National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic 2013-2014

Establishment of the National Scholarship Programme for the Support of Mobility of Students, PhD Students, University Teachers and Researchers was approved by the Government of the Slovak Republic in 2005. The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.

The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic is intended to support mobility of foreign students, PhD students, university teachers and researchers to stay at Slovak universities and Slovak research organizations.

The scholarships of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic are also intended for students and PhD students of the Slovak universities to cover living costs of their study at a second level of higher education, or of their study or research stay during their PhD study, at a foreign University or at a foreign research organization. Students, full-time PhD students, university teachers and researchers from the Slovak Academy of Sciences who have permanent residence in the Slovak Republic can apply for a travel grant for their study or research stay abroad.

Eligible Applicants:

A) university students whose second level of higher education is taking place at a foreign university and who are invited by a public, private or state university in the Slovak Republic to an academic mobility for a purpose of study in the Slovak Republic

• scholarship period 1 to 2 semesters;

B) PhD students whose higher education or research preparation is taking place at a foreign university or research organisation and who are invited by a public, private or state university or research organisation eligible to carry out PhD study programmes in the Slovak Republic to an academic mobility for a purpose of study or research in the Slovak Republic

• scholarship period 1 to 12 months;

C) university teachers from foreign universities who are invited by a public, private or state university in the Slovak Republic to a lecture / research / artistic stay in the Slovak Republic

• scholarship period 1 to 12 months;
  

D) researchers or artists who are invited by a public, private or state university, research organisation eligible to carry out PhD study programmes or non-governmental organisation in the Slovak Republic to a lecture / research / artistic stay in the Slovak Republic

• scholarship period 1 to 12 months.

Citizens of the following countries can apply for a scholarship:

•  the Member States of the European Union;
• other countries participating in the Bologna Process (listed are only non-EU Member States ) – Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia (including Kosovo), Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine;
• Belarus;
• Canada, Mexico, USA, countries of Latin and Central America;
• Australia, China (including Taiwan), Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Republic of South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam.

The National Scholarship Programme does not support:

a)      foreign university students and PhD students intending to enroll or accepted for entire Master or PhD studies in Slovakia, or   those who are already studying in Slovakia and would like to cover a part of their costs by the National Scholarship Programme;

b)      foreign university teachers and researches who are already teaching or doing research at Slovak universities and research organisations;

c)      citizens of the Slovak Republic studying, teaching or doing research at foreign universities or research organisations;

d)     foreign applicants accepted for other scholarship programmes in Slovakia (for example Visegrad Fund, Erasmus, CEEPUS, bilateral agreements, etc.).

Individuals with permanent residence in the Slovak Republic can not apply for a scholarship in the framework of the National Scholarship Programme for the support of mobility for applicants from abroad.

Scholarship and Scholarship Stay

The scholarship shall cover scholarship holders living costs (accommodation, boarding, etc.) during his/her study, research, lecture or artistic stay at Slovak universities, research or non-governmental organisations. Scholarship holders can ask their host institution in Slovakia to assist them to arrange their accommodation and necessary documents regarding their scholarship stay in Slovakia, or they have to arrange them by themselves. The National Scholarship Programme does not cover any travel costs to and from Slovakia.

Amount of the monthly scholarship:

• university student: 280 EUR
• PhD student: 470 EUR
• university teacher / researcher or artist: 670 EUR -1000 EUR

Application Procedure

Scholarship application forms are submitted on-line on www.scholarships.sk. The on-line application system opens not later than 6 weeks before the deadline. The application form can be filled out only after the on-line application system has been opened.

In order to submit the on-line application, it is necessary to fill out the on-line application form (in Slovak, English, French, Spanish or Russian version), attach all required documents in requested formats and press the "submit" button. Original hard copies of documents marked with asterisk (*)  shall be delivered to SAIA, Bratislava before the deadline at the following address: SAIA, n.o., Námestie Slobody 23, 812 20 Bratislava 1, Slovakia, by 30 April 2013, 16:00 CET.

Contact

Lukáš MARCIN, programme administrator
e-mail: lukas.marcin@saia.sk
tel.: +421-2-5930 4713

Read more here: http://www.scholarships.sk/en/

STEP Beyond Travel Grants

STEP Beyond Travel grants fund up-and-coming artists and cultural workers - with a priority to individuals up to 35 years and/or in the first 10 years of their career - to travel between EU and countries bordering the EU. Since 2003, STEP  - which stands for ‘Supporting Travel for European Partnerships’ - Beyond Travel Grants have supported the movement of hundreds of people across European borders by providing between €250 and €700. In 2010, we awarded 159 individual travel grants of between €250 and €700.

Funding mobility and exchange links closely to ECF’s overall objectives and specifically to our European Neighbourhood programme, which currently works with organisations in Moldova, Ukraine and Turkey. Also high on our agenda is support for people and projects in the Arab-Mediterranean regions. We especially welcome applications for STEP Beyond Travel Grants from these regions.

STEP Beyond Travel grants support artists and cultural workers based in one of the following countries: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, The Netherlands, Norway, Palestinian Territories, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

All the activities of the ECF mobility fund are revolved around three strategic guiding principles:

1. Empowerment of people through art and culture – support is given to different communities in Europe to encourage the exchange and empowerment of under-represented groups.
2. Connecting sources of knowledge – sharing and connecting knowledge is vital in creating an open Europe.
3. Linking policy and practice projects that help build an open Europe by contributing to cultural policy development locally, nationally, regionally and at a European level.

Eligibility

• Artists or cultural workers of any contemporary artistic or cultural discipline (individual or representing a cultural or artistic independent organisation);
• Based in Europe or in its neighborhood;
• Maximum 35 years old.

What countries can you travel to and from?
In order to facilitate the functioning of the fund as well as to reach its aims, the larger pan-European area has been divided in two groups.

• Group A: The 27 Member States of the European Union; The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
• Group B: In Europe: Western Balkans(Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, (FYROM),Montenegro and Serbia), Belarus, Moldavia, Russia, South Caucasus (Armenia,Azerbaijan and Georgia) Turkey and Ukraine. In the South and East Mediterranean: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya,Morocco, Palestine Territory, Syria and Tunisia.

Types of grants

The STEP beyond offers three types of grants (350, 500 and 700 Euro) based on travel distances and average travel costs. The eligible applications are evaluated by the STEP beyond team during the pre-selection phase, after this assessment ECF decides which proposal it will support. Both awarded  and rejected applicants are notified by e-mail around one month after the application submission date.

In case of group travel:

• a maximum of three individuals applying for the same event;
• group applications need to be submitted by the host organisation.

Application procedure

Please follow the steps outlined below to apply for the STEP beyond travel grants:

• Download and fill out the STEP beyond application form.
• Fill in completely the Registration Form.

If you still have questions about the procedure, you can always contact us via e-mail: stepbeyond[@]eurocult.org. 

Read more and apply here

wiiw GDN-SEE&CIS Announces Research Competition 2011

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), with financial support from the Global Development Network (GDN), the Austrian Ministry of Finance and the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), announces a SEE & CIS research competition within the framework of the wiiw Global Development Network Southeast Europe (wiiw GDN-SEE) research project.

Proposals are invited from economists and other social scientists. Projects with a significant commercial aspect or those that seek the funding of the dissemination of previous results (such as book preparation) rather than original research are explicitly excluded.

For the competition, the following topic has been identified: ‘Crisis Effects: Growth Prospects, Social Impact and Policy Responses in SEE and CIS’. The main hypothesis to be tested is the following: The crisis shock introduces structural breaks in the distribution (e.g. increase of inequality) across different dimensions conditional on the change in potential speed of growth, the quality of development, and the induced or adopted policy changes.

The areas of research are the following:

· Macroeconomic effects: Financial flows and inequality; Distributional effects of public spending; Intergenerational justice and investments

· Microeconomic effects: Crisis effects on income and poverty

· Policy response: Incomes policy; Fiscal policy; Monetary policy

· Improving labour market institutions: Wage setting process; Organisation of vocational training and skill upgrading; Potentials for improved social partnership

· Political economy implications: Including social responses and institutional changes

Details
• Funding for individual projects will range between € 5,000 and € 8,000. Grants may begin as soon as 01 July 2011 and end no later than 30 November 2012.
• Depending on the size of the individual grants, the research competition will reward up to 12 grants.
• Applicants from outside the Southeast European region1 and the Commonwealth of Independent States2 will not be excluded a priori, however one of the goals of the wiiw GDN-SEE&CIS project is regional capacity building. Thus, each research team should include at least one young researcher (up to 35 years of age) from the region.
• Applications may be submitted by individuals or teams of researchers. No applicant can submit or be a part of more than one proposal.
• Funds for accepted projects will be released according to the following schedule: onethird upon award of the grant, one-third upon the receipt of a progress report at the midpoint of the research, and one-third upon the receipt of the final deliverables of the project. Where this schedule would constitute a serious hindrance to the proposed research, the applicant may petition for funds to be released on a different schedule after the award of the grant. Final deliverables must include at least one formal research paper that has been submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal. Proof of submission will be required.
• All successful applicants should agree to come to Vienna to present the results of the research at a seminar at wiiw’s expense. In addition we anticipate smaller workshops involving recipients in the various thematic areas held at wiiw in order to encourage links across researchers.

For a more detailed description, please download the wiiw GDN-SEE project proposal at: http://www.wiiw.ac.at/balkan/files/wiiw GDN Proposal 2011.pdf

Proposals must be postmarked by 15 May 2011.

Questions and inquiries may be addressed to: research.competition@wiiw.ac.at

AAUW 2011-2012 International Fellowships for Women

AAUW (formerly known as the American Association of University Women) is a nationwide network of more than 100,000 members and donors, 1,000 branches, and 500 college/university institution partners. AAUW has a long and distinguished history of advancing educational and professional opportunities for women in the United States and around the globe. One of the world's largest sources of funding for graduate women, AAUW is providing more than $3 million in funding for more than 200 fellowships and grants to outstanding women and nonprofit organizations in the 2009-10 academic year. Due to the longstanding, generous contributions of AAUW members, a broader community of women continues to gain access to educational and economic opportunities — breaking through barriers so that all women have a fair chance.

For more than a century, AAUW has helped more than 10,000 women from more than 130 countries break through barriers and pursue their dreams of obtaining graduate degrees or making an impact in their communities.

Fellowship and grant recipients perform research in a wide range of disciplines and work to improve their schools and communities. Their intellect, dedication, imagination, and effort promise to forge new paths in scholarship, improve the quality of life for all, and tackle the educational and social barriers facing women in the United States and around the globe.

Fellowship and grant recipients undergo a highly competitive selection process. Academic excellence, commitment to improving the human condition, and the promise of continued impact are cornerstones of the rigorous criteria. Respected scholars, researchers, teachers, and practitioners review the fellowship and grant applications. These reviewers are either experts in specialized fields of study or community leaders who recognize the power of collaboration at the local level.

The following grants and scholarships are offered for 2011-2012 academic year (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012):
- Master's/Professional Fellowship: $18,000
- Doctorate Fellowship: $20,000
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: $30,000

Application deadline is December 01, 2010. All supporting documents must also be received by this date. If an application deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, supporting documents must be received the next business day.

International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not United States citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate study at accredited institutions are supported. Several fellowships are available for study outside of the U.S.

Questions about applications must be directed to the Iowa City office. Please do not contact the AAUW office in Washington, D.C., or local branches for application information. Please call 319/337-1716 ext. 60, e-mail aauw@act.org, or write to the customer service center at

AAUW
Dept. 60
301 ACT Drive
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030

Learn more about AAUW,  its fellowship programs and application process: http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellows_directory/index.cfm

Visegrad Scholarship at the Open Society Archives

For a better and deeper understanding of the interdependent recent history of (the center of) Europe, the International Visegrad Fund offers ten research fellowship grants annually in the Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest on a competitive basis to support scholars who wish to conduct research in the holdings of OSA, and whose current research projects are relevant to the holdings and the given research priorities of the Fund and OSA. The grants of 2000 euro are designed to provide access to the archives for scholars, artists, and journalists, and to cover travel to and from Budapest, a modest subsistence, and accommodation for a maximum research period of two months.

Fellows are free to work on the project of their choice; however, in the academic year of 2010-2011, applicants with one of the following topics might enjoy advantage over other applicants:

1. Representations and interpretations of World War II and/or subsequent wars in Europe;
2. The complicated relationship between historiography/history writing and propaganda.

Successful candidates are expected to work on their projects, give a presentation at the Central European University within the framework of the Visegrad Fund Fellow Lecture Series, and produce a final grant report (in text or in audio-visual format) in English, which will be posted on the OSA/Visegrad Fund website.

Applicants, preferably but not exclusively, from a V4 country, may be researchers, students after their first degree carrying out research, or artists, journalists, academics, or others who have already started their project that is relevant for the holdings at OSA.

Application procedure

Please submit the following to OSA:

1. Application letter in English (should specify expected period of stay and preferred dates).
2. Research description/plan in English (about 800 words; should indicate relationship between the current research topic, the chosen collection in the OSA holdings and your research, the intended use of text based or audio-visual research results, etc.)
3. Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)
4. Names of two referees with contact address.

The Application letter, C.V., and Research description/plan and Referees’ contact information can be sent by email to Katalin Gádoros (gadoros@ceu.huThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

There are no deadlines in the research fellowship grant program. Applications are considered as they are received by the Selection Committee, which normally meets four times a year. Final notification is usually within three months of the date of submission.

Grant award procedure

The grants administration is carried out by the OSA Grants Administrators. The Call posted on the OSA and the IVF website is updated each year on February 15. Applications are sent to OSA via e-mail, checked for formal critera (application letter, research proposal, CV and names of 2 referees), then receipt of arrival is sent back to the applicant via e-mail. There is no application deadline.

The Jury meets four times a year to pass a decision which is then approved by the Council of Ambassadors:

• July 15 (scholarship period between September and December) - Council of Ambassadors at the end of July
• October 15 (scholarship period between December and March) - Council of Ambassadors at the end of October
• January 15 (scholarship period between March and May) - Council of Ambassadors at the end of January
• April 15 (scholarship period between May and July?) - Council of Ambassadors at the end of April

Members of the Jury are representatives of

• the International Visegrad Fund
• the Open Society Archives
• CEU History Department
• CEU Political Sciences Dept
• CEU Press

OSA does not host Grantees in July and August but there may be exceptions on an individual basis.

The Jury will check the applications against the following criteria:

• its relevance to the topic(s) identified in the call
• the academic merits of the proposal
• the novel and innovative character of the proposal
• the involvement of the OSA holdings in the research
• the eligibility of the candidate

After the decision is reached and approved by the Council of Ambassadors, the proposals with the names of successful candidates are posted on the OSA website. At the same time the Grants Administrators contact each successful candidate via e-mail.

Grants are paid in two installments: 75 per cent prior to or right at the beginning of the grant period, 25 per cent after the Grantee has given his/her final presentation at the CEU and has submitted his/her final report and this has been approved by all members of the Jury. The Grantee has a maximum of ten days to submit his/her final report to OSA after the end of the research period. The Jury has five days to approve or ask for improvements. After the final report has been approved, the last 25 per cent of the grant is paid out to the researcher and the report is posted on the OSA website.

 

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EERC Research Grant Competition 2010

The Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) announces its Fall 2010 research grant competition. Proposals are solicited in the following five areas with relevance to current policy concerns in the Commonwealth of Independent States:

    * Enterprises and product markets
    * Labor markets and social policy
    * Macro financial markets and open economy
    * Public economics
    * International trade and regional integration

Please note: We encourage proposals for policy-relevant research on the border of economics and other disciplines, such as political science, sociology, demography, geography and ecology.

Grants of up to $12,000 are awarded to individual researchers or small research teams (up to 3 persons) for up to 18 months. Grant size depends on the number participants and specific budget requirements of the project.

The best research teams will be invited to present their projects at the EERC research workshop in December 2010 in Ukraine (tentatively planned for December 18-20). Heads of projects must attend the workshop in order to be considered for a grant.

Detailed information is available here

Applications are to be submitted online by October 12, 2010.

This competition is funded by the Global Development Network (www.gdnet.org). EERC is GDN's regional partner in the CIS countries. For further information about EERC activities please visit www.eerc.ru.

PhD Researcher in European Integration

The Institute for European Integration Research (EIF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences now invites: applications for the position of full-time researcher at the post-doctoral level. Beginning of the employment period: summer/autumn 2010. Duration of appointment: 1-2 years, extension possible. Remuneration: based upon seniority.

The Institute for European Integration Research (EIF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (www.eif.oeaw.ac.at) focuses on the policies of the European Union and their direct and indirect effects on both the national and global levels. Political science is our disciplinary basis for theoretically-oriented empirical research that frequently compares EU policy areas. EIF researchers regularly publish in SSCI journals such as JCMS, JEPP and WEP. Recent books and chapters from our team have been published by Oxford University Press, Ashgate and Routledge.

EIF contributes to the academic community with high-quality open source publications, research databases and state-of-the-art analyses. Through cooperation with national and international partners, EIF is responsible for the editorial management of two peer-reviewed journals published in the English language, European Integration online Papers (EIoP) and Living Reviews in European Governance (LREG).

Preferred applicant profile: PhD in political science with specialisation in European integration with a focus on one or several EU policy areas (preferably those not yet studied at EIF).

Application procedure. Please explain your research interests and send a CV with a list of publications (published, accepted and submitted works as well as texts in advanced stages of preparation) to Ms. Barbara Pavlik (eif@oeaw.ac. at) by 24 May 2010.  

More information at: www.eif.oeaw.ac.at.