1) Conditions

Robert Bosch Fellowships will enable junior and senior scholars to spend six months at the IWM in Vienna to pursue their research project while working in residence at the institute. The fellows will receive a stipend to cover all expenses related to the stay in Vienna (travel, apartment, health insurance, incidentals). The IWM will provide the fellows with a personal office with access to internet and e-mail, in-house research and administrative facilities.
Visiting Fellows will receive a stipend in the amount of € 25.000 for the six-month term.
Junior Visiting Fellows will receive a stipend of € 10.000 for six months. The 6-months research term must be completed between 1 July 2009 and 30 June 2010.
Robert Bosch Fellows will be members of the international and multidisciplinary scholarly community at the IWM. They are invited to present and discuss their project in lectures or seminars.

2) Eligibility

The IWM is accepting applications from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo/UN Resolution, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia.

Applications are accepted from researchers who
■ are citizens or permanently reside in one of the abovementioned countries,
■ or are affiliated to a university or research institution in the region,
■ or (independent of the applicant’s country of origin) who pursue research on South-Eastern Europe

Visiting Fellows must have obtained a Ph.D. in the humanities or social sciences and must hold a senior academic or research position, at least Associate Professor level or equivalent. Junior Visiting Fellows must currently pursue their doctoral degree or have recently obtained a Ph.D. in the humanities or social sciences.
The research project of the candidate should be related to one of the IWM’s main research fields (see www.iwm.at/research.htm).

3) Applications

Please see attachment for details.

The complete information is available on the website under www.iwm.at/fellowships.htm

Source: IWM Mailing as of February 20, 2009.