Grants for cultural journalists in Romania

Preamble: The aim of this programme is promoting the Romanian cultural phenomenon in the foreign media. Therefore, the Romanian Cultural Institute awards grants to foreign cultural journalists who submit working projects dealing with Romanian and Romanian culture.

Deadline for submitting the applications: May 15th, 2010
The documentation and research period have to be ended until December 31st, 2010.

Grant's value: 1 500 euros/person

ICR awards 10 grants on a yearly basis.

The field for which the evaluation and selection is performed: journalism

Length of the grant: maximum 1 month

Required application papers:
- application form;
- resume;
- project's description;
- articles/broadcasts portfolio;
- a reference letter from the management of the publication/ radio/TV station
- a letter of intent (in an international language)

The address for submitting the documents:
Institutul Cultural Roman, Aleea Alexandru nr. 38, sector 1, BucureÅsti.

Contact:
Ruxandra SighinaÅŸ
031 7100 675
rsb @ icr.ro
http://www.icr.ro/bucharest/scholarships-and-residencies/grants-for-cultural-journalists.html

RESULTS 2009

The members of the committee:
- Florin Dumitrescu
- Alexandra Olivotto
- Răzvan Ţupa

The criteria of evaluating and selection:
1. project relevancy taking into account the promotion of the Romanian cultural
phenomenon
2. consistency of the project and the possibility of continuing it
3. finality of the project
4. relevancy of the dossier
5. identification and the use of local resources

Oana-Valentina Suciu PhD, Lecturer, University of Bucharest - Faculty of Political Sciences Str. Sf. Stefan 24, s. 2, Bucharest e-mail: oanavalentina_ suciu@yahoo. co.uk , oana.suciu@fspub. ro

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2 GRANTS FOR A 4-MONTHS RESEARCH-STAY (each) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

FOR STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES IN ALBANIA, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA; CROATIA, KOSOVO, MACEDONIA, MONTENEGRO, SERBIA WHO ARE PRESENTLY ENROLLED IN A MASTER- or PhD-PROGRAMME in the field of "History, philology or political sciences"

Grant Period: October 2010 until January 2011 (incl.)

Target group:

Eligible candidates for the grant are students who are enrolled in a master- or PhD-programme at their home-universities and are working on their diploma-/master- or PhD-thesis. During their stay at the University of Vienna the successful candidates should do intensive scientific research and participate in the academic life of the respective Department of the University of Vienna. The continuous presence of the grant-holders in Vienna during the grant-period is therefore required.

Requirements and Qualifications:
- Excellent academic performance
- Good command of English and/or German
- A specific research project in the subject area of History, philology or political sciences for the grant-period at the

University of Vienna

Documents required for application:
- Detailed description of the scientific project that should be carried out during the stay at the University of Vienna.
- Motivation letter in which the candidate explains why he/she would like to do his/her research work at the University of Vienna and how he/she thinks to take part in the academic life of the University of Vienna.
- A letter of recommendation
- Detailed CV with postal delivery-address, Email-address and telephone number.
- Proof of English and/or German /copies of certificates or confirmation of the supervisor of the master- or doctoral thesis or proof of the participation in a study-programme held in German or

English or proof of a longer stay in a Germa/English speaking country
- Transcript of records or copy of the graduation certificate
- Copy of passport

Selection procedure:
An expert-group of the Osteuropaforum at the University of Vienna will make a ranking-list of the candidates and propose it to the Vice Rector for Educational Program Development and Internationalization for the final decision. The candidates will be informed about the results of the selection.

Payment:
The successful candidate(s) will get a grant of EUR 1000.- per month for 4 months each to cover all living costs during the stay at the University of Vienna. No travel costs will be reimbursed.

Terms of application, submission of application:
Applications have to be sent via e-mail, fax or by post until latest 30th of May 2010 (date of e-mail and postmark) to:

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Schmitt
E-Mail: oliver.schmitt@ univie.ac. at

Institut für Osteuropäische Geschichte
1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 3 (Campus)
T: +43-1-4277-411 18
F: +43-1-4277-9 411

If the application is carried out by post [if any of the necessary documents can not be scanned, they must be sent by post or by fax], an announcement of the application by email until latest 30th of May 2010 is indispensable! !!

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CfA: Global Supplementary Grant Program for Doctoral Studies

The Open Society Institute's Network Scholarship Programs is pleased to announce the Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP) for the 2010-2011 academic year. GSGP offers supplementary grants to enable students from select countries of Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia to pursue doctoral studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at accredited universities in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle/Near East, and North America.

Eligibility:

GSGP is available to citizens of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Please note that this is a supplementary program and is not intended for full funding. Applicants must be able to demonstrate additional support from other sources.

Deadline:

The deadline for students pursuing a Ph.D. in Asia, Australia, North America, or the Middle East is April 2, 2010.

The deadline for students pursuing a Ph.D. in Europe is June 10, 2010.

For further details about the program please visit:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas/global_supplementary/guidelines .

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CfA: Religions and Values in Central and Eastern Europe

Religions and Values in Central and Eastern Europe
Call for grants

The FP6 supported research network of REVACERN is publishing a call for a grant in the following topics:

* Changing Religiosity ­ values and moralities
* New religious phenomena and religious renewal
* Orthodoxy in Central and Eastern Europe
* Religion and media
* The correlations of religious and national-ethnic identity
* Social activities of religious communities and civil organisations
* Values and religions in education
* Legal status of religious communities
* Policy making

The topics mentioned are trying to describe the complex process developing after the Central and Eastern European region after the political juncture in 1989/1991. The description of the religion and value-related procedure has not only scientific goals, rather applied ­the knowledge and context gathered will be transformed into functional alternatives and activity guides for decision makers and influential
factors for public opinion within the region and the European Union. The religion is a society-builder factor and potential for conflict at the same time. The discourse of the religious dimensions of a nation, its political and juridical handling needs a constant follow-up of the processes, and from the part of experts of study of religion expects an active participation in public debates and policy makings.

The ideal applicant has a MA degree in study of religion or any social sciences, is a PhD student or has a recent PhD degree, has experience in scientific research, publication, conference participation. Near English, knows at least one Eastern European language, is affiliated in a university or research institute.

The application should contain an essay, which should contain the followings:
- the selected topic, a motivation of the selection at first former works on the selected topic
- short reference of the international bibliography of the selected topics
- detailed elaboration of the regional relevancy of the topic, with aspects of comparison
- description of grounded hypotheses

Send your application until Dec. 20. to ep3@revacern. eu!

Applications will be evaluated by the international researcher team of REVACERN.

Schedule of application:
- call for grant: Nov. 15.
- deadline for application: Dec. 20.
- evaluation and selection: Jan. 20.
- specification of topics and contract signatures Febr. 27.

The winners receive a 6 month grant (from March to August) with a monthly 500 EUR grant. The winners should participate on the final conference of REVACERN in September 2009.

Contact: Prof. Máté-Tóth András : matetoth@rel. u-szeged. hu
http://revacern. eu/exchange- programme/ exchange- program-3th- round-cacll- for-paper/ Call%20for% 20Grants. html


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