Call for Proposals for Collaborative Research Projects

The UC Center for German and European Studies (CGES) will fund 2 three-year interdisciplinary multicampus research projects that address topics relating to "The New Geography of Europe." This year the Institute of European Studies, of which CGES is a part, will focus on four broad areas within this theme:

1. Europe's New Political Geography: political change and institutional reform in the European Union and its member states.
2. Europe's New Economic Geography: e.g. monetary union, financial integration, competition policy, trade policy, regulation, agriculture and employment issues.
3. Europe's New Social and Cultural Geography: issues of immigration and social integration of immigrants, social thought, the media and film, architecture, art, literature, and the social and cultural implications of Enlargement.
4. Europe's New Strategic Geography, e.g. transatlantic relations, the development of the CFSP, Europe-Asia relations, and the Euro-Med process.

Research on these topics can be framed in historical, comparative, or international perspective.

We are seeking projects that involve collaborative and interdisciplinary research. Most projects involve 6-10 faculty members, convened by a UC Berkeley faculty member. Where possible, these projects should also involve graduate students. Traditionally, these groups have followed the following pattern: an initial workshop to discuss the conceptual framework and individual research projects, a workshop to discuss draft papers, and a final public conference to present research findings. Projects can also include a speaker or seminar series. Funds can be used for travel and other research costs, research assistants, meeting costs, and summer salary. Projects should have a defined output, i.e. multi-authored books, edited books, or a special issue of a journal. Before final publication, papers produced for the project should appear in the Institute's Working Paper Series. Projects addressing all themes relating to Europe are welcome, but we specifically encourage those that address the themes noted above. Funds can be used to pay summer salary for UC faculty, honoraria for non-UC participants, research assistants, research travel, and workshop and conference expenses.

The Deadline for the Application has Passed

Proposals should include:

1. A statement of the purpose of the project and a tentative conceptual framework that focuses the research of the project's members.
2. A statement describing how graduate students will be involved in the project.
3. A specific action plan for the project and a timetable for its completion.
4. A statement concerning the proposed output of the project and publication plans.
5. A list of potential project members or proposed plans for recruitment of participants.
6. A proposed budget and plans for co-funding.

Successful applications will involve faculty and graduate students from UC Berkeley and may involve participants from other universities as well. They should include plans for workshops in which participants present and discuss their work and specific plans for how graduate students are to be involved. Publication plans should be clearly outlined, and we expect that work in progress in these projects will be published in the Institute's Working Paper Series prior to its final publication.

Before writing a formal proposal, please contact the Institute's Research Director, Beverly Crawford, at bev@berkeley.edu to discuss potential proposals.

Address proposals to:
Collaborative Research Competition
UC Center for German and European Studies
Institute of European Studies
207 Moses Hall
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA. 94720