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 EU Center of Excellence Grants
European Union Center of Excellence Predissertation/Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: November 1 of Each Year (or the following Monday should November 1 fall on a weekend)
The European Union Center of Excellence wishes to call your attention to the availability of fellowships of € 3,000 (equivalent in US dollars at time of disbursement) for short-term (two to three months) predissertation and dissertation research in Europe during Spring and Summer for graduate students working on topics related to the European Union. We welcome all applications but particularly applications for research on policy issues of special relevance and timeliness falling into these four categories:
- Transatlantic Relations in a Post-Transatlantic World
- The Euro, the Union, and the World
- Facing New Challenges: EU-US Collaboration and “Best Practices” to Solve Global Health, Energy, and Environmental Problems
- Immigration, Integration, and Cultural Change in the European Union
However, applicants may apply a broad definition of "policy issues" and “policy relevance.” Interests that are "policy relevant" do not necessarily need to focus directly on a matter of current and intense concern to EU policy makers. Students from fields such as history, modern languages, literatures and linguistic policy, the humanities, popular culture, and other disciplines that may be outside the immediate purview of government officials are encouraged to apply, as long as the applicant explains convincingly why and how their interests are relevant at some level, even indirectly, to the formation of policy as a whole and how their interests impact policy debates and research on such issues.
Please send applications electronically to eucenter[at]berkeley.edu and faxed copies to (510) 643-3372. Applications will be accepted until 5:00 pm on November 1 (or the following Monday should November 1 fall on a weekend).
Send printed items to the EU Center of Excellence at the address below:
For more information, please contact Noga Wizansky via email at nwizansk [@] berkeley.edu
EU Center of Excellence
Attn: Predissertation/Dissertation Fellowships
207 Moses Hall #2316
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2316
510 643-4558 | 510 643.3372 fax
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EU Center Faculty Research Grants
Deadline: November 1 of Each Year (or the following Monday should November 1 fall on a weekend)
Four EU Center Faculty Research Grants of € 2,400 each (dollar equivalent at time of disbursement) will be awarded in the academic year. The main objective of this grant is to support research proposals in EU studies that meet the highest standards of academic excellence as defined by the involved disciplines. Preference will be given to research on policy issues of special relevance and timeliness that address EU Center themes. These themes include, but are not limited to the following: the role of the Euro in the EU and the world; the challenge to the transatlantic relationship posed by Russia, India, and China; EU and US responses to public health threats; and EU and US immigration and integration policies in comparative perspective.
However, applicants may apply a broad definition of "policy issues" and “policy relevance.” Interests that are "policy relevant" do not necessarily need to focus directly on a matter of current and intense concern to EU policy makers. Faculty from fields such as history, modern languages, literatures and linguistic policy, the humanities, popular culture, and other disciplines that may be outside the immediate purview of government officials are encouraged to apply, as long as the applicant explains convincingly why and how their interests are relevant at some level, even indirectly, to the formation of policy as a whole and how their interests impact policy debates and research on such issues.
Funds may be used to support summer salary or graduate research assistance. The review committee will also assign priority to major projects in early stages of development that can be expected ultimately to attract substantial outside funding; to significant projects that show clear promise of early publication and of reaching a large audience; and to proposals that encourage research collaboration between faculty and graduate students, between American and European scholars, or with scholars at other European Union Centers of Excellence in the worldwide network.
APPLICATION MATERIALS NEEDED:
One application form, including a project description, budget, and current Curriculum Vitae.
Download application information here.
EU Center of Excellence Faculty Summer Curriculum Development Grant
Deadline: November 1 of Each Year (or the following Monday should November 1 fall on a weekend)
The EU Center of Excellence will award one Curriculum Development Grant for summer to develop an undergraduate or graduate course on the European Union. The grant will be offered on a competitive basis in the amount of € 3,215 (dollar equivalent at time of disbursement).
All applicants should submit a letter of intent and current curriculum vitae. The letter should include a proposal outlining in general terms the kind of disciplinary fields and subjects that will be included in the course, as well as a discussion of the appropriate level to be assigned to the course; a brief schedule of the applicant's teaching assignments, noting (with the chair's approval) when the new course will be proposed to the department and introduced into the curriculum, as well as how often the new course will be offered; and a representative sample of the instructor's past course offerings.
Applicants should also submit a letter from their chair agreeing that the proposed course will be taught on a regular basis in the future if enrollment warrants, and will be cross-listed and open to students both in the home department and other appropriate departments
The EU Center Curriculum Development Grant can be used as summer salary or graduate student assistance for concentrated work on a curriculum project. The EU Center expects that recipients will offer the new or revised course in their home department or school at least twice in the three years following the grant and that the course will then become a permanent part of the curriculum if it is successful in attracting students. It is our intention that new or revised courses developed through EU Center support will meet the requirements for undergraduate or graduate degrees from the home department of the grant recipient faculty member, as well as being appropriate and available for enrollment by students from other departments focusing on EU studies.
Download application information here.
For more information, please contact Noga Wizansky via email at nwizansk [@] berkeley.edu
EU Center of Excellence
207 Moses Hall #2316
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2316
510 643-4558 | 510 643.3372 fax
Grants to Develop EU Course Modules
Deadline: November 1 of Each Year (or the following Monday should November 1 fall on a weekend)
The European Union Center of Excellence is pleased to announce a competition for faculty grants to develop EU content in undergraduate or graduate courses to be taught in the following Spring semester. Grants will be offered on a competitive basis in the amount of € 1,607 (dollar equivalent at time of disbursement).
Faculty applicants can use these grants to hire graduate research assistants to assist in developing the content of these modules; Lecturers (who are not teaching full time) and other part-time instructors will be awarded these funds in accordance with departmental guidelines.
The committee will consider general modules which introduce students to the EU within the course context as well as more specific modules on any aspect of the EU which can be integrated into already existing courses. Such courses include: macroeconomics, theories of political economy, economic integration, public health, energy and the environment, international relations, migration, European history and culture, political theory, comparative politics, globalization, and international security. Particularly welcome are modules which focus on policy issues of special relevance and timeliness falling into one of the four thematic areas of the EU Center:
- Transatlantic Relations in a Post-Transatlantic World
- The Euro, the European Union, and the World
- Facing New Challenges: EU-US Collaboration and “Best Practices” to Solve Global Health, Energy, and Environmental Problems
- Immigration, Integration, and Cultural Change in the European Union
However, applicants may apply a broad definition of "policy issues" and “policy relevance.” Interests that are "policy relevant" do not necessarily need to focus directly on a matter of current and intense concern to EU policy makers. Faculty from fields such as history, modern languages, literatures and linguistic policy, the humanities, popular culture, and other disciplines that may be outside the immediate purview of government officials are encouraged to apply, as long as the applicant explains convincingly why and how their interests are relevant at some level, even indirectly, to the formation of policy as a whole and how their interests impact policy debates and research on such issues.
All applicants should submit a letter of intent, a current curriculum vitae, and a syllabus of the course for which the module will be developed. The letter should include a proposal outlining the plan for the module, its content, possible readings, presentations, and lecture topics.
Download application information here.
For more information, please contact Noga Wizansky via email at nwizansk [@] berkeley.edu
EU Center of Excellence
207 Moses Hall #2316
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2316
510 643-4558 | 510 643.3372 fax
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