (California)

Call for Applications—Stanford’s CASBS Fellowships

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University is now accepting applications for residential fellowships for the 2016-17 academic year.

CASBS has hosted generations of scholars and scientists who come for a year as fellows. Former fellows include Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, winners of MacArthur “genius awards,” and hundreds of members of the National Academies. Fellows have played key roles in starting new fields, ranging from cognitive science to behavioral economics to the sociology of urban poverty. They have developed new policies and practices in fields as diverse as medicine, education, electoral politics, Third World development, and crime prevention.

The CASBS fellowship provides an opportunity for scholars to pursue innovative research and expand their horizons while engaging in a diverse, interdisciplinary community.

Online applications will be accepted at the Center’s website through November 6, 2015, for the 2016-17 fellowship year.

AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (Washington, DC)

The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships is seeking doctoral level social scientists for a one year public service and professional development opportunity at the intersection of science and policy in Washington, DC. Fellows serve yearlong assignments in all three branches of the federal government to gain a stronger understanding of science and policy and are prepared to develop and execute solutions to address today’s most challenging societal issues.

Click here to read how alumnus fellow Kevin Foster, PhD Anthropology, Executive Branch Fellow at the National Science Foundation, and now Associate Professor at University of Texas, Austin, applied his fellowship experience to his career in academia.

Application deadline for the 2016-17 fellowship year is November 1, 2015.

Join us for a video chat on Thursday, August 20 with current fellows to hear how they’ve incorporated their background in the social sciences to policy.

To learn more about the chat and RSVP click here.

Beijing Normal University postdoc (China)

The Department of Digital Media, School of Art and Design at Beijing Normal University invites applications for Post-doc Research Fellow in

(A) Communication (with specializations in Digital Media, Media Art & Design, or Political Communication) OR
(B) Data Mining on Social Media OR
(C) Statistics

Appointment to the appropriate rank will be considered with reference to the candidate’s qualifications and experience. Applicants should (i) possess a PhD degree from a reputable university; (ii) have undertaken research in the aforementioned field(s); (iii) be proficient in English OR Chinese; (iv) be able to publish research output with international impact.

Appointment(s) will normally be made on contract basis for up to 20 months, which, subject to funding, performance and mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment. Salary will be highly competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please email the Application Materials (full curriculum vitae, together with copies of qualification documents, a publication list and abstracts of selected published papers) to ZHANG Lun.