Postdoctoral | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 10

2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Race and Gender History, Rutgers University, New Jersey

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis at Rutgers University announces a postdoctoral fellowship for scholars pursuing research in race and gender studies. The successful applicant must have the doctorate in hand at the time of application, be no more than six years beyond the Ph.D., and be able to teach history courses. The fellowship of $45,000 is of one year duration and includes benefits and a $2,000 research stipend. The recipient will teach at least one small course in the history department and participate in the seminar series at the RCHA. For information regarding the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis see website. Please send letter of interest, c.v., dossier with a least three letters of reference and research proposal to Professor Deborah Gray White, Post-Doc Search, Department of History, Rutgers University, 16 Seminary Place, Van Dyck Hall, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 March 2011.

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AFR Postdoctoral Grants by EU under the Marie-Curie Cofund Scheme 2011

Applicants must be holders of a PhD diploma. They can apply until up to 8 years after obtaining their PhD.The postdoc research training has to be carried out in a different country from where the applicant has been principally working in the 24 months preceding the beginning of the intended postdoctoral funding period (mobility clause).Under the AFR scheme, early-stage researchers are eligible for the AFR PhD grant and consecutively for the AFR Postdoc grant (under the condition that they respect a mobility clause).
The project proposals will be assessed according to the following key criteria :

  • Scientific quality of the research project
  • Profile of the applicant
  • Quality of the host institution
  • Interest of the research project in the Luxembourg R&D setting.
  • For postdocs, in addition : The potential of the research project for their career development.

    Scholarship Application Deadline:14 September 2011

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    HOMING PLUS Programme:Grants for Young Scholars, Poland: Bio, Info, Techno categories

    The objective of the programme is to encourage young Polish scholars abroad to return to Poland. The programme is also open to young PhDs who are citizens of other countries but interested in spending a postdoctoral fellowship in Poland.

    The programme is directed to persons who:
    * hold at least a doctorate and are in the early stage of their academic career (up to 4 years after obtaining the doctorate*);
    * have been abroad for an uninterrupted period of at least 9 months (conducting research, on a postdoctoral fellowship, or preparing a doctoral dissertation);
    * intend to come to Poland within 6 months after the application deadline, or returning to Poland no earlier than 12 months prior to the application deadline; and
    * work in Poland in a research unit or have received a promise of employment there for at least the duration of the project.

    Scholarship Application Dedaline: 15 March 2011

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