The Andrew W. Mellon Foudation is awarding Eastern-Central European Research Fellows in the Humanities 2008 - 2009.
Applications are invited from Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Slovak scholars under the age of 45 for Post-Doctoral Fellowships of three months, tenable in the period: June 2008- May 2009. The Mellon Foundation provides a fixed stipend to cover return travel, accommodation and all living expenses. No limitation is placed on the area of research within the Humanities and Social Sciences but priority will be given to those whose work falls within the scope of one of the Institute's current Research Themes.
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 7 March 2008. Applications received after that date will not be considered. Successful candidates will be notified by email by the end of April 2008 with a formal letter of confirmation to follow.
The completed application form can be emailed to iash@ed.ac.uk or sent (by airmail from outside the UK) to: The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh, Hope Park Square Edinburgh, EH8 9NW, Scotland, UK. For more information, visit http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/mellon.fellowships.html. Source: SAIA
