Berkeley-Austria
Fund
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, 2008.
The Institute of European Studies, University of California,
Berkeley, and the University of Vienna are pleased to announce
a competition for a short-term Research Grant for faculty
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 $4,000 for
visits of up to one month. Successful applicants will receive
a temporary affiliation with the host institution in Vienna.
The Berkeley-Austria Fund (BVF) 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 semester of 2008
and the Fall of 2008 (including the summer of 2008).
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 each academic year :
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
Pre-Dissertation and
Dissertation Fellowships
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the Application
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the Guidelines
Contact List for More Information
Dissertation and Pre-Dissertation Research Awards in Austria
Open to Graduate Student Applicants from the Social Sciences
at all UC Campuses
DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until February
1 , 2008
The Institute of European Studies, University of California,
Berkeley, and the University of Vienna are pleased to announce
a competition for a short-term Pre-Dissertation 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 $3,000 $5,000 for visits
of 1-3 months.
Successful applicants will receive a temporary affiliation
with the host institution in Vienna.
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 by early March
2008.
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
Announcing
new Pre-Dissertation Fellowships at Viadrina University,
Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
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the
Application
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the
Guidelines
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the
Powerpoint
Presentation
(.ppt)
DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until February
1 , 2008
The
Center
for
German
and
European
Studies
at
the
Institute
of
European
Studies,
UC
Berkeley
is
pleased
to
announce
a
new
pre-dissertation
fellowship
of
$3,000
for
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.
Viadrina will offer the following for the successful
Berkeley candidate:
- a research assistant who will help the candidate with
locating and providing relevant material in the entire
region of Berlin and Brandenburg, organizing meetings
with faculty in various regional universities, and practical
help in getting settled and around;
- financial aid for German language classes if desired
by the candidate
- a work station to access all university resources
(part time only)
- the possibility to attend (for non-credit) any course
the candidate is interested in during the semester of
the visit
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 our 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 min 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).
Deadline: February 1, 2008
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
