The Australian European Union Institute Fellowships Association Inc. (AEUIFAI) is now calling for applications for fellowships for the 2024-25 EUI Academic Year.
For the 2024-25 EUI Academic Year the Fellowships available are:
- Postgraduate: $8,000 one-off payment (for travel and subsistence) and EUI fees, currently 750 euros for 3 months.
- Postdoctorate: $14,000 one-off payment (for travel and subsistence) and EUI fees, currently 3000 euros for 6 months.
- Visiting Scholars: $3,000 (for travel and subsistence) and EUI fees, currently 1500 euros for 1 month.
The selection of successful applications is part of a two-part process.
Applications are considered by an Australian selection committee, chaired by the AEUIFAI Secretary or a member of the Association chosen by the Secretary and the President. The selection committee evaluates and ranks the applicants. This process takes place in March.
A short-list of candidates decided by the Australian committee then goes to the EUI for final selection, based on opportunities for meaningful supervision and office space. This takes place in April or May.
The EUI decision is followed by ratification by the Australian committee and notification of outcomes in June. The selection committee reserves the right not to offer fellowships if no suitable applications or EUI supervision can be found.
Successful Postgraduate applicants will take up their fellowship from September to December in the northern academic year. Successful Postdoctoral applicants will take up their fellowships in January to June. Successful Visiting Scholars will take up their one-month fellowship between January and June.
Applications are due at 23.55 on Sunday 3 March 2024 (AEST)
Background
The Australian European University Institute Fellowships Association Inc. was established in 1995 in order to facilitate the presence of Australian researchers at European University Institute at Fiesole, just outside Florence, Italy. The EUI is the high-level research institute founded in 1972 by the European Community Member States to provide advanced academic training to PhD students and to promote research at the highest level. It now hosts a number of important research centres, including Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.
Under an Agreement between the AEUIFAI and the EUI, the AEUIFAI offers scholarships, based on merit, to postgraduates and early career researchers currently undertaking research in law, history, 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. Visiting Scholars must have a permanent or fixed-term appointment at an Australian university.
The AEUIFAI is independent body receiving support from a number of Australian universities and the Delegation of the European Commission to Australia.