The Foreign Researchers Grants Programme

The Foreign Researchers Grants Programme

The program is dedicated to academic improvement, namely to PhD. students who prepare their final papers or dedicated researchers preparing working upon their papers/articles. The selection is performed by an independent committee of professionals, based on an application file that must contain, among other papers, a reference letter from the supervisor of the doctoral thesis if that be the case of the candidate. The topic of the projects has to refer to Romania. The grantees will perform their research activities in Romania choosing a period of two months (without any breaks or interruptions).

Deadline for submitting the applications: November 15th, 2017.

Grant's value: 2 000 €/person ICR awards 2 grants on a yearly basis. Length of the grant: 2 months

The field for which the evaluation and selection is performed: research and documentation in fields such as Social sciences (History, Political Science, International Relations, Anthropology, Sociology, Economy, Law), Literature, Cultural patrimony and its management, as stated in the General guidelines of the RCI grants - Article 4. Required application papers: - application form; - resumé; - project's description that will contain no more than five pages written in MS Office, TNR, 12 p., single-spaced; - a copy of the passport or the identity card. - 2 reference letters (one from the supervisor and the second one from another professor, preferably an academic specialized on the proposed topic); - printed copies of studies published in the last two years in a scientific review or a specialized online journal acknowledged in the field chosen by the candidate, written (or translated) into English; - The period for which the grant application is made. All the documents must be drafted in English or Romanian (if the candidate proofs to be fluent both in writing and reading the language).

The address for submitting the documents: Institutul Cultural Român, Aleea Alexandru nr. 38, sector 1, Bucureşti 011 824, Romania

Contact: Cătălin Rogojinaru e-mail: catalin.rogojinaru@icr.ro

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