Call for Applications
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Residential Fellowship Programmes, 2024-25
Deadline for Applications: 1st June, 2023 (23:59 CET/18:00 ET)
The General Fellowship Programme
Programme and Eligibility Criteria
The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) offers a General Residential Fellowship Programme, mainly in the humanities and social sciences, open to scholars from all countries. The programme gives fellows the opportunity to concentrate on their own research interests, free from the teaching and administrative obligations of ordinary university life. Fellows are, however, expected to be active members of the scholarly community of the Collegium and to participate in seminars and other academic events beyond their own fields of specialization. The Collegium encourages scholars from diverse backgrounds,
institutions, and countries to apply.
At the time of application, the candidate must have held a PhD (or equivalent degree) for at least three years. Early career scholars must have a promising track record of independent achievements beyond the postdoctoral level, including significant publications, and be active in international fora.
Senior candidates (those who have held a PhD for at least ten years) must have demonstrated a track record of significant and original research achievements over a sequence of years and be active at the international forefront of their research fields.
As an applicant, you are not required to hold a university position at the time of application. Scholars may apply for a full academic year (September – June) or one semester.
Remuneration
Fellows receive a monthly salary. Applicants may want to consider seeking additional financial support from other sources, such as sabbatical leave. The Collegium will provide and pay for accommodation for fellows who do not live in the Stockholm–Uppsala region.
Application Instructions and Deadline
Final decisions are taken by the Principal of the Collegium in consultation with a selection committee composed of Long-term Fellows. This means that all applications (including personal data) will be downloaded by members of the selection committee, and may also be sent to external referees, outside of the EU/EEA.
The application deadline for the academic year 2024 - 2025 is on 1 June 2023 (23:59 CET). Apply through the Varbi application system by filling in the online form and submitting as PDF-files the following required application documents:
A curriculum vitae (not exceeding 4 pages)
A description of your intended research project (not exceeding 1500 words, excluding bibliography if any)
A list of your major articles (up to ten) in international peer-reviewed journals and/or major research monographs or edited volumes
One article of your choice (or chapter in an edited book, or chapter from a monograph by you), representing your scholarship. The article does not have to be related to your proposed research project.
An account of why you wish to be at SCAS (not exceeding 100 words)
(Optional) up to 3 letters of reference (Please note that letters of reference must be
uploaded by the candidate by the application deadline. It is not possible for referees
to upload references into the online application system or send them to SCAS.)
Once your application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email from the Varbi online application system. Candidates are advised to submit their applications well ahead of the deadline. It may take a few days to receive assistance should you have questions or need technical support.
Applicants will be notified of the results through Varbi no later than 28 February 2024. If you get a new email address, please make sure to update it in your Varbi account.
If you have any questions related to the Varbi online application system, please contact Varbi’s support: varbi@uadm.uu.se
If you have any questions about the General Fellowship Programme, please contact the secretariat: fellowselection@swedishcollegium.se
The Barbro Klein Fellowship Programme
Programme and Eligibility Criteria
The Barbro Klein Fellowship Programme intends to advance the study of cultural diversity in a global perspective. The fellowship is open to scholars from across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, with an emphasis on research on cultural and social diversity, cultural heritage and creativity, societal structures and public resistance, and varieties of cultural expressions in local and global perspective.
The programme gives fellows the opportunity to concentrate on their own research interests, free from the teaching and administrative obligations of ordinary university life. Fellows are, however, expected to be active members of the scholarly community of the Collegium and to participate in seminars and
other academic events beyond their own fields of specialization.
The fellowship programme encourages, but is not limited to, applications from talented younger scholars in non-Western countries and of underrepresented gender. At the time of application, the candidate must
have held a PhD (or equivalent degree) for at least three years. Applicants must have a promising track record of independent achievements beyond the post-doctoral level, including significant publications, and be active in international fora. As an applicant, you are not required to hold a university position at
the time of application.
Scholars may apply for a full academic year (September – June) or one semester.
Remuneration
Fellows receive a monthly salary. Applicants may want to consider seeking additional financial support from other sources, such as sabbatical leave. The Collegium will provide and pay for accommodation for fellows who do not live in the Stockholm–Uppsala region.
Application Instructions and Deadline
Final decisions are taken by the Principal of the Collegium in consultation with a selection committee composed of Long-term Fellows. This means that all applications (including personal data) will be downloaded by members of the selection committee, and may also be sent to external referees, outside
of the EU/EEA.
The application deadline for the academic year 2024 - 2025 is on 1 June 2023 (23:59 CET).
Apply through the Varbi application system by filling in the online form and submitting as PDF-files the following required application documents:
A curriculum vitae (not exceeding 4 pages)
A description of your intended research project (not exceeding 1500 words, excluding bibliography if any)
A list of your major articles (up to ten) in international peer-reviewed journals and/or major research monographs or edited volumes
One article of your choice (or chapter in an edited book, or chapter from a monograph by you), representing your scholarship. The article does not have to be related to your proposed research project.
An account of why you wish to be at SCAS (not exceeding 100 words)
(Optional) up to 3 letters of reference (Please note that letters of reference must be uploaded by the candidate by the application deadline. It is not possible for referees to upload references into the online application system or send them to SCAS.)
Once your application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email from the Varbi online application system. Candidates are advised to submit their applications well ahead of the deadline. It may take a few days to receive assistance should you have questions or need technical support.
Applicants will be notified of the results through Varbi no later than 28 February 2024. If you get a new email address, please make sure to update it in your Varbi account.
If you have any questions related to the Varbi online application system, please contact Varbi’s support: varbi@uadm.uu.se
If you have any questions about the Barbro Klein Fellowship Programme, please contact the secretariat: fellowselection@swedishcollegium.se
The Global Horizons Fellowship Programme
Programme and Eligibility Criteria
The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) offers the Global Horizons Residential Fellowship Programme open to scholars from all countries, engaged in research in the field of global governance. The programme is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ).
The purpose of the Global Horizons Programme is to advance multidisciplinary frontline research on global future governance issues, focusing on large-scale challenges. The programme aims to attract research fellows pursuing research on contemporary aspects of globalization and to promote a thematic collaboration across faculty lines. The programme revolves around three thematic areas: Global Knowledge Cultures and Regimes; Global Political Predicaments; and Global Futures. The programme is future-oriented in its ambition to contribute to the advancement of knowledge on contemporary forms of governance and
their future implications.
The programme gives fellows the opportunity to concentrate on their own research interests, free from the teaching and administrative obligations of ordinary university life. Fellows are, however, expected to be active members of the scholarly community of the Collegium and to participate in seminars and
other academic events beyond their own fields of specialization.
The Fellowship Programme offers one Advanced Fellowship, and one Young Scholar Fellowship per year during a five-year period. For the Advanced Fellowship, the candidate should, at the time of application, have held a PhD (or equivalent degree) for at least seven years, have a track record of significant and original research achievements, and be active at the international forefront of his/her research field. Early-career scholars applying for the Young Scholar Fellowship should have a promising track record of independent achievements at the post-doctoral level (at the most seven years from PhD degree), including significant publications, and be active in international fora. As an applicant, you are not required to hold a university position at the time of application.
Scholars may apply for a full academic year (September – June) or one semester.
Remuneration
Fellows receive a monthly salary. Applicants may want to consider seeking additional financial support from other sources, such as sabbatical leave. The Collegium will provide and pay for accommodation for fellows who do not live in the Stockholm–Uppsala region.
Application Instructions and Deadline
Final decisions are taken by the Principal of the Collegium in consultation with a selection committee composed of Long-term Fellows. This means that all applications (including personal data) will be downloaded by members of the selection committee, and may also be sent to external referees, outside of the EU/EEA.
The application deadline for the academic year 2024 - 2025 is on 1 June 2023 (23:59 CET). Apply through the Varbi application system by filling in the online form and submitting as PDF-files the following required application documents:
A curriculum vitae (not exceeding 4 pages)
A description of your intended research project (not exceeding 1500 words, excluding bibliography if any)
A list of your major articles (up to ten) in international peer-reviewed journals and/or major research monographs or edited volumes
One article of your choice (or chapter in an edited book, or chapter from a monograph by you), representing your scholarship. The article does not have to be related to your proposed research project.
An account of why you wish to be at SCAS (not exceeding 100 words)
(Optional) up to 3 letters of reference (Please note that letters of reference must be uploaded by the candidate by the application deadline. It is not possible for referees to upload references into the online application system or send them to SCAS.)
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Once your application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email from the Varbi online application system. Candidates are advised to submit their applications well ahead of the deadline. It may take a few days to receive assistance should you have questions or need technical support.
Applicants will be notified of the results through Varbi no later than 28 February 2024. If you get a new email address, please make sure to update it in your Varbi account.
If you have any questions related to the Varbi online application system, please contact Varbi’s support:
varbi@uadm.uu.se
If you have any questions about the Global Horizons Fellowship Programme, please contact the secretariat: fellowselection@swedishcollegium.se
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