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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Jean Monnet Fellowships - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS)

Overview

Through its Jean Monnet Fellowship Programme the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) offers fellowships to post-docs in an early stage of their academic career. While at the RSCAS, fellows work on a selected topic that fits with the research profile of the RSCAS and they are expected to participate actively in the academic life of the Centre and the EUI.

Each fellow is assigned a professorial mentor. Their stay at the Centre should result in the publication of either a RSCAS working paper or a publication in a scientific journal or with an appropriate publishing house.

Applications should include a description of the applicant's planned research project while at the Centre.

The main criteria of selection are the CV of the applicant, the overall scientific quality of the proposal, and the fit of the proposal with the Centre's research programme.

Priority is given to proposals that fit well with one or more of the Centre's core research themes: Institutions, Governance, and Democracy; Migration; Economic and Monetary Policy; Competition Policy and Market Regulation; Energy Policy; and International and Transnational Relations.

Two of the fellowships are awarded to candidates working on European Comparative Politics or European Comparative History as ‘Vincent Wright Fellowships’, in memory of the distinguished political scientist, Vincent Wright.

The Institute for Democracy Constantinos Karamanlis funds the Karamanlis Fellowship on Democracy which is awarded in the framework of the European Observatory on Democracy (EUDO) project.


Eligibility

Jean Monnet Fellowships are intended to support post-doctoral research by academics in the early stages of their professional career.

The fellowships are open to candidates who have successfully defended their Ph.D. by 31 July 2010.

Candidates are eligible during the 7-year period following the successful completion of their Ph.D. (to be eligible for the current call, 2010/2011, the Ph.D. should be completed between 31/7/2003 and 31/7/2010.

Extensions to the 7-year rule are allowed in cases of applicants whose academic career has been interrupted due to maternity leave or illness.

In particular, for each maternity leave, an additional year will be permitted, while in the case of a long or recurrent illness, the total period of illness may be taken into account in calculating eligibility.

Explanation of the circumstances should be included in the application in the field marked 'Additional Notes'. Supporting documents will be requested from candidates proposed for selection.

Candidates who have received their Ph.D. from the EUI can only apply for JMF after they have been away from the Institute and in a full-time occupation or with another fellowship for at least one year after defending the Ph.D.

Nationality

Candidates of all nationalities are eligible for the Jean Monnet Fellowships.

Languages

Fellows should have a good knowledge of the languages most relevant to their proposed research, and a working knowledge of English.

Duration

The fellowships are usually for the duration of one or two years (12 or 24 months from September to August). Exceptionally they may be for a shorter period but not for less than six months.

In the case of a duration of less than twelve months, August is not included as an eligible month for the payment of the stipend.

Stipend

The basic stipend is € 2,000 per month.

Successful applicants benefiting from other grants or salaries must disclose this to the EUI, as the amount of the fellowship will be fixed at a lower rate (minimum € 1,250 per month) depending on the additional income.

If applicable, family allowances will be added to the basic stipend (see below)

Family allowance

A household allowance of € 300 per month is paid to fellows with a partner when the partner lives with the fellow in Florence and on the condition that the partner's income does not exceed € 2,000 per month.

There is a dependants allowance of € 200 per month for each dependent child living with the fellow in Florence.

Fellows are entitled to these allowances if they can declare that they are not receiving any similar allowance from another source, and upon production of relevant certificates (marriage certificate or equivalent, birth certificates).

For dependent children in full-time education and over the age of 18, a school or university certificate is required. No allowance is paid for dependent children over the age of 26.

Filling in the JMF application form

- Fill in all fields; if a field is not relevant mark it n.a.
- If you enter text over a maximum field length you will have to shorten it
- Enter your family name (surname) and first name (name) in the correct fields
- Do not fill in all fields in capital letters
- Recheck all field entries and documents before pressing the Submit button
- You will receive confirmation of receipt by email; if not, contact us at applyfellow@eui.eu.

Letters of reference

- Two confidential letters of reference in RTF or PDF must be sent directly to the EUI by referees to arrive by the deadline of 25 October
- Referees can send letters using the on-line form or as an email attachment to ReferenceFellow@eui.eu
- Use standard international fonts and avoid macros, special characters, or password-protected attachments
- References from current full-time/part-time EUI professors will not be accepted

Application form

The online application form for the Jean Monnet Fellowships is no longer active. The annual deadline was 25th October.

Selection Procedure

Candidates are selected by a committee of staff from the RSCAS and approval is given by the Executive Committee of the EUI. Their decison is final and there is no appeal. Reserve candidates are sometimes nominated and offered places if selected candidates do not accept.

Contacts

If you cannot submit your application on-line, contact the Academic Service well before the deadline at:

Academic Service
European University Institute
via dei Roccettini 9
I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole
ITALY

Email applyfellow@eui.eu

Tel. +39 055 4685 377
Fax +39 055 4685 444

Website: http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/JeanMonnetFellowships/HowToApply.aspx


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