Research Fellowships - not available in 2010

The Sephis programme has two sub-themes:
1. Equity, Exclusion and Liberalization.
2. The Forging of Nationhood & The Contest over Citizenship, Ethnicity and History.

These reflect the double range of interest of the programme, directed at both understanding processes of cultural change and developing new visions on development emerging in the South. Sephis will pay special attention to projects that support the elaboration of these themes, which - as it were - reflect the cultural and economic side of the programme.

In 2010, no fellowships are available at the Post-Doctoral and PhD level.

Available in 2010:
Grants for Preserving social memory: History and Social movements'.

The grants programme for 'Preserving social memory: History and social movements' is intended to support small scale projects for the preservation and dissemination of historical knowledge and/or alternative historical sources, such as visual and audio material. It is important that these initiatives are well-connected to local intellectual communities and social movements and that their results will be accessible to a wide audience. In addition, an indication of the relevance of the grants for institutional capacity building and local or national policy making is desired.

Applications for Grants for 'Preserving social memory: History and Social movements' must include:
A proposal (maximum of 4 pages) presenting the objectives of the project and its relevance to one or both of the Sephis themes and one or more of the aims of the grants for social movement and their sources;
A budget (not exceeding the amount of Euro 10,000 and specifying the contribution by the organizing institute);
An authorized letter from the organizing institute stating that it assumes the responsibility for the proper conduct of the project;
Indication of the relationship/partnership between the research team and social movements;
A dissemination plan (for example through radio and other media).
A planning for one year from July 1st 2010 until July 1st 2011.

Research proposals will be selected by the Sephis Steering Committee, which consists of historians from different regions in the world. The applications will be evaluated according to academic quality, feasibility, relevance to local intellectual communities and social movements and relevance to Sephis themes.

The applications must be received at our office before April 1, 2010.

Applications should be written in English. Incomplete applications, applications by fax or e-mail and applications which exceed the stated length cannot be considered.

The application and all requests about the fellowships and grants programme should be sent to:

Sephis Programme
International Institute of Social History
Cruquiusweg 31
1019 AT Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Referee report sheets are available here.