The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) has published a new call for application for its Milena Jesenska Fellowships for Journalists 2012/2013. Deadline for submissions: April 10, 2012.

The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) has published a new call for application for its Bronislaw Geremek Fellowships 2012/2013. Deadline for submissions: April 15, 2012.

The Black Sea Link Fellowship Program, sponsored by the VolkswagenStiftung (Hannover, Germany), targets talented young researchers from Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as from other regions around the Black Sea. The grants allow fellows to work on projects of their choice while in residence in Bucharest, Romania. NEC welcomes a wide variety of disciplines in the fields of the humanities and social sciences. Deadline for submitting applications: January 15, 2012.

The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) has recently published a new calls for application for the JÓZEF TISCHNER Fellowship 2011 for young Polish or Polish-American scholars, open to all academic disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Deadline for applications: February 20, 2011.

Die VolkswagenStiftung und das Humanities Center der Harvard University schreiben im Rahmen einer 2007 für zunächst vier Jahre gestarteten Initiative weitere Annual Fellowships for Post-doctoral Research in the Humanities at The Humanities Center of Harvard University aus. Damit sollen jährlich bis zu vier hochqualifizierte Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler aus deutschen Hochschulen die Möglichkeit erhalten, jeweils ein Jahr (beginnend September 2010) in einem attraktiven akademischen Umfeld geisteswissenschaftlich zu forschen und auf der Basis eines Auftaktworkshops fächerübergreifend Gesprächs- und Arbeitskontakte aufzubauen. Dabei können sie auf die örtlichen Bibliotheken, Archive sowie vielfältige weitere Forschungs- und Kommunikationsangebote zurückgreifen und auch an internationalen Konferenzen und Workshops mitwirken. In begrenztem Umfang ist zudem die Durchführung eigener Lehrveranstaltungen vorgesehen. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 1. November 2009.

Within the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi - The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations", which has been set up in the framework of the Excellence Initiative at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Humboldt-Universität Berlin, one doctoral grant in Modern German Literature (Ref. no. DS/E-I/02/09) is being offered within the Research Group E-I Knowledge of ancient spaces as processed by the arts. Ancient spaces as spaces of motion in post-ancient times - factography, imagination, and construction. Application deadline: February 28, 2009.

The Department of History and Civilization at European University Institute invites applications for the fourth year doctoral programme in History and Civilization. Deadline for applications: January 31, 2009.

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) jointly award Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The three-month fellowships, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will enable scholars from Eastern and Central Europe to work in Vienna on research projects of their choice within the framework of the scholarly community and activities of the IWM. Deadline for application: December 23, 2008.

The IWM and the Foundation for Polish Science have established a cooperation agreement in support of young researchers returning to Poland. The Józef Tischner Fellowship program is generously supported by grants from Pope John Paul II., Foundation Open Society Institute(Zug) and Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc., New York. Deadline for application: December 23, 2008.