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GOOGLE RESEARCH SCHOLAR PROGRAM 

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Application Deadline: January 27, 2025 at 11:59:59 PM UTC-12

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The Research Scholar Program aims to support early-career professors who are pursuing research in fields relevant to Google.

The Research Scholar Program provides unrestricted gifts to support research at institutions around the world and is focused on funding world-class research conducted by early-career professors.

ELIGIBILITY:

They encourage submissions from professors globally who are teaching at universities and meet the eligibility requirements. It is their hope that this program will help develop collaborations with new professors and encourage the formation of long-term relationships.

Awards are disbursed as unrestricted gifts to the university and are not intended for overhead or indirect costs. They are intended for use during the academic year in which the award is provided to support the professor’s research efforts.

Applicants must be a full-time assistant, associate, or professor at a university or degree-granting research institution at the time of the application submission.

Postdoctoral staff can only serve as a co-PI, not a primary PI.

Applicants must have received their PhD within seven years of submission (e.g., applicants in 2024 must have received their PhD in 2017 or later).

They consider exceptions for applicants who have been teaching seven years or fewer and had delays, such as working in industry, parental leave, leave of absence, etc. This exception request can be documented on the application.

Applicants can submit one application per round.

Faculty can only serve as a PI or Co-PI per round. Applicants cannot serve on two separate proposals.

Applicants can apply a maximum of 3 times within the 7 years post-PhD.

Submit by January 27, 2025 at 11:59:59 PM UTC-12 . Decisions for the application cycle will be announced via email by June 2025.

BENEFIT:

The funds granted will be up to $60,000 USD and are intended to support the advancement of the professor’s research.

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UNIVERSITÄT KONSTANZ ZUKONNECT FELLOWSHIPS FOR SCHOLARS FROM AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA

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Application Deadline: 1 February 2025

LOCATION: Germany

The Zukunftskolleg Konnect Fellowships support early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America, who do research that fits to one of the thirteen departments at the University of Konstanz. As a ZUKOnnect Fellow, you can use this time to extend your research networks and to get to know the research environment at the University of Konstanz while keeping your position at home.

ELIGIBILITY:

You were born AND work in a country in Latin America, Asia or Africa.

You hold a doctorate (max. 2 years, doctoral degree granted after 15 February 2023) OR are a doctoral student in your final year.

Your doctorate was/ is going to be completed at a university in Latin America, Asia or Africa.

You do not hold a permanent professorship, nor do you have a habilitation or equivalent qualification (Venia legendi).

Your research project should tie in with one of the disciplines represented at the University of Konstanz.

Track A: You should name a researcher at the University of Konstanz with whom you intend to collaborate (no need to contact person(s) in advance!).

Track B: Nomination by one (Junior) professor of the University of Konstanz

Preference will be given to applicants who plan to team up with one of our current Zukunftskolleg Fellows or within the Cluster “Politics of Inequality” or “Collective Behaviour”.

Preference will be given to fellows from countries not represented in our community

BENEFIT:

During the on-campus research stay, a stipend of € 1,300/month for doctoral students and € 2,000/month for postdoctoral researchers (following DAAD guidelines).

Standard expenses for one economy-class trip to Konstanz and back.

The chance to participate in events organized by the Zukunftskolleg.

Access to library resources.

Access to IT services.

Access to research support services (via Research Support).

up to 750€ research allowance upon request

Research Return Visit by a member of University of Konstanz to your home institution upon request.

ZUKOnnect Fellows will benefit from a digital affiliation extending the total period to 12 months. The digital affiliation will be supported with up to € 900 (lump sum).

German language course (online and on site to be confirmed for 2025).

Career Kit Plus – weekly series of seminars and workshops offered by the University of Konstanz staff members or external trainers (e.g. open access, good practice in academic writing, career perspectives, funding opportunities, but also sight visits and other encounters) Programme for 2025 to be confirmed.

“Fellows go Local” – ZUKOnnect meetings with fellows, staff, PhD students  in town, helping to adjust in the local region supported by the Universitätsgesellschaft Konstanz.

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