Deadline- May 25, 2012.
The CERGE-EI Foundation provides fellowships for economists who obtained their PhD in the United States or Western Europe and who are assuming a full-time academic position in any country in Central and Eastern Europe (including the countries of the former Soviet Union). The fellowship also provides a set of services designed to improve the academic environment for the fellow.
The donor who provided funding for the fellowships has a desire to improve the quality of economics education in Central and Eastern Europe. Starting in 2009, the fellowships have been extended to PhD graduates from any university in the Western academic world.
The fellowship is $7,200 per year and is guaranteed to be provided for 3 years.
Eligibility-
- The applicant must be either
- A graduate in economics or related field with the Ph.D. or M.A. degree from a university in the United States, Canada, or Western Europe, or from a U.S.‐accredited program in Central or Eastern Europe.
- A near‐graduate from such a program who expects to defend the thesis within one year of submitting the application.
- At the time of application, the applicant must either hold a full‐time academic position at any non‐profit (private or public) university in any Central or Eastern European country, or must have prearranged for a full‐time position starting no later than October 2012.
- The applicants’ academic position must include a teaching load of at least 3 economics courses (broadly defined) per academic year.
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