Call for Application - Research Fellowship

Call for Application – Research Fellowship

Call for Application – Research Fellowship: The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 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 Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding researchers.

The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars.

EURIAS Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences, provided that their proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities and that it interfaces with humanities and social sciences.

The diversity of the 14 participating IAS offers a wide range of possible research contexts in Europe for worldwide scholars.

Applicants may select up to three IAS outside their country of nationality or residence as possible host institutions.

The Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising young scholars as well as from leading senior researchers.

The EURIAS selection process has proven to be highly competitive.
In order to match the Programme standards, applicants have to submit a solid and innovative research proposal, to demonstrate the ability to forge beyond disciplinary specialisation, to show an international commitment as well as quality publications in high-impact venues.
EURIAS offers 32 research fellowships (17 junior and 15 senior positions).

Call for Application – Research Fellowship Remuneration

All IAS have agreed on common standards, including the provision of a living allowance (in the range of € 26,000 for a junior fellow and € 38,000 for a senior fellow), accommodation (or a mobility allowance), a research budget, plus coverage of travel expenses.

Call for Application – Research Fellowship Eligibility

At the time of the application, researchers must be in possession of a doctoral degree plus 2 years of full-time research experience after the degree. Exception is made for Law scholars who are eligible with a Master +6 years of full-time research experience after the degree. (PhD training is not considered in the calculation of experience).

Research Fellows Nationality

Researchers from all countries are eligible to the programme but applicants cannot apply to an institute located in their country of nationality or residence.
Exception is made for applicants who have not spent more than 12 months in their country of nationality or residence during the last 3 years prior to the application.

Research Fellowship Disciplines

The programme is open to all disciplines in the fields of humanities and social sciences.

It also welcomes applications from the arts, life and exact sciences provided that:

The research project does not require any intensive laboratory work,
The research project interfaces with humanities and social sciences,
The applicant has a proven capacity to dialogue with other scientific disciplines,
The candidate applies to an IAS that welcome scholars outside the humanities and social sciences.

Research fellows Age

There is no age limit for applying to EURIAS Fellowship Programme.

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