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Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowship Programme 

Application Deadline: October 1, 2023

LOCATION: Washington, DC, USA

Through an international competition, the Center offers 9-month residential fellowships. The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program.

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to citizens or permanent residents from any country (applicants from countries outside the United States must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the United States). Contact the Center if you have any questions about your eligibility to obtain a J1 visa.

Academic candidates must be at the post-doctoral level and have published a book or monograph beyond the Ph.D. dissertation.

Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement.

English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows.

BENEFITS:

The Center offers a stipend of $90,000 for a nine-month fellowship. Fellows are responsible for their own health insurance and travel expenses.   

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GEORG FORSTER RESEARCH AWARD

Application Deadline:  31 October 2023.

LOCATION: Germany

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation presents up to six Georg Forster Research Awards each year to internationally outstanding researchers from developing and transition countries in recognition of their academic record to date. The research award was named for renowned German ethnologist Georg Forster (1754–1794) and is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

ELIGIBILITY:

The nominee’s academic achievements must be internationally recognised and proven by corresponding successes in research.

The nominee may not previously have received an award from the Humboldt Foundation for her/his academic work.

The nominee must be a citizen of a developing or transition country
(excluding PR China and India, see list of countries (PDF)). The nominee must have lived and worked in one of these countries for at least five years at the time of nomination.

BENEFITS:

The award amount is €60,000.

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