Please find below details of the Hans Boeckler Doctoral Fellowship which
provides funding for US and other international graduate students
interested in conducting research in Germany.
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The Hans Boeckler Foundation (HBS) is pleased to announce the Hans Boeckler
Doctoral Fellowship for 2005-2006. In March a committee will award one
fellowship. The deadline for applications is February 01, 2005.
PURPOSE
These residential fellowships will be awarded to graduate students engaged
in dissertation projects related to the Foundations research and policy
consulting program and to the on-going work of its researchers. During
their tenure fellows are expected to be in residence in Duesseldorf and to
participate actively in the intellectual life of the Foundation.
The Hans-Boeckler-Foundation of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB)
promotes codetermination as a principle for designing a democratic society.
The HBS provides consulting services and training for elected
representatives of works councils, supervisory board and staff
representatives but also provides funding for some 1,600 university
students. An important aspect of the Foundations work is related to
academic research in various fields of study. Besides providing funding for
external research, the HBS also maintains its own research institute for
economic and social research (WSI). Research projects cover a broad range
of issues and fields of study. Among other aspects, research topics include
welfare state development, macroeconomics and European economic
coordination, working time policy, collective bargaining, work
organization, labor market regulation, gender studies, regional economic
development, and the distribution of wealth and income. For a summary of
the Foundations and the WSI’s research profiles see
http://www.boeckler.de/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75F-F9ABE05B/hbs/hs.xsl/181.html
Working languages at the HBS are German and English.
ELIGIBILITY AND TERMS OF THE FELLOWSHIP
Doctoral Candidates are eligible to apply if they have completed all
requirements for the Ph.D. but the dissertation. The fellowship is
available for non-German nationals.
Fellows may spend between six and twelve months in residence at the HBS for
field research or theoretical work. Grants will normally begin by July
2005; however, individual arrangements are possible. The fellowship
provides a stipend of 920 Euro per month. In addition, the HBS will pay one
economy class round trip from your location to Duesseldorf. Within limits
of its possibilities the Foundation will also contribute to the costs for
travel for field research within Germany.
Applicants should send a cover letter with name, address, e-mail and
telephone number, their current CV, a research proposal not exceeding ten
double spaced pages, and two letters of recommendation from academic
advisors. Applicants should indicate how much time they would want to spend
at the HBS and when they would like to start their tenure. Applications
should be addressed to:
Hans Boeckler Foundation
c/o Dorothee Schmitz
Hans Boeckler Strasse 39
D-40476 Duesseldorf
Germany
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