Australian European University Institute Fellowships Association Inc.
- About AEUIFAI
- Advisory Guidelines
- Successful Applicants
Advisory Guidelines for the Current Round of AEUIFAI Fellowships
Applications are now invited for Australian European University Institute Fellowships which provide the opportunity to carry out research at the European University Institute in Florence – the high profile research institute established by the Member States of the founding European Communities
in 1972. A six-month Postdoctoral Fellowship will be offered for the period January-June 2010. Two three-month Postgraduate Fellowships will be offered for the period September-December 2009.
The Fellowships are available to postgraduates and early career researchers currently undertaking research in history, law, economics, and social and political sciences who are able to identify a direct benefit for their research from a period of residence at the EUI. The Postgraduate applicants must be at an advanced stage of their research, and the Postdoctoral Fellowship is available to those who have graduated with a PhD qualification within the last five years.
The Postdoctoral Fellowship covers EUI fees for six months and provides a one-off payment of $12,000 to contribute to travel (including insurance) and subsistence. The Postgraduate Fellowships similarly cover EUI fees for three months and provide a one-off payment of $7,000 to contribute to travel (including insurance) and subsistence. The successful candidates in both categories will also have access to the facilities of the Monash University Prato Centre and are encouraged to participate in its activities, and at the conclusion of the award period, will have the opportunity to present a paper at the Monash University London Centre. At the conclusion of their tenure, awardees must submit a report to the AEUIFAI on their activities and outcomes.
All applications and letters of support are to be emailed to euifellowships@arts.monash.edu.au by 21 March 2009. Please stipulate in the subject line of the email your 'surname', and whether your application is an 'AEUIFAI Postdoctoral Application' or an 'AEUIFAI Postgraduate Application'.
There is no special application form. Applications must include:
- a CV;
- a description (no more than 2000 words) of the applicant’s research project (background, approach, methodology, significance), including the relevance of the EUI to the work to be covered during tenure there;
- a 250 word abstract summarizing the proposal and its significance;
- two confidential letters of support (one from the thesis supervisor in the case of postgraduates) by separate cover.
- Postdoctoral applicants must include plans to publish in a peer reviewed journal as a result of the period of residence at the EUI, and
- Postgraduate applicants must include a complete academic transcript.
The Postdoctoral Fellowship is to be taken up in the period stipulated, viz. 9 January-30 June 2010.
The Postgraduate Fellowships are to be taken up September-December 2009. The successful applicant should also be prepared to present a public lecture after their return to Australia.
Further information on the AEUIFAI is available at: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/history/aeuifai/; on the European University Institute at: http://www.eui.eu; and on the Monash University Prato Centre at http://www.ita.monash.edu; or from the Secretary, Dr Peter Howard, e-mail: peter.howard@arts.monash.edu.au. The selection committee reserves the right not to make an appointment.
Applications close 21 March 2009. The successful applicants will be notified by late June 2009.
The Australian European University Institute Fellowships Association Incorporated and its award scheme is currently generously sponsored by Monash University, the University of Melbourne, La Trobe University, The University of Newcastle, and the Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand.
The AEUIFAI was established in 1995 as an independent body comprised of a number of Australian universities (currently Deakin University, Monash University, the University of Melbourne, The University of Newcastle, the University of New South Wales, La Trobe University, Deakin University and the National Europe Centre, ANU)and the Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand in order to make possible the presence of Australians at the European University Institute, Florence. Under an Agreement with the EUI signed in 1996 and renewed in 2004 and 2007, the AEUIFAI has awarded doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships to Australian scholars to spend periods of time at the EUI for research.