Marie Curie Fellowships for Early Stage Training in Gender and Women's Studies
EU Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) 2007
The Marie Curie Fellowships for Early Stage Training in the field of Gender and Women's Studies allows early stage researchers access to a training programme offered by a network of seven universities in different European countries. The partner institutions, with proven record of high expertise in gender research and education, will jointly train and exchange junior PhD students. The Marie Curie Early Stage Training Scheme is designed to encourage international mobility and therefore carries an enhanced salary/stipend package.
The partner institutions include:
. . University of Bologna, Italy (Prof. Vita Fortunati),
. . Cornelia Goethe Centrum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Prof. Brita Rang),
. . University of York, United Kingdom (Prof. Gabriele Griffin),
. . Linköping University, Sweden (Prof. Nina Lykke),
. . Ljubljana Graduate School in Humanities, Slovenia (Prof. Svetlana Slapsak),
. . University of Lodz, Poland (Prof. Elzbieta Oleksy),
. . Utrecht University, the Netherlands (Prof. Rosi Braidotti and Prof. Rosemarie Buikema)
The training structure is a core curriculum of structured courses, some jointly taught by the partners. The language of instruction will be English. Furthermore, each partner university will also provide training and supervision. The Gender Studies Department of Utrecht University co-ordinates the Gendergraduates Fellowships.
In this last round 5 PhD fellowships of 12 months are available:
. . University of Bologna: one fellowship of 12 months
. . Cornelia Goethe Centrum in Frankfurt am Main: one fellowship of 12 months
. . University of York: one fellowship of 12 months
. . Linköping University: one fellowship of 12 months
. . University of Lodz: one fellowship of 12 months
The universities of Ljubljana and Utrecht do not have any vacancies in this last round.
Each fellow will be affiliated with one of the 5 partner universities and will be part of a PhD programme at this university. The commencement of the fellowships is September 1st 2007.
The PhD candidates are offered the opportunity to follow a doctoral training; are encouraged to travel for training purposes at the early stage of their training; and to do initial work on their dissertation with the professor from the partner university where she/he is enrolled.
The fellowships are for beginning PhD students and not open to post-PhD researchers.
We envisage projects in the field of gender and the humanities, with special emphasis on cultural studies in the areas of ethnicity, subjectivity, sexuality in the arts and/or technology and the media.
We are looking for candidates with a strong interdisciplinary profile and expertise with both the analysis of texts and artifacts, empirical work and/or interviews and with theoretical discussions. The students, apart from being trained in the field of feminist and/or post-colonial studies should preferably have an academic background in literature, art history, music, film, media studies, social work, anthropology, ethnography and/or philosophy.
GRANTS:
The fellowship covers: living, mobility, travel and career exploratory allowances according to the EU standards. However, medical health insurance is not included in the grant although some EU countries provide this automatically.
REQUIREMENTS CANDIDATES:
Each eligible researcher must simultaneously fulfill the following criteria:
. Nationality:
The researcher must be a national of a Member State of the European Community, or an Associated State or a third country if legal residence/main activity has been in a Member State or Associated State forat least 4 years out of the 5 years prior to the appointment. In that case the researcher will be considered a national of the state in which s/he has resided for the longest period.
. Mobility:
The nationality of the fellow must be different from the country in which the host university is located. In the case of holding dual nationality, the researcher will be able to be hosted by the university from the country of her/his nationality provided s/he has not resided there during the last 5 years.
At the time of appointment, the legal residence/main activity of the researcher may not have been in the country of the host university for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the appointment.
. Qualifications:
Candidates applying for this fellowship should have a university degree (preferably MA). Please be aware that entrance requirements for doctoral studies may differ at the participating host-institutions. The degree must demonstrate a clearly identifiable interest in Gender and Women's Studies, as evidenced in a minimum of 45 ECTS in this field of study. Candidates should have demonstrable knowledge of the main types of research questions and methods in the field of Gender and Women's Studies as well as a working knowledge of the basic concepts used in the discipline; have demonstrable research qualities and above average scores; be highly motivated to do academic research. A good knowledge of English isrequired.
The researcher is within the first 4 years (full-time equivalent) of her/his research activity (including training) since gaining a university degree (or equivalent institution of higher education) giving access to doctoral studies in the country in which the degree was obtained. The degree/s already obtained must entitle the holder to embark on doctoral studies without having to acquire any further qualifications.
Researchers who have already obtained a doctoral degree are not eligible.
If you have any questions about your eligibility, we kindly urge you to contact the Marie Curie office in Utrecht before submitting your full application.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Applications, in English, must include:
. . The application form completed in all sections;
. . A motivation letter in which the applicant explains clearly his/her academic and personal reasons for entering the programme. Formulate clearly at which partner institute you would like to be hosted;
. . A brief curriculum vitae (including language skills, and any publications) ;
. . An outline of a proposal for a PhD project (max. 4 pages). This should be accompanied by a brief abstract;
. . A copy of the student's previous academic record (courses) and diplomas. If necessary, the candidate must provide a translation into English. This need not be an official translation;
. . A copy of one or more written assignments, possibly in English, which may be relevant for admission to the programme;
. . A photocopy of the candidates passport;
. . Two letters of recommendation with the referees full address.
DEADLINE:
The application form, motivation letter, CV and PhD proposal should be sent by February 1, 2007 as an email attachment (Word format) to the Utrecht office:
gendergraduates@ let.uu.nl
A hard copy of all the documents, including the sealed letters of support, should arrive by registered mail on February 1, 2007 at the latest at the Utrecht office:
Utrecht University
Marie Curie Gender Graduates Programme
Muntstraat 2A
3512 EV Utrecht
The Netherlands
The application form is attached. You can also find this on the website.
The outcome of the selections is expected by the end of March 2007.
INFORMATION:
You can check the website for more information:
http://www.gendergr aduates.org
gendergraduates@ let.uu.nl
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