Europe Related Fellowships/Grants

American-Scandinavian Foundation Grant and Fellowship Opportunities

The American Scandinavian Foundation (http//www.amscan.org/) promotes international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Applications are available for the following programs:

Awards for Study in Scandinavia--Application Deadline for 2007-08: November 1, 2006.

Fellowships and Grants for Advanced Study in the USA--The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers over $500,000 in
funding to Scandinavians to undertake study or research programs (usually at the graduate level) in the United States for up to one year. Candidates for awards are recommended to the ASF by our cooperating organizations. Awards are made in all fields. Ccontact cooperating organizations for deadlines.

Visiting Lectureships, Public Project Grants, and the Birgit Nilsson Opera Competition--contact the foundation for deadlines.

Application guidelines are available online at http://www.amscan.org/fellowship.html.

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Brittingham Viking Organization scholarships

The application due date is October 27th, 2006.

The Brittingham Viking Organization is accepting scholarship applications for 2007 and 2008. Scholarship programs provide study abroad opportunities to UW undergraduate and graduate students in Norway, Finland, and Denmark. The scholarships cover tuition, housing, and a travel stipend for the transatlantic flight. Students will also have the opportunity to travel to other destinations in Scandinavia with other members of the BVO.

Applicants should download the three documents below for information about the different scholarships, instructions for applying, and the application. Questions can be directed to Tessa Michaelson, Scholarship Coordinator at Tessa.michaelson@gmail.com.

The Organization has three scholarship opportunities available. These are:
1. In Oslo, Norway to attend the International Summer School.
2. In Copenhagen, Denmark to study at the Copenhagen Business School in summer.
3. The Madison Viking Scholarship: The Helsinki Scholarship includes tuition, housing and general living expenses for the Swedish School of Economics (SSE) or Helsinki University of Technology (HUT). Classes at SSE/HUT are geared for business, computer science or engineering students (industrial, electrical, or mechanical). This scholarship, like all Viking scholarships, includes travel within Scandinavia, with a standing invitation to visit BVO members and their families throughout the region. Travel is pre-arranged.

For more information, visit http://www.uwalumni.com/?sectionpath=394.

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Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program

Application Deadline: October 16, 2006.

The foundation sponsors a fellowship program that enables young American professionals to participate in an intensive work and study program in Germany.The program provides young American professionals (ages 23-34) with two high-level work placements in the federal government and private sector in Germany. Three seminars taking place throughout Europe provide an in-depth understanding of issues facing Germany and the European Union today. Candidates are competitively chosen from the fields of business administration, economics, journalism, law, political science and public policy.

For more information, visit http://www.cdsintl.org/fromusa/boschflyer.pdf.

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The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies

Application Deadline: December 1, 2006.

The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies offers up to one-year of research support at the Freie Universität Berlin. It is open to scholars in all social science and humanities disciplines, including historians working on the period since the mid-19th century. The program accepts applications from U.S. and Canadian nationals or permanent residents. Applicants for a dissertation fellowship must be full-time graduate students who have achieved ABD status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin begins. Also eligible are U.S. and Canadian Ph.D.s who have received their doctorates within the past two calendar years. The Berlin Program is based at, funded and administered by the Freie Universität Berlin

Fellowships are awarded for a period between ten to twelve months and must be held for a single continuous period. Approximately twelve fellows are selected. The Berlin Program Fellowship stipends are EUR 1100 per month for fellows working on a dissertation project and EUR 1400 per month for fellows working on a postdoctoral research project. The Program offers fellows EUR 130 per month for each accompanying child and EUR 130 per month as spousal support if the spouse is not working or on a fellowship. The Program provides one round-trip airfare for each fellow between the fellow’s residence at the time of award and Berlin. In addition, funds for intra-European research travel may be granted upon request.

For more information visit: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/aboutb/aboutb.htm.

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SSRC Eurasia Program Dissertation Development Workshop

All applications are due by November 30, 2006.

The program's geographical reach includes the new states of Eurasia as well as Eastern European countries. The tremendous upheaval that this region has seen and continues to experience poses challenges for understanding societal transformations and also for existing modes of research and the training of a new generation of scholars. Researchers have to question the very notion of "region" given recent geo-political changes and have to avail themselves of resources and training that generally are assigned to different area studies departments.

The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council is currently accepting applications for its upcoming spring 2007 Dissertation Development Workshop, "Violence in Eurasia: Historical and Contemporary Approaches".This workshop will be held March 23-25, 2007 at Yale University.

The Eurasia Program Dissertation Development Workshops bring together 10-12 doctoral students and 5-6 faculty participants for two to three days of intensive critical discussion of the students' dissertation projects, as well as larger theoretical and methodological issues. Graduate students in the social sciences and related humanities, at any stage in their dissertation projects, are eligible to apply.

For more information, visit http://www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia/Title8_Dissertation_Workshops/.

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The Albert Gallatin Fellowship In International Affairs at The Graduate Institute Of International Studies University Of Geneva, SWITZERLAND

The Albert Gallatin Fellowship in International Affairs was established in 1976 by the FERIS Foundation of America. The award for the coming academic year provides for up to nine months of study at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland by an American candidate for the Ph.D. who is actively engaged in dissertation research of the Doctorate within the field of International Relations.

Since 1927, the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland has been a leading center for the study of international relations. It provides doctoral instruction in international law and politics, international economics, international institutions and international development. The Institute's multinational staff and student body, its use of English and French in all aspects of its program form the basis of a curriculum stressing independent work and research. It aims to provide students with an international perspective, essential if they are to teach international relations or international economics, follow careers in diplomacy or in the international civil service, work in political or economic journalism, or join multi-national companies at the management level. We thus especially welcome proposals that are multinational in scope.

The Institute maintains close working relations with many international governmental and non-governmental agencies and scholarly bodies in Geneva which deal with a wide variety of international problems, thus providing unique opportunities for doctoral research.

Candidates are urged to consult the Institute's catalogue to see how its lectures and seminars and the organizations with which it maintains working relations can best meet the needs of the research programs. It can be obtained by writing directly to: Secretariat, IUHEI, PO Box 36, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland.

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The American-Scandinavian Foundation

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers fellowships (up to $18,000) and grants (normally $3,000) to individuals to pursue research or study in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year. Awards are made in all fields.

ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must have a well-defined research or study project that makes a stay in Scandinavia essential.
Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents.
Applicants must have completed their undergraduate education by the start of their project in Scandinavia.
Team projects are eligible, but each member must apply as an individual, submitting a separate, fully-documented application.

First priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received an ASF award. Only in exceptional cases will a third award be considered.
Grants are considered especially suitable for post-graduate scholars, professionals, and candidates in the arts to carry out research or study visits of one to three months duration.

Fellowships are intended to support a year-long stay. Priority is given to candidates at the graduate level for dissertation-related study or research. The awards support project-related costs, including maintenance, trans-Atlantic round-trip travel, in-country travel, tuition and fees (where applicable) and materials expenditures (e.g., books, photocopying, art supplies).

For more information please visit:http://www.amscan.org

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The Newberry Library-Ecole Des Chartes Exchange Fellowship

École des Chartes Exchange Fellowship Application deadline: January 10, 2007*

This fellowship provides a monthly stipend and free tuition for an American or Canadian graduate student to study at the École Nationale des Chartes in Paris for a period of three months in the fall of 2007. The École des Chartes is the oldest institution in Europe specializing in the archival sciences, including paleography, bibliography, textual editing, and the history of the book. Preference will be given to students attending institutions that are members of the Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium.

For further information contact: The Newberry Library, Committee on Awards, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Tel. (312) 255-3666. E-mail: research@newberry.org; web site:http://www.newberry.org.

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ACLS Southeast European Studies Programs

· Dissertation Fellowships—Deadline: November 15, 2006
· Postdoctoral Fellowships—Deadline: November 15, 2006
· Conference Grants –Deadline: February 1, 2007
· Travel Grants –Deadline: February 1, 2007
· Language Grants to Individuals for Summer Study—Deadline: January 16, 2007
· Request for Proposals for Research on Heritage Speakers of Southeast European Languages—Deadline: January 16, 2007

1. Dissertation Fellowships in Southeast European Studies
· Amount: up to $17,000
· Tenure: One year beginning between June 1 and September 1, 2007
· Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, November 15, 2006.
· Decisions will be announced in mid-April 2007.

Applicants should choose one of three types of support:
· Developmental Fellowships
· Research Fellowships
· Writing Fellowships

Applicants must apply for one of these three categories of support and in the application essay clearly state how much work on the dissertation has already been accomplished and in what specific ways progress would be advanced by an ACLS award.

2. Postdoctoral Fellowships in Southeast European Studies
· Amount: up to $25,000
· Tenure: 6 to 12 consecutive months between July 1, 2007 and September 1, 2008.
· Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, November 15, 2006.
· Decisions will be announced in mid-April 2007.

Eligibility
1) An applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States as of the application deadline date.
2) An applicant must hold a Ph.D. degree conferred prior to the application deadline; however, an established scholar who can demonstrate the equivalent of the Ph.D. in publications and professional experience may also qualify.

Types of Support
· Research Fellowships
· Developmental Fellowships

3. Conference Grants
· Deadline: February 1, 2007
· Amount: up to $25,000

Grants up to $25,000 will be offered to support formal research conferences to be held before December 31, 2008, which intend to produce significant new research publishable in a conference volume.

4. Travel Grants
· Deadline: February 1, 2007
· Amount: $1,000 - $2,500

Grants will be made to support travel for presentation of papers at scholarly conferences taking place before December 31, 2008 ($1,000 for travel within North America; $2,500 for intercontinental travel).

5. Language Grants to Individuals for Summer Study
· Deadline: January 16, 2007
· Amount: up to $2,500
· Period: Summer 2007

Pending confirmation of funding, ACLS will offer grants of up to $2,500 each for intensive summer study of Albanian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Romanian.

6. Request For Proposals for Research on Heritage Speakers of Southeast European Languages
· Deadline: January 16, 2007
· Amount: $15,000

A grant of $15,000 will be made to an individual or collaborative team for a research project on heritage speakers in the United States that can report preliminary results by January 31, 2008 and be completed before December 31, 2008. The project should culminate in 1) an analytical paper and 2) a proposal for a model advanced-mastery course for SEE heritage speakers.

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