Dear all,

Let me inform you that the IWM has recently published 3 new calls for application:

 

Application deadline: February 29, 2016

The Józef Tischner Fellowship is open to all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences; a thematic relation to one of the Institute’s research fields is strongly encouranged (details pls see on  www.iwm.at/research). The Józef Tischner Fellow will be invited to spend a six-month term from July to December 2016 at the IWM and receive a stipend of EUR 1,800 per month to cover all expenses related to the stay in Vienna. In addition, the IWM provides her/him with an office including access to internet, in-house research and administrative facilities as well as other services free of charge. Please visit www.iwm.at/fellowships/tischner to see all relevant details about eligibility, application procedure etc.

 

Deadline for application: March 6, 2016

The program supports translations of canonical texts, contemporary key works in the humanities, social sciences and cultural studies from Eastern to Western European languages or vice versa, or between two Eastern European languages. Special emphasis is put on translations of relevant works written by East European authors and/or female scholars. No applications for works of fiction and poetry are being accepted.

Fellows will spend 3 – 6 months between July 2016 and June 2017 at the IWM in Vienna and receive a monthly stipend of EUR 2,050 to cover all expenses related to the stay in Vienna. The IWM provides fellows with an office incl. access to internet, in-house research and administrative facilities as well as other services free of charge.

Further details and online application: www.iwm.at/fellowships/celan

 

Alexander Herzen Junior Fellowships 2016/2017 jointly awarded by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation and the IWM
Applications accepted: February 28 - April 28, 2016

This program aims to support excellent young researchers in the humanities and social sciences from the Siberian, Ural and Far-Eastern federal districts, and the Voronezh, Lipetsk, Belgorod, Ryazan and Kaluga regions. Research topics related to the IWM main research fields are highly encouraged (http://www.iwm.at/research/). Fellows will be invited to spend a six-month research term at the IWM between July 2016 and June 2017 and receive a stipend to cover all expenses related to their stay in Vienna. They will work on their own research projects while staying in residence at the IWM in Vienna. The IWM provides fellows with an office incl. access to internet, in-house research and administrative facilities as well as other services free of charge.

Applications to be submitted to:

Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation

123104, Moscow,
Tverskoy Bulvar 13, bldg 1

For additional information see: www.iwm.at/fellowships/herzen or http://www.prokhorovfund.ru/projects/contest/157/

or contact: Irina Moglovets,

International Projects Manager

cell phone: +7 (920) 437 4422

e-mail: 

 

Please find attached the respective PDF documents for your further use. We would highly appreciate if you could help us and make this information available to potential candidates whom you might know.

 

Thank you very much for your support and

Kindest regards,

Mary Nicklas

Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen

Institute for Human Sciences

Spittelauer Lände 3

1090 Wien

Tel. +43/1/313 58-108

Fax +43/1/313 58-60