Berkeley-Austria
Fund
Berkeley-Austria Call
for Projects for UC Faculty
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the Application Guidelines
Open to Faculty from the Social Sciences at all UC Campuses
DEADLINE: Applications accepted through February
1
The Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation are pleased to announce a competition for a short-term Research Grant for faculty in the social sciences and humanities whose work focuses on political economy, broadly defined. Although all applications will be considered, projects with practical importance for economic, political and social issues relevant to Austria and California and more broadly to Europe and the United States are particularly encouraged. This award will amount to $5,000 — for visits of up to one month. Successful applicants will receive a temporary affiliation with the host institution in Vienna.
The Berkeley-Austria Fund (BAF) was established in 2003
by the University of California and University of Vienna
with support from the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation,
to support scholarly collaboration and exchanges of social
scientists between Berkeley and Vienna. The Fund is established
to encourage and support original research of the highest
quality and new collaborations. Financial support will
be provided for California scholars seeking to visit Vienna
and Austrian scholars seeking to visit California. These
visits will be short-term, typically visits of up to one
month.
For purposes of this program, the social sciences are
defined broadly. However, the Fund seeks especially to
encourage projects with practical importance for economic,
political and social issues relevant to Austria and California
and, more broadly, to Europe and the United States. In
addition, the Fund seeks especially to support projects
involving younger scholars, and projects that involve or
might lead to collaboration between Californian and Austrian
researchers. The Fund does not pay for conferences and
workshops, for release time for faculty, or for the purchase
of equipment, except in rare exceptions.
Faculty applying to this program must be tenured or tenure
track.
The application deadline for this program is February
1, for visits to take place in the Spring
and Fall semesters of the same calendar year (including
the Summer).
The Executive Committee will meet in February to review
applications. Awards will be announced by early March.
Proposals will be accepted at any time but all proposals
must be received at the following address by February
1:
ATTN: Berkeley-Austria Fund
Call For Projects
Institute of European Studies
University of California
207 Moses Hall #2316
Berkeley, CA 94720-2316
voice 510.643-5777 facsimile 510.643-3372
ies@berkeley.edu
Berkeley-Austria Predissertation
and Dissertation Fellowships
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the Application
Contact List for More Information
Dissertation and predissertation Research Awards in Austria
Open to Graduate Student Applicants from the Social Sciences
at all UC Campuses
DEADLINE: February 1
The Institute of European Studies, University of California,
Berkeley, and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation are
pleased to announce a competition for a short-term predissertation
and Dissertation Research Grant for graduate students in
the social sciences whose work focuses on political economy,
broadly defined. Although all applications will be considered,
projects with practical importance for economic, political
and social issues relevant to Austria and California and
more broadly to Europe and the United States are particularly
encouraged. This award will amount to $ 3000 - $ 5000 for
visits of one to three months.
Successful applicants will receive a temporary affiliation
with the host institution in Austria.
Requirements:
- Applicants must be registered students at a University
of California campus.
- Applicants will be expected to demonstrate how their
proposed research is part of a broader course of study
supervised by a member of faculty.
Responsibilities:
- Students will be expected to make their own travel
and living arrangements.
- On their return award-holders will be expected to submit
a 500-word report to the Director of the Institute of
European Studies.
- They should also present the Institute with a copy
of the resulting paper.
Successful candidates will be notified as soon as possible
after the selection has been made..
About the Berkeley-Austria Fund
The Berkeley-Austria Fund (BAF) was established in 2003 by the University of
California and University of Vienna with support from the Austrian Marshall Plan
Foundation, to support scholarly collaboration and exchanges of social scientists
between Berkeley and Austria. The Fund is established to encourage and support
original research of the highest quality and new collaborations. Financial support
is provided for California scholars seeking to visit Austria and Austrian scholars
seeking to visit California.
Berkeley-Viadrina
Exchange
Viadrina Predissertation and Dissertation Fellowships
at Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
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the
Application
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the
Powerpoint
Presentation
(.ppt)
DEADLINE: February 1
The
Center
for
German
and
European
Studies
at
the
Institute
of
European
Studies,
UC
Berkeley
is
pleased
to
announce
a
predissertation
or dissertation research fellowship
of
$ 3,000
for
UC Berkeley Graduate
Students
wishing
to
explore
dissertation
research
opportunities
in
eastern
Germany
and
western
Poland.
The
successful
candidate
will
be
based
at
Viadrina
University,
located
on
the
German-Polish
border,
one
hour
from
Berlin.
In addition, Viadrina offers the following for the successful Berkeley candidate:
- a monthly stipend of 360 Euros up to 5 months.
- potentially free guest housing depending on availability and dates of travel.
Why go to Viadrina?
Viadrina is a relatively small university (5500
students) with
- an excellent student-teacher ratio (50 full professors,
many more assistant professors) and
- a broad range of research and courses in the social
sciences and liberal arts (what we call “Kulturwissenschaften” or
social and cultural sciences).
At the Kuwi-faculty, there is a particular research profile
which makes it stand out among German university which
offer social sciences and/or liberal arts:
- the political, economic, social and cultural aspects
of the transformation process in Central and Eastern
Europe
- the history and literature in Central and Eastern
Europe
- international migration and xenophobia, from various
disciplinary angles and within the framework of an international
research network covering both the EU and the US (see http://tires.euv-frankfurt-o.de).
- the role of religion in modern societies and politics
Language: Most faculty and
students speak English, there are always courses offered
in the English language
Location: Viadrina is uniquely
situation in the old town of Frankfurt/Oder, right at the
German-Polish border. It is also a 60 minute train ride
from Berlin, and Viadrina students have full access to
all university facilities in Berlin and Brandenburg (i.e.,
Free University Berlin, Technical University Berlin, Humboldt
University, University of Potsdam, to mention the most
important ones).
Address question to:
Institute of European Studies
University of California
207 Moses Hall #2316
Berkeley, CA 94720-2316
510.643-5777; fax 510.643-3372
ies@berkeley.edu
