ICEES Postdoc Bursaries 2nd round, Autumn 2001 (apply by 29 October 2001)

Applications are invited to the 2nd round of ICEES Post-doctoral Bursaries.

A short postdoc bursary is to allow its holder to develop, jointly with his
or her intended 'principal applicant' (a staff member at the University of
Glasgow (Scotland, UK), a grant application to a UK funding body. Bursary
holders will be expected to prepare such grant application under the
oversight of the principal applicant. If not resident in the West of
Scotland, they will be required to travel to Glasgow twice during the period
of their bursary (low cost direct flights to Glasgow are available from
various European countries). The grant application is to include the bursary
holder as researcher on the intended project. It is intended that in case of
award by the funding body, the bursary holder will be attached to ICEES for
the period of her or his externally funded research project.
     Applications will be considered in any of the social sciences,
humanities or law provided the research topic focuses on Central and/or
Eastern European societies.
     Applicants must hold a PhD from any European university or be able to
present an official letter of their supervisor stating that they will
receive their degree within a period of three months. Applicants should
normally be under age 35. The successful applicant will have an excellent
command of written English.
     Before applying for a bursary, the applicant has to make contact with a
staff member of the University of Glasgow and secure his or her agreement to
act as principal applicant for the intended research project / grant
application. Please note that not all ICEES members are staff members of the
University; only paid Glasgow University staff qualify as principal
applicants. The names of Glasgow University staff working on the area of
Central and East European Studies can be found at the Institute's internet
site http://www.gla.ac.uk/icees/.
     Bursary holders will receive £600 (West of Scotland residents), £900
(UK residents) or £1,100 (non-UK residents) for the bursary period of 3
months. They will not be provided with accommodation at the Institute. These
amounts are understood to include expenses for travel to and short-term
accommodation in Glasgow. Of the total award, normally 50 per cent will be
paid at the time of the award, the remaining sum immediately after the grant
application has been officially submitted.

Application procedure     The application form can be printed from the
Institute's internet site at http://www.gla.ac.uk/icees/. Application forms
must be accompanied by
1) a project description, no longer than 1 page A4 (500 words) and dealing
specifically with topic, research question, methodology, relevance) and name
of funding body and specifics on the scheme to which you intend to apply;
applicants are advised to research the internet sites of funding bodies (see
the links, below) for a funding scheme appropriate for their intended
project;
2) a letter, fax or printed email in which the proposed principal applicant
discusses the merits of the intended project and confirms that s(he) is
prepared to oversee the intended grant application and project, and
3) a curriculum vitae including publications, no longer than 1 page A4.
These must be received by 4pm on 29 October 2001 and will not be considered
if arriving after this. Applications by fax or email cannot be accepted.

John Löwenhardt
Director, ICEES