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Junior Research Fellowships, The Society of Fellows, Harvard University, USA

Candidates are nominated for Junior Fellowships, generally by those under whom they have studied. Applications are not accepted from the candidates themselves. A letter of nomination should include an assessment of the candidate’s work and promise, complete contact information for the candidate, including current residential addresss and email address, and the names, mailing addresses, and email addresses of three additional people who agree to write letters of recommendation by the end of September at the latest. Men and women interested in any field of study are eligible for these fellowships. Nominees should be of the highest calibre of intellectual achievement, i.e. comparable to the most successful candidates for junior faculty positions at leading universities.

Please note: If still pursuing the Ph.D., Junior Fellows should be at the dissertation stage of their theses and be prepared to finish their degrees within a year of becoming fellows. If already a recipient of the degree, they should not be much more than a year past the Ph.D. at the time the fellowship commences. Most Junior Fellows receive the Ph.D. just prior to the start of the fellowship.

Scholarship Application Deadline:September 2, 2011.

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Gerda Henkel Junior Fellowships 2011 in Germany: Historical sciences

The Historische Kolleg, founded in 1980 as an Institute for Advanced Study in Munich, supports notable researchers with a proven track-record in research and teaching drawn from all sectors of the historical sciences in Germany and abroad, by releasing them for research purposes. Appointments to the Kolleg, which are made on a competitive basis, offer scientists the opportunity to concentrate on a major work (“magnum opus”) freed from their university duties. The selection criteria are focused on the promotion of research personalities.

Since 1988, the Historische Kolleg has also awarded bursaries to allow post-doctoral students time for their work and to promote close professional contact with established researchers, from the full spectrum of the discipline concerned, within the inspirational atmosphere of the college. The Foundation has provided the Historische Kolleg with funds for the award of two “Gerda Henkel Junior Fellowships” to outstanding young researchers.

Scholarship Application Deadline:30 April, 2011

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Fellowships to Outstanding Indian Nationals in the Field of Culture, India

Ministry of Culture invites applications from Indian Nationals for the award of Fellowships to Outstanding Persons in the field of Culture for the year 2010-11.

The Fellowships are awarded for undertaking research oriented projects. While both the academic research and performance related research are encouraged, the applicant should provide evidence of his/her capabilities in undertaking the project.

The Fellowships are not intended for providing training, conducting workshops, seminars or documenting memoirs/or writing autobiographies/fiction etc.

A total of 400 Fellowships will be awarded for a maximum period of two years, out of which :

a) 200 are Senior Fellowships having a value of Rs.20,000/- per month for artistes in the age group of above 40 years
b) 200 are Junior Fellowships having a value of Rs.10,000/- per month for the artistes in the age group of 25-40 years.
c) Age will be reckoned as on 1st April, 2010.
d) Applicant for Senior Fellowship should not be a recipient of pension from this Ministry under the scheme for grant of financial assistance to artistes in indigent circumstances. The applicant should not have availed of the same Fellowship earlier. However an applicant who had been awarded a Junior Fellowship can apply for a Senior Fellowship, provided 5 years have elapsed after the closure of the earlier project.
e) Applicants who are employed will have to apply through proper channel.
f) Under the Senior and Junior Fellowships, the awardees will submit six-monthly progress reports. In cases where such reports are not received on time, the Ministry may withhold further releases of the Fellowship amount.
g) The selected candidates will have to undertake academic or application oriented research work on projects for which they have been awarded the Fellowship. They will complete their projects within two years and submit the same to the Ministry. Extension of time by a maximum of three months will be permissible without any additional financial liability to the Government.
h) A mid-term review/assessment of the performance in each case will be carried out after one year and further continuance of Fellowship will depend on such review/ assessment.
i) Graduation is the minimum educational qualification for applicants in the fields/areas listed in para II (b) of the Scheme (but not for other fields/areas listed in para II(a) of the Scheme

Scholarship Application Deadline: 28 February 2011

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