Fellowship opportunity for journalists

 

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From: Znanje stipendije

Sent: Thursday, 14 February, 2008 09:29

Subject: Fellowship opportunity for journalists

The Institute for Human Sciences has published a new call for application for its Milena Jesenská Fellowships for journalists. Below, you will find the basic information; I attach also the pdf  file of the printed flyer. Please let me know, if you wish to have some copies of the flyers for distribution.

I OBJECTIVE

The Milena Jesenská Fellowship program was established by the Institute for Human Sciences and by the European Cultural Foundation, and is supported by Project Syndicate. It offers European journalists working in print, broadcast and electronic media time off from their professional duties in order to pursue in-depth research on a
European topic of their choice.
The call for applications 2008/09 is directed towards European cultural journalists, with the term `cultural´ interpreted in a broad sense to encompass a wide variety of artistic and intellectual fields.

II CONDITIONS

Milena Jesenská Fellows are invited to spend three months at the IWM in Vienna, Austria. Recipients of the fellowships are given a stipend of EUR 7.630 and are provided with office space, a PC with broadband Internet access, and the use of the IWM´s in-house research facilities as well as other relevant resources in Vienna.
Travel grants of up to EUR 1.820 will be available for research visits to neighboring countries. Candidates for the Milena Jesenská fellowships must have several years of experience in professional journalism. Their work may deal with any topic related to cultural issues of European relevance, especially having to do with theissue of European integration. Fellowships are not intended forentry-level journalists or students.

III The JURY

A jury of experts will evaluate the applications and select the finalists. Its members are:

Andrea Roedig, Public Relations, IWM, Vienna
Helena Luczywo, Managing Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw
Gerfried Sperl, Editor-in-Chief, Der Standard, Vienna (Chair)
Laura Starink, Editor-in-Chief of M Magazine, NRC-Handelsblad, Rotterdam
Gottfried Wagner, Director, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam

IV APPLICATION

The application consists of the following:
-the application form (please download from  www.iwm.at/fellowships.htm or request by fax: +43-1-313 58-30 or by
e-mail: fellowships@iwm.at)
- a concise project proposal in English (not more than 3 double- spaced pages)
- a curriculum vitae including a list of publications

Please address applications to:
Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM)
Spittelauer Lände 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Applications by e-mail are also eligible: fellowships@iwm.at,
subject: Milena Jesenska

Deadline for applications is March 31, 2008 (date of receipt).

Applicants will be notified of the decision in June 2008.
The jury is not obliged to publicly justify its decisions.