Junior/Senior Core Fellowships in Hungary 2018/2019

The Institute for Advanced Study at CEU (IAS CEU) is pleased to invite applications for its core junior and senior fellowship programs for the academic year 2019/20. Fellowships are available in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities, broadly defined.  Fellowships run for the full 9-month period (Oct-June), for the 3-month shortfall semester (October-December), the 5-month fall semester (Oct-February) or the 6-month spring semester (Jan-June).

Each year, IAS CEU selects for this program some 15 fellows from an average of over 400 applicants. Fellows are chosen by a rigorous selection process, which includes stages of pre-selection and peer reviews as well as a final decision made by an independent, interdisciplinary and international Academic Advisory Board.

Eligibility:

[1] Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in the social sciences or humanities at the time of their application.

[2] Only those with publications in internationally recognized scholarly outlets will be considered.

[3] Junior fellows must have obtained a Ph.D. degree issued in 2011 or later and must apply for the junior fellowship. Candidates who obtained their Ph.D. before 2011 are considered “senior” and must apply for the senior fellowship.

[4] Full-time CEU employees and students are not eligible to apply for 5 years after the ending of their studies/contract (degrees must have been received and contracts must have ended by December 31, 2013, or earlier).

[5] Part-time/temporary employees of CEU are not eligible for 1 year after their contract ended (their contract must have ended by December 31, 2017 or earlier).

[6] Former fellows of IAS CEU are not eligible to apply for a period of 7 years has passed since their previous fellowship. Applications may be considered only in exceptional cases.

[7] Applicants are expected to be able to communicate fluently in English as this is the working language of the Institute and CEU.

Terms and conditions:

Senior fellows receive a net monthly stipend of 2,600 Euros and junior fellows receive a net monthly stipend of 1,500 Euros to help support their stay in Budapest. In addition, all fellows and their families receive housing at the Raoul Wallenberg Guesthouse. Utilities at the Guesthouse will be charged to the Fellows. Fellows are also responsible for their own travel and health care provisions.

When applying for this fellowship, the following documents must be submitted:

[1] A letter of intent (max 1,500 words).

[2] The abstract of the research project (max. 150 words).

[3] A description of the research project (min. 1,000 - max. 2,500 words; the reference list is not included in the word count).

[4] A CV including a list of up to 5 (in case of junior applicants) and up to 15 (in the case of senior applicants) of the most important publications. 

[5] For junior applicants ONLY: the name and email address of two referees (for potential reference).