El Instituto Universitario Europeo (EUI, por sus siglas en inglés) tiene abierta la convocatoria para el Programa de Postgrado Max Weber, cuyo objetivo principal es apoyar proyectos de investigación multidisciplinaria a realizarse en Florencia. La fecha de cierre es el 25 de octubre de 2014.

El apoyo comprende una asignación de 2,000 euros mensuales, en concepto de asignación familiar y gastos de viaje, en caso de viajar con pareja se asignarán 300 euros por mes (en caso de que sus ingresos sean inferiores a 2,000 euros al mes); y habrá 200 euros por mes por cada hijo del becario. . El Programa tiene una duración mínima de 12 meses, y máxima de 36 meses. Los temas del Fellowships son: Gobierno, Constitucionalismo y Democracia; Ciudadanía y Migración; Teoría Política, Legal y Social e Historia del Pensamiento; Desigualdad y Eficiencia en Educación, y mercados de trabajo; Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa: Diseño, Regulación y Gobierno de las Políticas Fiscales y Monetarias en la Unión Europea; Europa en el Mundo: Relaciones Exteriores, Seguridad Internacional, Políticas Mundiales.

Para ser admitidos, los solicitantes deberán reunir los siguientes requisitos: haber recibido su doctorado en los últimos 5 años o tener la aprobación oficial para defender su tesis en el momento del inicio del programa (1 de septiembre); Se permite a los solicitantes extensiones a la regla de los cinco años, cuya carrera académica se ha visto interrumpido por licencia de maternidad, enfermedad o servicio militar obligatorio; graduados EUI sólo pueden solicitar un Fellowship Max Weber después de haber estado fuera de la EUI y en una ocupación de tiempo completo o de otra beca durante al menos un año después de defender su Ph.D; son elegibles candidatos de cualquier nacionalidad para las Becas de Max Weber; el nivel esperado de dominio del Inglés es el nivel C1 del Marco Común Europeo de Referencia (MCER). Se pedirá a los candidatos presentar un certificado en inglés. Nativos de inglés y los candidatos que han escrito su doctorado en inglés están exentos.

Para inscribirse los participantes deben completar el formulario online. Para consultas sobre la postulación escribir aapplyfellow@eui.eu

Para mayor información, visitar Max Weber Fellowship

How to Apply for a Max Weber Fellowship

The annual deadline is 25 October, but applications for self-funded fellowships will be considered until 25 March.

• Before Proceeding

• Application Form

• Requested Documents

• Letters of Reference

• Notes for Referees

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Candidates with own Funding

• Data Protection Policy

• Contacts 

Before Proceeding

See the Eligibility, Conditions of Award and Selection Criteria related to the MWP.

Application Form – Register Early, Submit by the Deadline

The Application Form is now available online.

The deadline for completing the application form and for the submission of the references is: midnight CET on Saturday 25 October 2014.

Please find further details and a preview of the sections of the form and the requested information in the Mock-Up Application Form.

There are two distinct phases in the application process:

1. Register your application as early as possible

You are encouraged to register your application, by inserting your personal details and referee details as soon as possible. This is important to allow sufficient time for your referees to submit the reference letters before the deadline.

2. Submit your application by the deadline 25 October

Once you have registered your application you may continue to work on the application details and attachments until the deadline of 25 October. Submit the application only when you have filled in all the information and have the final version of the attachments in hand.

After submission, you will not be able to update or modify your application.

Requested Documents

• Prepare your CV with a list of publications in PDF.

• Prepare an ‘Academic career statement’ (2 pages) as a PDF. The purpose of this statement is for you to indicate why you think the MW Programme, particularly the Academic Practice Activities, will benefit you. It should indicate your research and teaching interests and experience, and career plans.

• Prepare a ‘Research proposal’ (2 pages) as a PDF. The proposal must be clear and well structured, with well-defined and realistic goals that can be achieved within the duration of the fellowship. You can also indicate if you think your research will fit with one of the following five “thematic research groups” that we anticipate continuing in 2015/16:

  • Governance, Constitutionalism and Democracy

  • Citizenship and Migration

  • Inequality and Efficiency in Education and Labour Markets

  • Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa: The Design, Regulation and Governance of Fiscal and Monetary Policies in the EU

  • Europe in the World: Foreign Relations, International Security,World Politics

• In the application form, you will be asked to indicate which, if any, thematic research group you would be interested in, or you can choose ‘None of the current thematic groups’.

• There is no advantage in indicating fit with a theme. Candidates will be selected according to the Selection Criteria and only subsequently will we allocate them to suitable themes. We anticipate forming additional thematic groups on the basis of the interests of the selected candidates and even dropping or amending some of the pre-announced themes.

• Please use standard international fonts, do not use macros, special characters, password-protection, electronic signatures or logos.

Letters of Reference

• Applicants should provide the names of a minimum of two and a maximum of three academic referees and ensure that at least two letters of reference are submitted online directly by the referees by the deadline 25 October. References will not be accepted after the deadline.

• References from current full-time or part-time EUI professors will not be accepted.

Note for Referees

Once the candidate has registered the details of their referees, each referee will receive an e-mail with access details for submitting their reference letter online.

• References should be submitted as PDF files. Please use standard international fonts, do not use macros, special characters, password-protection, electronic signatures or logos.

• Do not send a hard copy.

• You may write in a language other than English, but English will guarantee the widest possible reading.

• References from current full-time or part-time EUI professors will not be accepted.

• If in doubt contact ReferenceFellow@eui.eu

The deadline for submitting references is 25 October.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

 Should you need any further clarification on the application procedure please consult the FAQs page.

Candidates with own funding

Candidates with their own funding are welcome to apply and will be selected according to the same criteria and procedures. They can do so either by applying for a self-funded fellowship only by the 25 March 2015 deadline, or by indicating in the application form when applying for a funded Fellowship, that they wish also to be considered for a self-funded fellowship. (Use the field “Additional remarks” in the application form to state that funding is either not requested or that you are applying to other sources of funding to participate in the Max Weber Programme).

The tuition fee for a self-funded Max Weber Fellowship amounts to 15.000 euro for 12 months (1.250 euro per month). The fee may be waived partially or completely if special circumstances apply.

The applications (CV, Career Statement and proof of funding, all in PDF format) should be sent directly toexternally-funded-mwf@eui.eu. Two confidential letters of reference (also in PDF) should be sent directly by the referees to the same email address.

Applications for self-funded fellowships are considered on a first-come basis for as long as there is capacity in the Max Weber Programme.

Data protection policy

See the EUI data protection policy.

 

Contacts

Academic Service

European University Institute
via dei Roccettini 9
I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole

Email  applyfellow@eui.eu
Tel. +39 055 4685 377
Fax +39 055 4685 444