Research Excellence Fellowship at CEU/HESP in Hungary

Central European University (CEU) invites applications for the Research Excellence Fellowship program for Winter and Spring terms of the academic year 2018-19.

The Visiting Fellowship Program supports collaborations and linkages between CEU departments and research centers and individual scholars and academic centers at partner universities that stimulate research and curriculum innovation across a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities focusing on the following subjects and themes:

1. Inequalities and social justice;
2. Democratic governance;
3. Inclusive and evidence-based policy-making;
4. Migration and refugees;
5. Climate change mitigation and adaptation;
6. Higher education in open society (with emphasis on innovative projects that address the following sub-themes: higher education policy and governance, academic freedom, teaching and learning, student engagement, and educational technologies).

Eligibility

• Eligible countries: any country of the Global South;
• Eligible applicants’ primary place of employment at the time of application should be a teaching or academic research institution in their home country;
• Eligible applicants should hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and have a substantial research record in an area that falls under one or more CEU academic units (departments, schools, and research centers);
• Please note: those who are or who intend to be involved in projects, research, teaching, or other activities sponsored or co-sponsored by Open Society Foundations during the period of the Research Fellowship are not eligible to participate in the program;
• Applications not meeting eligibility requirements will not be considered.

Program requirements

• Fellows are required to be in residence at CEU for the entire duration of their Fellowship;
• Fellows will provide a mid-term narrative report and a final narrative report;
• Fellows will provide a draft article outline within three months of concluding the Fellowship;
• Fellows will submit an article published or accepted for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal within one year after completing the Fellowship. Fellows will clearly acknowledge CEU and OSF contribution in this publication.

Benefits
Fellows are supported for a period of three or six months (one or two consecutive terms at CEU). Fellowship award covers travel costs to/from Budapest, accommodations at the CEU residence and a stipend of 5,000 USD for one term and 10,000 USD for two terms of the Fellowship’s duration.

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