Call for EURIAS 2012-2013 fellowship program

The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 33 fellowships for the 2011/2012 academic year (3 fellowships are awarded to the Nantes IAS). It proposes 10-month residencies in one of the 14 participating Institutes: Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cambridge, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyons, Nantes, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Wassenaar. The Programme builds on the strong reputation of the Institutes for Advanced Study for promoting the concentrated, self-directed work of excellent researchers within the stimulating environment of a multidisciplinary and international group of fellows.

EURIAS Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in natural and exact sciences, if their proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities. The diversity of the 14 participating IAS -which have agreed on a common selection procedure- offers a wide range of possible research contexts in Europe for worldwide scholars. Applicants select up to three IAS outside their country of nationality or residence as possible host institutions.

Generally speaking, the Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising scholars at an early stage of their careers as well as from established senior researchers. However, the Nantes IAS will only consider senior researchers applications, that is researchers having more than 7 years of full-time research experience after obtaining a doctorate (by the time of the application) or more than 11 years of research experience after obtaining a Master or equivalent.

All IAS have agreed on common standards, including the provision of a living allowance (in the range of 26000 euros for a junior fellow and 38000 euros for a senior fellow), accomodation (or a mobility allowance), a research budget, plus coverage of travel expenses.

Applications are submitted online via www.eurias-fp.eu. You will find detailed information regarding the content of the applicatio, eligibility criteria, selection procedure, etc.

The deadline for application is September 10th 2010. Late applications will not be considered.

Selection procedure:
- scientific assessment by two international referees
- preselection by EURIAS international and multi-disciplinary scientific committee
- final selection by the IAS academic boards
- publication of results in December 2010

For further information and application, http://www.eurias-fp.eu/

For further information on the IAS and their working conditions: http://www.eurias-fp.eu/institutes