Study Subject(s): Fellows are encouraged to make contact with researchers sharing their academic interests, may be involved in the teaching and thesis supervision tasks of EUI professors and associated with one of the research projects being carried out at the EUI.

Course Level: This is a ten months fellowship in one of the EUI’s four Departments which in turn invite fellows to participate in departmental activities (seminars, workshops, colloquia, etc.)
Scholarship Provider: European Commission (DG Education and Culture)
Scholarship can be taken at: Italy

Eligibility: The fellowships are open to established academics with an international reputation. Former professors or fellows of the EUI are eligible after three years have elapsed since their last contract with the EUI. Candidates of all nationalities are eligible. Fellows should have a good knowledge of English and of any other language relevant to their proposed research.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Candidates of all nationalities are eligible for these fellowships.

Scholarship Description: Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships provide a framework for establishing academics with an international reputation to pursue their research at the EUI. Fellowships last for up to ten months in one of the EUI’s four Departments which in turn invite fellows to participate in departmental activities (seminars, workshops, colloquia, etc.).
Duration of award(s): The fellowship lasts 3-10 months. Candidates must indicate their intended length of stay in the application but the hosting department may propose a different and/or shorter period to successful candidates subject to available funding. Fellowships are not normally awarded for the months of July and August.
What does it cover? The monthly stipend is € 3,000. The amount of the grant for successful applicants whose normal place of residence is within 90 km of Florence will be fixed at a lower rate.

How to Apply: Fill in the online Fernand Braudel Fellowship form and submit documents as attachments.

Scholarship Application Deadline: There are two annual deadlines for applications: 30 March and/or 30 September

-The Department of Economics considers applications for the 30 March and the 30 September deadline.
-The Department of Law considers applications only for the 30 March deadline.
-The Department of History and Civilization considers applications for the 30 September 2014 and 30 March 2015 deadline, from September 2015 onwards only for the 30 September deadline.
-The Department of Political and Social Sciences considers applications only for the 30 September deadline. The next deadline 30 September 2014 is for applications in the calendar year 2016.

Further Official Scholarship Information and Application

http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/FernandBraudelSeniorFellowships/Index.aspx