News archive 2006

OXFORD COLLEGES HOSPITALITY SCHEME
CAMBRIDGE COLLEGES HOSPITALITY SCHEME
April 2007 - March 2008
Oxford and Cambridge universities, in conjunction with the Open Society Institute, invite applications from scholars from selected countries, including Ukraine, who wish to work in the universities' libraries or to contact academic specialists in their subjects. Scholars will normally be of post-doctoral or equivalent status and will be university teachers or members of research institutes.
Applicants must have a good knowledge of spoken English.
Application deadlines: 16 November 2006. (1.11)

Central European University
is continuing to accept applications for its Master's and PhD programs in Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics.
Applications deadline: November 1, 2006.
Full and partial financial aid is awarded on an academic-merit basis. For more information, please contact our Center or refer to the CEU official web site: www.ceu.hu/admissions (11.10)

CEU Curriculum Resource Center
is continuing to accept applications for its Fall 2006 Sessions in :
1.   Philosophy (20 - 24 November, 2006),
2.   Legal Studies (27 November - 1 December)
Applications deadline: October 15, 2006.
Applications should be submitted preferably via Internet, www.ceu.hu/crc/ 
by e-mail, crc@ceu.hu  or by post.
Contact our Center for consultations. (11.10)

СEU CRC has announced its Fall 2006 sessions.
CURRICULUM RESOURCE CENTER in cooperation with the Departments and Programs of the Central European University is offering the following Fall 2006 sessions:
1. Open House Sessions in broad discipline areas of
   Sociology (9 - 13 October, 2006),
   Environmental Sciences (16 - 20 October, 2006),
   Philosophy (20 - 24 November, 2006),
   Legal Studies (27 November - 1 December)
2. Course Innovation Sessions:
   Medieval Studies - "Roman, Early Medieval, Medieval - Continuity, Discontinuity" (16 - 22 September, 2006),
   Open Society Archives and History - "The 1956 Revolution in Perspective" (4 -11 November, 2006),
   Gender - "Gender and Post-State Socialism" (13 - 17 November, 2006)

CRC applicants must be university teachers and/ or professionals (who teach part-time) in the Social Sciences and Humanities who are preparing to revise or develop their courses and have sufficient English language proficiency.
Application deadlines - see attached program announcement (05.06)

The Global Supplementary Grant Program
offers supplementary grants to students from CEE and the former Soviet Union to pursue doctoral studies in the humanities and social sciences in Western Europe, the Middle/Near East, Asia, Australia, and North America.
Only those students with confirmed financial support from other sourses will receive grants. Grants cover costs in one of the following categories: tuition and fees, living expenses, other.
Applicants may also apply online at: www.soros.org/grants/oas
Paper and online applications are equally evaluated.
Applications deadlines:
April 1, 2006 (for PhD programs in North America, Asia, Australia) and
June 1, 2006 (for PhD programs in European Union and Middle/Near East). (23.02)

Special Projects Office, CEU
announces competition for Visiting Research Fellowship 2006-2007 for teachers and researchers holding a PhD Degree (or equivalent) from Central and Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union and Mongolia.
Detailed information about the program, the application forms, etc., is available at:
www.ceu.hu/sep/spo/fellowships.html
Applications deadline: May 15, 2006.  (17.01)

СEU CRC has announced its Spring 2006 sessions.
CEU Curriculum Research Center is the Central European University's outreach program for Social Science teaching. Each session offers an intensive week-long period for syllabi review, library work and meetings with CEU professors, department/program heads and also offers the opportunity of attending CEU teaching sessions in the relevant discipline.
Application deadlines depend on the sessions dates (see Spring 2006 Sessions for details). (7.12)

OSI/FCO CHEVENING/CAMBRIDGE OVERSEAS TRUSTS
JOINTLY-FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES in selected fields at the University of Cambridge for the academic year 2006/2007.

Detailed program description: www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas/uk/cambridge 

Cambridge University Graduate Application form: www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/applying/howtoapply1.html 

Cambridge Overseas Trust: www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/funding/overseas/ 

Downloads:

OSI Scholarship Application form (zip 23Kb)
Instructions (zip 14Kb)

Deadlines:
Graduate Admissions Application - 31 January, 2006
Cambridge Trusts' Scholarship Application - 28 February, 2006
OSI Scholarship Application - 28 February, 2006  (7.12)

World Bank Scholarship Program
Each year, the Program awards scholarships to individuals from World Bank member countries to undertake graduate studies in subjects related to economic development. 
For more information visit the company website at www.worldbank.org
Application deadline: March 31, 2006. (14.09)

2006-2007 International Scholars Fellowship Program
The International Scholars Fellowship Program invites highly-qualified scholars in social sciences and humanities from around the world to teach and/or consult at selected university departments in South Eastern Europe, parts of the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia.
For applications and guidelines, please see OSI web site:
www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus_areas/afp
Applications deadline: February 15, 2006.  (17.01)

2006-2007 Returning Scholars Fellowship Program
The Returning Scholars Fellowship Program (RSFP) invites applications from talented scholars who seek university positions in their home countries after studying abroad. Applicants must be citizens of countries of Central and Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union and Mongolia and should have received (or will receive by September 2006)their internationally competitive postgraduate degree in the humanities or social sciences.
For applications and guidelines, please see OSI web site:
www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus_areas/afp
Applications deadline: February 15, 2006.  (17.01)

CEU Summer University (SUN)
is an academic program at the Central European University for university teachers, administrators and professionals. It offers a series of intensive two-, three- or four-week courses in the Social Sciences and Humanities to encourage and promote regional academic cooperation and research development. 
The program encourages applications from advanced Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, researchers and professionals. 
See detailed course descriptions, additional course-specific application requirements or deadlines at www.ceu.hu/sun 
General application deadline: February 14, 2006.
Early application deadline for the "Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations" course is December 15, 2005. (8.12)

OSI/FCO CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIPS 2006-2007
University of Oxford & University of York
The scholarships are for postgraduate study in the UK for periods of up to one year. They are jointly funded by the Open Society Institute and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Within the Scholarship Scheme the following options are available:

• Research Scholarships at the University of Oxford 
     - nine-month Research Scholarships 
     - three-moth Rsearch Scholarships in Applied Social Studies 
• Master's Scholarships 
     - at the University of Oxford 
     - at the University of York 

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)
at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, California invites policy makers and activists from countries undergoing political, economic and social transitions to participate in its second annual summer fellows program to be held July 31 - August 18, 2006.
Deadline: January 6, 2006
Please follow the instruction for applying found at:
http://cddrl.stanford.edu/summerfellows/  (14.12)

Central European University 2006-2007
(CEU), an internationally recognized US-degree granting institution of graduate education in the social sciences and humanities, invites applications for its Masters and Doctoral degree programs. CEU is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (USA), and by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee and the Hungarian Higher Education and Research Council. Full and partial financial aid is awarded on an academic-merit basis.
For more information visit www.ceu.hu.
Application deadline: January 6, 2006. (5.10)