Call for applications for Foreign Researchers Grants to be held in 2024

The Romanian Cultural Institute is launching a call for applications to offer three Grants for Foreign Researchers in 2024. We invite interested researchers to submit their application files by 29.03.2023, until 14:30 Romanian time, online, at the email adress burse@icr.ro.

Grants for Foreign Researchers consist of financial support for an internship of 3 (three) months, in a specialized institution in Romania, in order to develop a study that discusses topics related to various spheres of Romanian society. The program is dedicated to academic improvement, targeting both PhD students working on a Romanian topic, for the preparation of doctoral theses, and well-known researchers. The selection is made by an independent commission of specialists based on the received application files. The application file must contain, among others, two letters of recommendation from specialists in the field.

Number of Grants awarded annually: 3 (three)

Grants duration: 3 (three) months, between May 15^th– November 30^th

Areas for which the evaluation and selection are organized: research and documentation in the fields: Visual arts, curatorship and art critic, museology/museography; Music and musicology; Architecture, town-planning and design; Literature and literary criticism; Cultural patrimony; Cultural management; Economic sciences; Human and social sciences.

Deadline for submission of applications: 29.03.2024, 14:30 Romanian time.

Amounts awarded: 5.000 euro/scholarship.

Documents required for registration (grants application file):

a. the registration form;

b. CV;

c. copy of the identity card / passport;

d. a research project;

e. 2 (two) letters of recommendation from specialists in the field;

f. copies printed after the studies published in the last 2 (two) years in a recognized journal in the research field chosen by the candidate;

g. a work plan during the period for which the scholarship is requested;

h. in the case of doctoral students, copies of official documents certifying participation in an accredited doctoral program

i. affidavit stating that all the documents sent are in accordance with the original.

The documentation will be written in English.

Contact: burse@icr.ro

CALENDAR

Publication of the announcement – February 28, 2024;

Submission of files – March 29, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Romanian time;

Display of results – April 22, 2024;

Submission of appeals – April 23 – 25, 2024, 4:00 p.m. Romanian time;

Resolution of appeals – May 9, 2024;

Display of final results – May 10, 2024;

Signing of contracts: May 14 – September 1, 2024.

Contact: burse@icr.ro

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FORMULAR DE ÎNSCRIERE PENTRU BURSĂ INDIVIDUALĂ / INDIVIDUAL GRANT APPLICATION FORM Apel la candidaturi pentru bursele pentru Cercetători Străini / Call for applications for Foreign Researchers Grants RAPORT DE ACTIVITATE FINAL / INTERMEDIAR // FINAL / INTERMEDIATE ACTIVITY REPORT Anexa VIII la Regulamentul general privind acordarea burselor / Annex VIII to the General Rules governing the award of grants CONTRACT DE BURSĂ / GRANT AGREEMENT