Fedor Stepun Fellowship Program

The program provides eight (8) postdoctoral fellowships for researchers from all scientific fields who were forced to leave their countries due to political persecution in regard to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Overview

Zimin Foundation

NA, NA, Germany

Full-time

English

Applications

Open: 2024-04-15

Close: 2024-05-31

Detailed Information

Admission

Evaluation criteria include: personal situation, academic quality, idea and feasibility of postdoc project Research School's Executive Board decides on all applications. For the decision on the Stepun Fellowships, it will be complemented by a representative of the Institute for Slavic Studies of Ruhr University/Osteuropa-Kolleg NRW, a representative of the Funding Institution, and a representative of the Liaison Office Eastern Europe/Central Asia of the University Alliance Ruhr.

Qualifications

Scholars I PhD, postdoc, senior I

Procedure

RUB Research School and the university's Research Support Office will be at your service should you seek for assistance. You may hand in applications for all professors/PIs of the three universities of the University Alliance Ruhr, i.e., Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen. Please refrain from contacting potential hosts directly but mention your selection in the application form. The administration will reach out to the respective professors and ask for hosting you.

Academic Transfer

Does not accept transfer credit.

Scholarships

The duration of each fellowship is 6 months. Each of the eight fellowships is endowed with 2,000 € per month, i.e., a total of 12,000 €. Fellows are required to develop ideas and prepare grant proposals for research projects to be submitted to leading scientific institutions in Germany or/and other European countries. This will enable them to integrate into the European academic environment and work on longer-term projects.