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Postdoctoral Fellowship : Arab countries — France

Séjour de recherche postdoctoral : Pays arabes — France

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Published on Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Abstract

The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences are pleased to announce the first call for applications for their joint program titled “Short-Term Postdoctoral Mobility Fellowship Program in the Social Sciences and Humanities.” This program is designed to support the research of postdoctoral fellows from Arab countries and to strengthen research networking and collaborations between Europe and the Arab region. Short-term fellowships (2-3 months) will be available to individual researchers who are citizens and nationals of the Arab region, who have received their PhD degree within 0-6 years, and who wish to conduct research in France (including field research, library and archival work, as well as other types of data collection.)

Announcement

Presentation

The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences are pleased to announce the first call for applications for their joint program titled “Short-Term Postdoctoral Mobility Fellowship Program in the Social Sciences and Humanities.” This program is designed to support the research of postdoctoral fellows from Arab countries and to strengthen research networking and collaborations between Europe and the Arab region.  
 
This competition is funded by FMSH and organized in conjunction with the ACSS. Short-term fellowships (2-3 months) will be available to individual researchers who are citizens and nationals of the Arab region, who have received their PhD degree within 0-6 years, and who wish to conduct research in France (including field research, library and archival work, as well as other types of data collection.)

Fellowship Details

Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of 1,600 € (paid at the beginning of each month of stay in France). The stipend is intended to cover accommodation, living and transportation costs, as well as research costs. In addition to the above, the ACSS and FMSH will cover the cost of one round trip ticket for each successful applicant from their country of residence to France.
 
FMSH will also provide support for obtaining a visa and will guide potential fellows on planning the logistics of their stay. This includes help with finding accommodation, contact with French research centers, and letters to libraries and archives.
 
The fellowship period is divided into two cohorts: the first cohort of fellows can take up their fellowship between May 2018 and July 2018, and the second cohort can take up their fellowship between September 2018 and November 2018. Fellows could choose between staying a minimum of two months or a maximum of three months in France.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Nationality/Residence: Applicants must be citizens of an Arab country (defined as a member of the League of Arab States[1]) or nationals of an Arab country (defined as long-term residents, even if they do not hold citizenship as in the case of refugees or stateless residents) and must reside in the Arab region. This program does not fund scholars who reside and/or work outside the Arab region. Priority will be given to scholars who are marginalized, at risk, or dispossessed.

[1] Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

  • Education: This program targets scholars who are 0-6 years out of a PhD program in the social sciences or humanities. Applicants should have obtained their PhDs at the time of application. In case the PhD was obtained from a university outside the Arab region, the applicant should have been a resident in the Arab region for at least the previous 2 years at the time of application. The program does not have any age restrictions.
  • Discipline: This program is open to PhD holders in the social sciences or humanities fields. This includes disciplines such as anthropology, demography, economics, history, political science, psychology, sociology, geography, law, and philosophy. Interdisciplinary fields are also accepted and include gender studies, cultural studies, media studies, development studies, and urban studies. Due to French funding restrictions, the program is not open to linguistics, archaeology, literary studies, and arts.
  • Position and Employment: Applicants can be affiliated with a public or private research institution but they do not necessarily need to have a permanent position. However they should be engaged in research in addition to teaching. The proposed projects could be either ongoing or new. 
  • French Host Institution: Before submitting their application, applicants must find a French research institution willing to host them during the time of their fellowship. Applicants must submit a letter from the hosting institution addressed to the FMSH and the ACSS expressing the institution’s willingness to host the applicant during the time of the fellowship and showing its ability to provide academic support and supervision to the prospective fellow during the period of his/her fellowship. Applicants who are not able to make contact with a French institution can visit SHSlab, where all French research centers are listed, or contact FMSH to ask for assistance at the following email: atlas@msh-paris.fr.

Conditions of the Fellowship

Upon completion of the fellowship period, fellows will have to write a short narrative report detailing the work done and the progress made during the fellowship period. In addition, each fellow will be requested to contribute an abstract concerning their project to the FMSH and ACSS websites, and one working paper to appear as a prepublication in the ACSS Working Paper Series. (Please see the guidelines for the Working Paper Series on this page.)

Application Process

Applicants must submit an online application (including research proposal and appendices) through the FMSH website, AND fill out a profile page on the ACSS website. Applications will be open as of October 10, 2017. Completed proposals can be uploaded to the application portal at any time before the application deadline on

January 31, 2018 at 17:00 (Paris time).

Proposal materials can only be submitted in French or English. Proposals and attachments should be written in one of these languages; mixing different languages in the same proposal may disqualify the application. Only fully developed proposals will be examined by the Selection Committee. Final proposals should include all information and details necessary for the Selection Committee to understand the research ideas and plans. The final proposal should not exceed 3-5 pages (typed, double-spaced pages, 12-point font).

Guidelines for Writing the Proposals

I. The body of the proposal should include the following components with a maximum length of 3-5 pages (spaces and references included):

  1. Aims of the research project, specific research questions, review of the literature, type of data to be collected, methodology, and anticipated results.
  2. A bibliography of relevant sources for the research project.
  3. A detailed plan of the activities to be conducted during the fellowship period, including places and institutions to be visited, contacts, type of data collection, and work plan.

Note : In case of questions concerning the content of the proposal, please consult the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). If additional clarification is needed, please contact the ACSS team at grants@theacss.org. 

II. Required Appendices

  • Curriculum vitae (2 pages maximum)
  • Copy of the PhD diploma
  • Proof of citizenship or long-term residence in an Arab country
  • Letter of invitation from the director of the host research center in France

III. Application Steps

Step 1: Apply on the FMSH Website

  1. Access the online application form and enter «Researcher Workspace».
  2. You have to be registered on the online platform in order to use it. If you haven’t created an account yet, you will be asked to.
  3. Create your profile by filling in all your personal information and then enter “create a new application”.
  4. Select “Atlas Programme incoming 2018” and then the specific call « FMSH-ACSS: Arab countries > France».
  5. Fill in all the information tabs.
  6. In the “Documents” final tab, you will need to upload your research proposal and the appendices into one single PDF document:
    1. Research proposal
    2. Curriculum vitae
    3. Copy of your PhD diploma
    4. Proof of citizenship or long-term residence in an Arab country
    5. Letter from the director of the host laboratory/center of research in France
  7. You can save your application and complete it later as many times as you wish, until the closure of the call for applications. Once you have submitted your application, you will no longer be able to amend it. Once you have submitted your application, you will receive an automatic email confirming the submission.

For any information on the application platform or in case you face difficulties using it, please contact fadili@msh-paris.fr.

Step 2: Fill out a profile page on the ACSS website

  1. Go to the profile platform.
  2. You have to be registered on the platform in order to create your profile. If you haven’t created an account yet, you will be asked to.
  3. Create your profile by providing the requested information.

Applications not submitted, incomplete applications or applications that do not match the above description will not be considered.

Note: Since this is a joint program, all applicants are required to fill in a profile with the ACSS. This can be done after completing the FMSH application. All applications will be cross checked. Applicants who have not completed both steps will not be considered.

Selection Process

A multi-disciplinary Selection Committee composed of distinguished Arab and French scholars with established research and publication records will review and select proposals for funding. The selection procedures abide by the highest standards of academic and ethical judgment. Final decisions are based on the following evaluation criteria:

  • Research proposal’s contribution to knowledge, which includes the clarity of the research questions, the significance of the project, its quality and originality.
  • The competence of the applicants, which includes academic credentials and promise.
  • The candidate’s postdoctoral plan, which includes the relevance and significance of the selected host institution and the fellowship plan outlined in the proposal.
  • Expected outputs, which includes the planned activities, publications and career development plans.

Timetable

  • October 10, 2017: Application materials are available online.
  • October 10, 2017 – January 20, 2018: Prospective applicants may approach FMSH or the ACSS with questions about any aspect of the competition. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions before contacting the ACSS or FMSH. You may find the answers to your questions there. If you have questions about the details of the proposal, please email the ACSS at grants@theacss.org. If you have questions about filling out the online application, please email FMSH at fadili@msh-paris.fr.
  • January 31, 2018: Final and complete proposals are due before 17:00 pm (Paris Time). Only candidates whose proposals are complete and ready for examination by the Selection Committee will be contacted by the Secretariat. Incomplete proposals will not be considered for funding.
  • April 2018: Decisions will be communicated to applicants via email.
  • May 2018 to July 2018: First cohort of fellows may conduct their fellowship.
  • September 2018 to November 2018: Second cohort of fellows may conduct their fellowship.

Contact

  • Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH): Mrs Alexandra Duperray (atlas@msh-paris.fr)
  • Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS): Farah Al Souri, ACSS Grants Unit (grants@theacss.org)

Places

  • 54 boulevard Raspail
    Paris, France (75)

Date(s)

  • Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Keywords

  • mobilité, postdoc, postdoctoral,CASS, FMSH, pays arabes, ligue des pays arabes

Contact(s)

  • Alexandra Duperray
    courriel : atlas [at] msh-paris [dot] fr
  • Farah al Souri
    courriel : grants [at] theacss [dot] org

Information source

  • Marion Fanjat
    courriel : mfanjat [at] msh-paris [dot] fr

License

CC0-1.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

To cite this announcement

« Postdoctoral Fellowship : Arab countries — France », Scholarship, prize and job offer, Calenda, Published on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, https://doi.org/10.58079/yxv

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