Fully Funded Postdoctoral Fellowships in Social Sciences and Humanities from FMSH in France

The Foundation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences are pleased to announce the third call for applications for their joint program titled “Short-Term Postdoctoral Mobility FellowshipProgram in the Social Sciences and Humanities.” This program is designed to support the research of postdoctoral fellows from Arab countries and to strengthen research networking and collaborations between Europe and the Arab region. The fellowship period is divided into two cohorts: the first cohort of fellows can take up their fellowship between April 2020 and June 2020, and the second cohort can take up their fellowship between September 2020 and November 2020. Fellows could choose between staying a minimum of two months or a maximum of three months in France.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants must be citizens of an Arab country or long-term residents, even if they do not hold citizenship as in the case of refugees or stateless residents. This program does not fund scholars who reside and/or work outside the Arab region. Priority will be given to scholars who are marginalized, at-risk, or dispossessed.
• This program targets scholars who are 0-6 years out of a Ph.D. program in the social sciences or humanities. Applicants should have obtained their PhDs at the time of application. In case the Ph.D. was obtained from a university outside the Arab region, the applicant should have been a resident in the Arab region for at least the previous 2 years at the time of application. The program does not have any age restrictions.
• This program is open to Ph.D. holders in the social sciences or humanities fields. This includes disciplines such as anthropology, demography, economics, history, political science, psychology, sociology, geography, law, and philosophy. Interdisciplinary fields are also accepted and include gender studies, cultural studies, media studies, development studies, and urban studies. Due to French funding restrictions, the program is not open to linguistics, archaeology, literary studies, and arts.
• Applicants can be affiliated with a public or private research institution but they do not necessarily need to have a permanent position. However, they should be engaged in research in addition to teaching. The proposed projects could be either ongoing or new.
• French Host Institution: Before submitting their application, applicants must find a French research institution willing to host them during the time of their fellowship. Applicants must submit a letter from the hosting institution addressed to the FMSH and the ACSS expressing the institution’s willingness to host the applicant during the time of the fellowship and showing its ability to provide academic support and supervision to the prospective fellow during the period of his/her fellowship. Applicants who are not able to make contact with a French institution can visit ScanR, where all French research centers are listed, or contact FMSH to ask for assistance at the following email:
  atlas@msh-paris.fr

Conditions of the Fellowship:

Upon completion of the fellowship period, fellows will have to write a short narrative report detailing the work is done and the progress made during the fellowship period. In addition, each fellow will be requested to contribute an abstract concerning their project to the FMSH and ACSS websites, and one working paper to appear as a prepublication in the ACSS Working Paper Series. (Please see the guidelines for the Working Paper Series on this page.)

Selection Process:

A multi-disciplinary Selection Committee composed of distinguished Arab and French scholars with established research and publication records will review and select proposals for funding. Final decisions are based on the following evaluation criteria:

• Research proposal’s contribution to knowledge, which includes the clarity of the research questions, the significance of the project, its quality, and originality.
• The competence of the applicants, which includes academic credentials and promise.
• The candidate’s postdoctoral plan, which includes the relevance and significance of the selected host institution and the fellowship plan outlined in the proposal.
• Expected outputs, which include the planned activities, publications, and career development plans.

Funding:

• Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of 1,600 € (paid at the beginning of each month of stay in France). The stipend is intended to cover accommodation, living, and transportation costs, as well as research costs. The ACSS and FMSH will also cover the cost of one roundtrip ticket for each successful applicant from their country of residence to France.
• FMSH will also provide support for obtaining a visa and will guide potential fellows on planning the logistics of their stay. This includes help with finding accommodation, contact with French research centers, and letters to libraries and archives.

About Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme:

Founded in 1963 by Fernand Braudel in Paris and chaired by Michel Wieviorka since 2009, the Foundation Maison des sciences de l’homme (FMSH) is both a national and international crossroad which contributes to the development, vibrancy, and attractivity of social sciences and humanities. The FMSH invests in the advancement of scientific research at the best international level by developing its actions and services through four main priorities: cutting-edge research, international collaborations, innovative dissemination of knowledge, and digital infrastructures. Moreover, it takes part in the major projects and networks that transform shape and structure, at all levels, the landscape of the research in social sciences and humanities.

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