CfA: PhD and Early Career Residencies on EU Foreign Policy (funded) - Deadline: 1 Feb 2019
Submitted by Maastricht University on Thu, 12/13/2018 - 17:07
The NORTIA network invites applications from PhD students and Early-Career researchers (within 5 years of their PhD) working in EU Foreign Policy to apply for bursaries to support an extended residency (2-3 months) at one of the following institutions:
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Adam Jaskulski)
ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (Helene Sjursen)
Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) (Robert Kissack)
KU Leuven (Kolja Raube & Stephan Keukeleire)
Leiden University (Karolina Pomorska)
Maastricht University (Gergana Noutcheva)
European University Institute (Federica Bicchi)
University College Dublin (Ben Tonra)
University of Kent (Richard Whitman)
The bursary is for 2,300 EUR (towards accommodation and subsistence costs) and travel (up to a maximum of 270 EUR).Residencies should take place preferably between September 2019 and March 2020.
The NORTIA bursary is ONLY available to pay for:
Travel to and from your research destination; accommodation at your destination; food at your destination; local transport at your destination.
All other ancillary costs should be covered by the student undertaking the residency. Please note that the NORTIA bursaries do not cover: Costs related to visas or visa applications; Any university fees related to the residency; Medical and travel insurance.
How to Apply
In order to be eligible to apply, applicants must be a student at one of the above-named universities, or a member of UACES (the association for contemporary European Studies). New members can join UACES here.
Residencies will be awarded on a competitive basis and assessed through a blind peer- review process. Applicants must demonstrate the added value to their doctoral project of the proposed residency. Successful applicants will be expected to produce a blog post for the NORTIA web-platform following their residency.
Students/Researchers will need to contact the NORTIA member (see list above) at the host university to discuss their project and access to facilities. UACES will need to see confirmation from the host institution that they are able to host the residency.
The deadline for applications is 1st February 2019.
Please download the application forms here and submit your completed application form via email to Joshua Barritt at UACES: admin@uaces.org
Interested? Check the experience of previous NORTIA residency fellows, for example of Irina Petrova,Daan Fonck, or Dorina Baltag.
