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Junior Fellowships

In 1992 Collegium Budapest/Institute for Advanced Study was founded in order to support and strengthen academic life in Central and Eastern Europe. The Collegium invites scholars from both within and outside of Europe every year for an entire academic year or for only one semester. In addition, the Collegium plans to invite several promising young scholars to Budapest to work, within this challenging academic environment, on their preferred research project.

While both old and new academic problems are given powerful voices to make arguments for both sides, the goal of the Collegium is to encourage research in newly emerging disciplines and in new problem areas we confront in the 21st century. Along with other research plans that will be emphasized are the cultural, socio-political and economic transformation that the Central and East European countries are presently undergoing. Of especial importance are the emerging scholarly fields still underrepresented in this region, and also fields that are made unique by the research done in this area. The Collegium Budapest is able to bring together researchers from various research traditions and cultures and to create an inviting and brilliant place for scholarly research.

To this end, the Collegium offers, for the Academic Year 2004/2005 (1 October to 31 July), residential Junior Fellowships for a period of five to ten months to younger scholars and to researchers (mainly from Central and Eastern Europe) working in the following academic fields:

• anthropology

• discourse analysis

• economics

European studies

• humanities

• history

• linguistics

• social sciences

• theoretical biology

• theoretical physics

• transition studies

The stipend package consists of a stipend lump sum of 7.500 euro for the 5-month period and 12.500 for the entire academic year, including travel costs etc. Scholars not in residence in Budapest or in its direct neighbourhood will be provided with accommodation

Requirements

In order to qualify, scholars and researchers should:

• not be older than thirty-five years of age

• be classified as 'pre- or post-doctoral'

• fill out the Collegium's application form (as attached or available on request)

• submit a curriculum vitae

• submit a list of publications (and, if possible, a copy of one of them)

• submit a research proposal with scholarly references (approx. 2-4 pages)

• submit two letters of recommendation from established scholars in their field of study

• be prepared to reside in Budapest during the term of their Fellowship - to this end they should be free of other academic or work commitments for this period.

NB. All materials must be submitted in English, French, or German. If the application is in French or German, it will be required to hand in a short summary of the research proposal in English.

Applicants should send all relevant materials to Collegium Budapest before 30 September 2003, preferably electronically to vera.kempa@colbud.hu*), or by post (Collegium Budapest, Vera Kempa, Szentháromság utca 2, H - 1014 Budapest). The Rector and the Permanent Fellows of the Collegium might invite short-listed applicants for a personal interview. Applicants will be informed about the final decision in early 2004.

If possible, it should be sent in one doc, rtf, or zip file in the following order: filled in questionnaire, curriculum vitae, list of publications, research proposal, 1 publication, letters of references. Please give the file your surname.

Location: Budapest, Hungary
Deadline: Sep 30, 2003
Website: http://www.colbud.hu/programme/junior.shtml