Applications have opened for the Research Scholarships in Hungary at the Institute of Advanced Studies(iASK). Interested candidates can apply for the scholarship until 31st March 2020. The institute is providing scholarships for Masters and a Ph.D. degree with scientific and social innovation relevance from all disciplines. However, it will give preference to applications that focus on interdisciplinary social science and humanities OR to applications in the natural sciences that have social relevance,

Eligibility

The candidates should meet the following requirements for the Research Scholarships in Hungary

Grants are available for senior researchers working on the following themes:

• Elemér Hankiss Fellowship: Novel transdisciplinary methodologies challenging ‘old’ paradigms
• History of science in the context of political changes
• The crisis and transformation of democracy and socio-economic polarisation (security, war, violence, changing energy paradigms, water scarcity, causes and consequences of migration)
• Furthermore, traumatized societies and forms of social dissent
• Also, complex systems theory from social, political and economic perspectives
• Similarly, conflict and cooperation in evolutionary systems and societies
• Additionally, the regional specificities of human networks and novel collaboration methods based on regional value sets
• Also, sustainable societies: resilience and social capital in today’s peripheral regions
• Furthermore, new patterns of community healthcare: best practices and their applicability in Western Hungary.

Benefits

The successful applicants of the scholarship will receive the following advantages.

• The scholarship covers living costs in Kőszeg (housing, food), health insurance, visa costs (if applicable)
• Furthermore, travel related to research and professional activities.
• Also, iASK does not provide extra funds for these expenses.

Application Requirements

• A completed application form (downloadable)
• Also, a research proposal (4-5 pages)
• Furthermore, a signed declaration form (downloadable)
• Also, an academic Curriculum Vitae
• Moreover, early career researchers are to attach 2 professional recommendation letters as well.

About the Institute

• The Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) is founded at a time of great global uncertainty and growing interdependence.
• “We have entered a new age of uncertainty” are the words of Elemér Hankiss, who provided guidance for the Institute’s foundation.
• Additionally, it has arrived at crossroads and needs to ask the best questions to find the best ways forward.
• Furthermore, the task and responsibility of iASK are to help navigate through the complexities and uncertainties of this age, contributing to the formulation of answers to pressing issues that require more complex and interdisciplinary thinking.

Visit the official website for further details.

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