EURIAS Fellowship

Programme
Application
guidelines

Contact person:
EURIAS Programme Officer
Raquel Sanz Barrio
programme.officer@eurias-fp.eu

INTRODUCTION
The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an
international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 16
participating Institutes: Berlin, Bologna, Budapest, Cambridge, Delmenhorst, Edinburgh,
Freiburg, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Wassenaar, Zrich. The
Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding
researchers. The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from
the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate
scholars.

EURIAS Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but
may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences, provided that their proposed
research project does not require laboratory facilities and that it interfaces with humanities
and social sciences. The diversity of the 16 participating IAS offers a wide range of possible
research contexts in Europe for worldwide scholars. Applicants may select up to three IAS
outside their country of nationality or residence as possible host institutions.

The Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising young scholars as well as
from leading senior researchers. The EURIAS selection process has proven to be highly
competitive. To match the Programme standards, applicants have to submit a solid and
innovative research proposal, to demonstrate the ability to forge beyond disciplinary
specialisation, to show an international commitment as well as quality publications in high-
impact venues.
Eligibility Requirements

Degree
At the time of the application, researchers must be in possession of a doctoral degree
plus 2 years of full-time research experience after the degree. Exception is made for Law
scholars who are eligible with a Master +6 years of full-time research experience after the
degree. (PhD training is not considered in the calculation of experience).

Mobility
Researchers from all countries are eligible to the programme. At the time of the
application, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work,
studies, etc) in the country of the selected host institute for more than 12 months in the 3
years immediately prior to the application deadline.

Disciplines
The programme is open to all disciplines in the fields of humanities and social sciences.
It also welcomes applications from the arts, life and exact sciences provided that:
the research project does not require any intensive laboratory work,
the research project interfaces with humanities and social sciences,
the applicant has a proven capacity to dialogue with other scientific disciplines,
the candidate applies to an IAS that welcome scholars outside the humanities and social
sciences.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to check the IAS websites to learn more about the
scientific orientation of the Institutes and their potential opening to disciplines outside the
humanities and social sciences.

Age
There is no age discrimination.

Administrative
Applicants must provide full application forms, curricula, PhD diploma, publications, two
letters of recommendation for junior applicants, detailed research proposals. Incomplete
applications are not considered.
Late applications are not considered (the online application platform prevents applicants
from submitting after the deadline)

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Type of Fellowships

The EURIAS Fellowship Programme offers two types of 10-month fellowships according
to research experience:
(i) Junior fellowships
Junior fellowships are offered to researchers having by the time of the application:
a PhD
2 to 9 years of full-time research experience after obtaining the PhD (PhD training is
not considered in the calculation of experience)
(ii) Senior fellowships
Senior fellowships are offered to researchers having by the time of the application:
a PhD
minimum 10 years of full-time research experience after obtaining a PhD

Nota: PhD is not requested for Law scholars. In this case, the fellowship categories are
defined as follows:
Junior fellowships: Master +6 to 13 years of full-time research experience.
Senior fellowships: Master + minimum 14 years of full-time research experience.

Terms and Conditions

EURIAS fellowships offer the following conditions:

Living allowance in the range of 26,000 for a junior fellow and 38,000 for a senior
fellow*
Adequate social security coverage*
Accommodation or support for relocation
A research budget
Travel expenses (one round trip)
Same working conditions as the IAS other fellows

* Please, note that the administrative modalities, working conditions, level of social
security coverage and the precise living allowance amount may slightly vary from one
Institute to another.

The Fellows benefit from administrative support for international mobility issues
(travel, accommodation, administrative procedures).

The Fellows enjoy offices, IT equipment, and access to meeting rooms, conference room,
libraries and benefit from a research budget that covers the organization and
participation in scientific events (including the EURIAS annual meeting) related to their
research project, acquiring of specific skills, registration fees, and publication of research
outcomes.

The Fellows remain the owners of their research. The mention of the EURIAS Fellowship
Programme and of the European Commission support (COFUND Programme - Marie
Sklodowska Curie Actions - FP7) is compulsory on any document or publication resulting
from the research carried out during the fellowship.

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Ethics

In line with the FP7 Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions regulations, all applicants commit
to match the ethics requirements listed here:
The EURIAS Fellowship Programme is founded on shared values such as the need to
ensure freedom of research and the need to work in the interest of the physical and
moral integrity of individuals.
In compliance with the European Commission's Code of Ethics for Researchers, the fields
of research on human embryo and foetus, on humans, on animals, and human cloning are
excluded from the Programme.
The fellowship programme fully complies with the European Commission ethical
provisions on privacy, data protection, confidentiality and intellectual property rules.
Applicants are requested to indicate possible ethical issues in their proposals.
The Programme Officer systematically undertakes an ethical eligibility check of
applications in collaboration with the Ethical Review Board (with particular attention to
privacy and data protection, as most research proposals deal with humanities and social
sciences). If needed, the application is transferred to the relevant national ethical
committee for assessment.
Under the EURIAS Fellowship Programme, employment conditions offered to fellows by
all participating IAS are in full compliance with the General Principles and Requirements
applicable to employers in the European Charter for Researchers and in the Code of
Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
The EURIAS fellowship programme follows an equal opportunity policy.

In case your application will be shortlisted by the EURIAS Selection Committee, you will
be asked to fill out and sign the EURIAS ethics table (upon request from the EURIAS
Programme Officer). Non-compliance with any of the requirements listed would
automatically make your research-project ineligible to the EURIAS Fellowship
Programme.

Legal

Use of Your Information

The information we collect and store when you fill in forms on our website is used to:
Proceed to your applications eligibility check.
Proceed to the assessment of your application by independent scientific experts, by
EURIAS Scientific Committee, as well as the scientific boards of the Institutes for
Advanced Study you apply for.
To notify you about the implementation of the selection procedure and about any
changes that may affect EURIAS fellowship Programme.
To provide you with information on EURIAS as well as on other partners, events and
research programmes, which we believe, may be of interest to you.
If you do not want us to use your data, you will have the opportunity to withhold your
consent to this by email.

Storing Your Personal Data

Data that is provided to us is stored on our secure servers. You are responsible for
keeping confidential the password we provided to you in order to access your user
account.

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HOW TO APPLY

Please create an account via the user space to access the application platform. EURIAS
application and evaluation processes are online procedures.

Applicants are required to submit the following documents (in English

exclusively):

The completed EURIAS application form

A curriculum vitae comprising a list of publications (maximun 10 pages)
A detailed research proposal (maximun 5 pages / 10,000 signs -spaces not included-
and a bibliography - maximun 1 additional page)
For candidates applying for junior fellowships, two letters of recommendation (letters
of recommendation are optional for senior applicants) *
Publications in a pdf format (2 for juniors, 5 for seniors) -in case publications are in
another language than English, an English-written abstract is requested- **
Copy of the PhD diploma in a pdf format -if the writing system/scrip used in the
diploma is not Latin (but, for example, Cyrillic, Chinese, Arabic or some other), a Latin
script university certificate or official translation is requested-

Applicants are required to specify the following in their proposals:

The relevance and connections of the research to a wider academic context

The aims and methods of research
The current state and schedule of their research
The cooperation partners, including national and international contacts, when applicable
The interdisciplinary dimension of the research, if relevant
The importance of trans-national mobility for achieving research objectives
Their motivation for participating in the programme
Issues concerning research ethics, if relevant

Applicants are required to indicate up to three IAS as the most adequate host institutions
in the order of preference and to justify their choices.

The Candidates apply exclusively through the online application system.

Paper applications are not accepted.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Late applications will not be considered.

* Recommendation letters are to be submitted via the application form. Candidates are
offered two solutions: (i) applicants upload the letters themselves in a pdf format via the
dedicated field of the application form, (ii) or they may enter the referees email
addresses via the online application form. The referees will instantly receive an email
containing a personal login for EURIAS interface. They will be able to upload their letter
of recommendation (in a pdf format) in full confidentiality. Applicants will not be able to
access these documents.
** All submitted publications must comply with the following indications: (i) mention
clear bibliographical reference for each document, (ii) the maximum length of an
attached publication is 30 pages, (iii) an English-written abstract must be included at the
beginning of the publication in case publications are in another language than English.
Publications not complying with any of these indications will not be considered.

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SELECTION

Application assessment

The selection of applicants who are eligible for a fellowship is competitive, merit-
based and conducted through an internationally independent and recognized peer
review process. It meets the highly demanding excellence standards of the
participating Institutes for Advanced Study.

The EURIAS Fellowship Programme undertakes a detailed qualitative assessment

according to the following criteria:
(i) Scientific excellence of the applicant:
Career path
International experience
Quality of publications
Capacity to carry out the research proposal
Ability to forge beyond disciplinary specialisation
(ii) Quality of the research proposal:
Innovative and path-breaking quality of the proposal
Connexion to current debates and literature
Sound theoretical and methodological framework
Feasibility of the work programme
Interdisciplinary potential of the research proposal
Expected output
Significance of the proposal for the international academic community
(iii) Relevance of an IAS residency:
Expected impact of the invitation on the research project
Applicants ability to interact with IAS international and multidisciplinary
communities
Expected impact of the fellowship on training and career development
Proven language capacity (most IAS operate in an English-language environment,
but research can be conducted in any language, and language diversity is welcome).

Peer review

For the evaluation of the research proposals, EURIAS Fellowship Programme resorts
to the expertise of external referees chosen according to their specific research
interests out of a pool of some 300 referees. Selection of the external referees is
based on individual excellence, an overall coverage of social sciences and humanities
(and in some cases natural and exact sciences), diversity of geographic origin.

Selection Committee

The Selection Committee is composed of 16 to 18 internationally recognized

researchers with specific expertise in ethics. The members are selected for their
scientific excellence, their international experience and their openness to
interdisciplinarity.

On the basis of the scientific assessment made by the experts and as a result of its
discussions, the Selection Committee agrees on a shortlist of fellows to be proposed
to the IAS.

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IAS Scientific Boards

IAS make their final selection out of the shortlisted applications and inform the
Programme Officer accordingly. The assessment of applications is based on a
consistent set of appropriateness criteria (matching of research proposals with the
specificities of the IAS):
Interaction with the group of prospective co-fellows
Relevance of the IAS choice by the applicant
Specific scholarly environment or relevance of interaction with local researchers

Information to applicants

Applicants are notified electronically of the assessment of their project after (i) the
preselection by EURIAS Scientific Committee and (ii) the final selection by the IAS.

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CALENDAR OF ACTIONS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2017-2018

Launch of the call for applications April 19th, 2016

Application deadline June 8th 2016, 4 PM GMT -Greenwich Mean Time-
(6 PM Paris/Brussels Time)
Results of the preselection by EURIAS Scientific Committee Mid-November, 2016
Publication of IAS final selections Mid-January, 2017
Arrival of fellows September/October 2017

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For additional information, please consult:

the participating Institutes information (http://www.eurias-fp.eu/institutes)
the EURIAS Fellowship FAQ (http://www.eurias-fp.eu/faq)
or send an email to the EURIAS Programme Officers : programme.officer@eurias-fp.eu

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