CALL FOR RETURNING SCHOLARS TO TEACH IN EASTERN EUROPE, EURASIA, AND
MONGOLIA
The International Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of the Open
Society Institute
is pleased to announce the 2005-06 Academic Fellowship Program's
Returning Scholar Fellowship Program
The Returning Scholar Fellowship Program (RSFP) invites applications for
2005-06 from talented scholars who, after studying abroad, seek university
positions and academic careers in their home countries. RSFP is open to
citizens of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Romania,
Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Tajikistan and Ukraine.
Academics from the above countries having graduated (or expecting to
graduate by September 2005) from a Western-accredited or HESP-supported
university with a postgraduate degree in social sciences/humanities are
encouraged to apply.
Returning Scholar Fellowships are awarded in the social sciences (including
area studies, anthropology, gender studies, economics, history, political
science, psychology, public administration, and sociology).
AFP also offers teaching fellowships in law and journalism/media studies.
Please note that AFP does not support scholars in philology, the visual and
performing arts, and certain other humanities fields. Nor does AFP work
with business-related fields. (For further specifics, please contact the
AFP office.)
RSFP helps universities in the region retain promising young scholars who
are essential to the revitalisation of departments, and to the
sustainability of reforms in higher education. RSFP represents a conscious
strategy to combat "brain drain" in the social sciences and humanities by
offering financial, institutional and professional development support for
two academic years (longer in some cases), as well as opportunities for
further professional growth as AFP alumni. Fellowships include a monthly
stipend and various allowances, including professional development and
networking funds, in addition to the opportunity to participate in
departmental and professional development projects.
In the 2004/05 academic year, AFP supported 120 Returning Scholars (RS) at
institutions throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
The Academic Fellowship Program was launched by the Open Society Institute's
Higher Education Support Program in July 2004, and builds on HESP's
experience as a core funder of the Civic Education Project and carries
forward some aspects of the fellowship opportunities supported by CEP.
Applications will be accepted until March 15, 2005. Fellowships begin in
September 2005.
For application forms and guidelines, please see the fellowship programs
area of our web site:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus_areas/afp
For further information contact our office:
Academic Fellowship Program
Higher Education Support Program
Open Society Institute
Nador utca 11, H-1051, Budapest, Hungary
Tel: 36-1-235 6160; Fax: 36-1- 411 44 01
Email: [log in to unmask]
Location: CEE/NIs Region
Deadline: March 15, 2005
Website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus_areas/afp
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