NIAS Visiting Grants 2011/12-Phd Candidates-NIAS-Netherlands
Posted by sakshi on November 21, 2009
The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences offers The NIAS Visiting Grants to Phd Candidates for the year 2010/11 in The Netherlands
As a follow-up to the NIAS Central and Eastern European Residential Fellowship Programme, Trends in Scholarship (1994-1999), a number of grants to reside at NIAS for a three-month period are available to junior scholars from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as to those from the African continent, each year.
Eligibility:
The NIAS Visiting Grants are open to all Central-, East-European and African researchers who meet the following requirements:
- in the possession of a Ph.D. degree
- not older than 45 years of age
- employed at a university or research institution
- able to submit a concrete and well-argued research project
- available for a fixed three-month period.
Application Process:
- If you are interested in being listed as a candidate for a NIAS Visiting Grant, please complete and send in the application form. Information received from you will be treated as strictly confidential and will be used only by the Scholarship Committee and the Directorate. Only fully completed formal applications, together with the required enclosures will be considered. You are requested to limit enclosures to a maximum of three pages double spaced text.
- Three letters in support of your application should be sent separately by professional referees. These referees should not be affiliated with the applicant’s home institution, and preferably be from outside the applicant’s home country (or state in case of the US). These letters should contain the referee’s views on:
- the applicant’s scholarly accomplishments
- the applicant’s research proposal
- the applicant’s ability to exchange ideas in an international, interdisciplinary community.
Application Deadline:
1 May,2010
Application Mailing Address:
Applications should be sent by e-mail to: Application@NIAS.KNAW.NL
Source:
http://www.nias.knaw.nl/en/fellowships/visiting_grants/
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