Berkeley-Austria Fund
Call for
Projects for UC Faculty
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Open to Faculty from the Social Sciences at all UC Campuses
DEADLINE: Applications accepted through February
1, 2007.
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 2007 and the Fall
of 2007 (including the summer of 2007).
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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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 ,
2007
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 2007.
Predissertation/Dissertation Fellowships at the University
of Zagreb, Croatia
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the Information Sheet
DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until February
1 , 2007
The
Institute of European Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, and the University of Zagreb
are pleased to announce a competition for a short-term
Pre-Dissertation Grant for graduate students
in the social sciences whose work focuses on
political economy. Preference will be given to
students who which to research the economy of
Croatia or economic and/or business relations
in the wider region of Central and South-East Europe. The successful
candidate will be based at the Faculty of Economics and Business
in Zagreb, Croatia. Zagreb will offer the following:
- access to the Economics faculty and University libraries
- opportunity
to attend courses in the EBIP (Economics and Business
International Program) taught in English
- office
space equipped with a computer
- an apartment in the Faculty
building
Why go to Zagreb? Faculty of Economics and Business is a constituent
part of the University of Zagreb. It was founded in 1920 and
it is the oldest institution of higher learning for economists
in this part of Europe. The University of Zagreb itself was
founded in1662 and, as such, it is one of the oldest universities
in Europe.
Today both institutions are undergoing deep transformations reflecting wider
social, political, and economic change in the region. The curricula and teaching
programs are taking on the characteristics defined by the Bologna Declaration
and the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) is now fully in place.
Centrally located, Zagreb is a good point from which to access any part of
the region. It is itself well connected by short non-stop flights with major
European cities such as Frankfurt, Munich, London, Paris, Milan, Zurich, etc.
For someone interested in various aspects of the current economic, political,
or social issues of transition or history, it can serve as a convenient base
to do this kind of research.
Language Most faculty and students speak fluent English
and the EBIP teaching program is offered in English. Application
forms may be obtained at our web site at ies.berkeley.edu or
from our office.
Announcing
new Pre-Dissertation Fellowships at Viadrina
University, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
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Guidelines
DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until February
1 , 2007
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, 2007
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.
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
