Postdoctoral and Doctoral Fellowships: Israeli Inter-University Academic Partnership in Russian and East European Studies

* Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies *

The Israeli Inter-University Academic Partnership in Russian and East European Studies is offering a small number of highly competitive postdoctoral and doctoral fellowships in the field of Russian and East European Studies for the 2013-2014 academic year. These fellowships are offered to researchers across many disciplines in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences (broadly defined), and will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence.

Postdoctoral fellowships are offered to young scholars who have received their PhD degree no earlier than 2006 and no later than June 2013. Postdoctoral fellows will be awarded 92,500 NIS per year (equivalent to approximately $25,000). These grantees will be required to present two public lectures at their host institution during the fellowship year. In some cases, the fellowships will entail a teaching commitment at the host university.

The Partnership also offers fellowships for doctoral students who are registered in one of its partner universities (Bar-Ilan University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa) provided that the applicant commenced his/her degree no earlier than the 2005-2006 academic year. Doctoral fellows will receive a yearly stipend of 46,250 NIS (equivalent to approximately $12,500).

The fellows will be selected by an international academic committee and then placed in one of the partner universities. Fellows may apply for one additional year of funding.  Applicants are requested to submit their curriculum vitae (no longer than four pages), a detailed statement of current research interests (up to 2000 words), one writing sample (no longer than 25 pages) and two letters of recommendation (to be submitted directly by the recommenders by e-mail). All materials must be submitted in English and state clearly whether the application refers to a doctoral OR postdoctoral fellowship. In addition, applicants must state if they are applying for other sources of funding for the fellowship period.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 3, 2013

Please send application materials by e-mail in PDF/DOC/DOCX format to iuap@post.tau.ac.il with CC to crees@post.tau.ac.il.
Subject: Postdoctoral and Doctoral Fellowships in Russian and East European Studies

For more information about the partnership, please go on-line to: http://iuap.haifa.ac.il/index.php/he/

UC Berkeley Center For British Studies Grant & Fellowship

To Ph.D. students intending to do dissertation research in the U.K.:
The Center for British Studies would like to announce three fellowships for graduate students to help finance their research in the United Kingdom.

Anglo-California Foundation Pre-Dissertation Grant carries an award of $3,500, intended to support second or third year UC Berkeley graduate students before their qualifying exam to travel to Britain to conduct research and develop contacts that will help them prepare a dissertation proposal.

Anglo-California Foundation Dissertation Grant carries an award of $3,500, intended for UC Berkeley graduate students who are in their 5th and 6th years to finish research in the UK and aid them in completing their dissertation.

Berkeley-Pembroke Exchange Scholarship will provide two students (one per semester) with a grant of $10,000 each for a Graduate Student Exchange with Pembroke College, Cambridge. This grant is open to students from UC Berkeley who have advanced to candidacy and wish to conduct research in Cambridge.

The deadline for all three fellowships is January 31, 2013. Applications and guidelines can be found at http://ies.berkeley.edu/cbs/grants.html. Questions should be directed to ctrbs@berkeley.edu

University of Pennyslvania Post-doctoral Position

Job ID: 9097
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Department: Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Position/Rank: Fellowships/Post-docs - Post-doctoral
Areas/Special Programs:


For additional information on this position (including how to apply), visit the ASA Job Bank at http://jobbank.asanet.org.

Humane Studies Fellowship

The Humane Studies Fellowship (HSF) program provides more than just  monetary awards. The fellowships connect winners to a support network to guide them through a successful career in academia. Humane Studies Fellowships are awarded to full-time graduate students embarking on liberty-advancing careers in ideas. The fellowships support study in a variety of fields, including economics, philosophy, law, political science, history, and sociology. 

Awards range from $2,000 to $15,000 and fellowship winners may re-apply for each year of their studies. In 2012, the Institute for Humane Studies awarded more than $800,000 to over 200 students. Fellowship winners are also preferred candidates for IHS invitation-only programs such as our Career Development Seminars, which help students think strategically about how to succeed in academia, our Colloquia to discuss and refine the fellows’ research, and our Summer Graduate Research Fellowship, a non-residential research and writing program that provides participants with the opportunity to complete a publishable scholarly article. 

HSF is open to full-time and prospective graduate students, including law students.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Past fellows have researched historical and contemporary ideas on freedom of action and association and the rule of law. Some notable research interests include:

• market-based approaches to environmental policy
• the legal development of privacy and property rights in 18th-century England
• the role of patient autonomy in bioethics
• impediments to economic growth in developing countries
• the relationship between U.S. presidential politics, fiscal policies, and economic performance

Application deadline is January 31

For more information http://www.theihs.org/humane-studies-fellowships/overview

Einstein Visiting Fellows Program

Within the framework of the “Einstein Visiting Fellows” program of the Einstein Foundation Berlin, the Graduate School of the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin has set up a work group under the title "Rethinking Crisis,“ directed by Prof. Nancy Fraser (New School for Social Research, New York). Within this project, three Postdoctoral Scholarships are granted for the period of April 1, 2013 until December 31, 2014.

The scholarship, which amounts to 2,000 EUR per month, is granted for the development of a research agenda within the project "Rethinking Crisis.” Applicants must hold a doctorate in Political Science, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Law or related subjects. A very good command of English is presupposed and a background in American studies is a plus.

Applications, in English and including a short outline of the planned research project, CV and copies of earned university degrees, must be sent electronically (pdf-files) by January 20, 2013 to both of the following addresses:frasern@earthlink.net or office@gsnas.fu-berlin.de.

Information about the Graduate School of North American Studies can be found at: www.gsnas.fu-berlin.de.

Center for Developmental Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

The Carolina Consortium on Human Development at the Center for Developmental Science invites applications for NICHD (NRSA) postdoctoral traineeships. It is anticipated that several postdoctoral fellowships will be available. Positions are for one year, with renewal for a second year contingent on satisfactory performance. Advanced training will be provided in the study of individuals in changing contexts (e.g., families, peer groups, schools) using multiple levels of analysis ranging from biology to socio-cultural. The Center and Consortium faculty have primary appointments in over 20 departments or schools at six neighboring universities and colleges (Duke University, Meredith College, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro.)

Fellowship candidates are expected to have a demonstrated commitment to transdisciplinary longitudinal study, and must have completed a terminal degree in their field (e.g., PhD, MD, DrPH, EdD) by the time of their appointment. In accordance with NIH regulations, applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED BEGINNING February 1, 2013

A detailed description of the fellowship program can be obtained from the CDS home page at http://cds.web.unc.edu/  

The African and African American Studies (AFAS) Washington University Postdoctoral Fellowship

The African and African American Studies (AFAS) program at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications from recent Ph.D. graduates in the humanities and social sciences for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship, with the option to apply for a second-year renewal.  The fellowship is intended to assist junior scholars whose research focuses on topics related to Africa, African Americans, and/or the African Diaspora in furthering their careers by providing them with opportunities for mentorship, advancing their research, and enhancing their teaching. 

AFAS postdoctoral fellows are provided a competitive stipend, support for research and research-related travel, office space, and computer equipment.  They will also receive a reduced teaching load, teaching one course a semester based on their scholarly area of expertise and with the approval of the AFAS curriculum committee or the Director.  In addition, Fellows will participate in the intellectual life of the AFAS program and University by giving and attending public lectures, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and participating in program activities.  The fellowships begin July 1, 2013 and extend until June 30, 2014.

The search committee will continue to review applications until the positions are filled, but priority will be given to applications received by February 15, 2013.  

Further details about the postdoctoral fellowship can be found on the AFAS website http://afas.wustl.edu/postdoc, and inquiries regarding the fellowship should be made by e-mail to afas@artsci.wustl.edu