Returning Scholar Fellowship Program (for citizens from ex-socialist countries)
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
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
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