Fund your research
Fund┋it broadcasts calls for research funding and mobility for post-doctoral scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Want to come to France? Find a fellowship somewhere in the world? Or simply get your research project funded? Here's all the information you need. We find it, you fund┋it!
• Postdocs, senior scholars and advanced graduate students from outside France wishing to come to France or to find funding opportunities
• French postdocs, senior scholars and advanced graduate students wishing to go abroad or to find funding opportunities
fund┋it: a gold mine of valuable information
You feel like moving, setting off, going international, simply discovering all the possibilities for conducting your research outside France? You want to come to France for a research stay? You are looking for grants to fund a research program?
STEP 1
Choose and set your future course.
It's as easy as that !
STEP 2
Finding a call for applications
Once you have chosen the area you are interested in, you will find a list of all open calls matching your search. There is a call catching your attention? Just click on it, you will find every essential bit of information, and if you'd like to apply just follow the link on the top right corner. For that matter don't forget to set up your fund┋it user account.
STEP 3
Refining and saving your search results
The list of open calls seems endless? You would like to refine your results? You will find several filter options on the left allowing you to select certain disciplines, certain destinations, certain institution types, or certain topics. Choose, submit, and check out the offers!
You have come across your dream project? Bookmark it, so you can easily find it again in your user account.
STEP 4
Never miss a call again!
So you have come across your dream programme, but you would still like to stay up to date on upcoming calls? Or you haven't found the perfect call yet, but certainly don't want to miss it when it comes up?
Sort your results by means of the filter menu on the left and "Save your search": set up your account if you haven't done so yet (takes you two minutes maximum), and we will let you know on a daily or weekly basis when there are new calls matching your saved search. You can set up new searches, edit existing ones, or delete them as you please in your user account.
* Good to know n°1
fund┋it is also a database for funding or host institutions in the social sciences and humanities. When there are no interesting open calls for you, just follow the link on top of the page, browse through the institutions, maybe find an interesting one and bookmark it to be notified about its upcoming calls.
* Good to know n°2
For some calls, you will find contact information about someone who will be glad to help you with your application. A precious resource for the success of your project, so feel free to use it.
* Good to know n°3
If you know about an open call that is not yet listed on fund┋it, you can submit it to us. Simply use the "Submit a call" button on the bottom left and send us your suggestion, we will publish it as soon as possible. Your help is greatly appreciated!
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Succeed!
1- A programme may already have been scrutinized by experts identifying its assets or pointing out target disciplines or topics. If you want to know why you should go for this programme, or understand the indicated SSH rate for European projects, just click on the information icon above the call title. Nota: not every call features such an analysis.
2- You have spotted an interesting programme and would like to know more about it? The fund┋it community is waiting in the wings to answer your questions: there may already be a discussion going on on that programme of yours in our Linkedin group. If you want to join in, just click on "Join the discussion" on the right of each call. (Make sure you have a Linkedin account for that.) You might also find feedback by other scholars on that specific programme. Approach them, ask them, the community is there for you!
And because any piece of information can be a key to success, we are also keeping a blog where we regularly post former fellows' feedback, or interviews, or accounts from funding bodies, letting you in on some tips and tricks on how to stand out with your application. See for yourself by following the link to the blog on the bottom left.
It goes without saying that you can also find us on Facebook and Twitter where all new calls are posted, too. We are always trying to make it as easy as we can for you.
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-> You are familiar with a program, you have maybe even been one of its past (and most eminent) fellows: share your impressions and advice with us, you will be sure to help more than one potential candidate.
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SONATA 15 call for proposals will be open on September 16, 2019
SONATA is a funding opportunity intended to support the Principal Investigator in conducting innovative basic research, using advanced research equipment and/or an original methodology.
The Principal Investigator should be about to embark on a career in research with a doctoral degree obtained within 2-7 years of submission of the proposal.
The Council of the National Science Centre sets the terms of conducting the SONATA BIS 9 call for proposals for research projects, aimed to establish new research teams, carried out by persons with an academic degree or title, who have been awarded a doctorate within 5 to 12 years of submitting the proposal
MAESTRO is a funding opportunity designed for advanced researchers wanting to conduct pioneering research, including interdisciplinary research which is important for the development of science. Projects within this funding scheme should surpass the current state of knowledge, lead to the creation of a new paradigm, or forge pathways to new frontiers in that field.
The Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce a new fellowship for visiting faculty members intended to foster knowledge exchange between the academy and the public.
The Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce a new fellowship for recent doctoral graduates intended to foster knowledge exchange between the academy and public. The JHI CEHR Early Career Fellow will be a recent Ph.D., who is establishing a track record in their own discipline and working on a project at the intersection of the academy with one or more extra-academic, public and/or non-profit organizations (e.g., museums, galleries, indigenous communities, archives, libraries, arts organizations, etc.).
The Kollegforschungsgruppe "Religion and Urbanity. Reciprocal transformations" at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies of the University of Erfurt (Max-Weber-Kolleg) invites applications for fellowships for the time period between 1 September 2019 and 28 February 2021.
Fellowships are granted for a period of 3 to 6 months. Fellows must reside in Erfurt during the fellowship period.
Every year, the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies offers two Wiedemann research fellowships for the study of the Enlightenment. Thanks to its vast historical library and its research groups covering a broad spectrum of themes related to the European Enlightenment, IZEA is the leading centre for the study of the Enlightenment in Germany, and welcomes numerous international scholars. In order to facilitate research stays in Halle for scholars from Germany and abroad, we offer fellowships for PhDs as well as for more experienced scholars.
Each year, the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (Blinken OSA) at Central European University, one of the initiators of the Open Access Movement, offers a Fellowship to honor the work, legacy and memory of our friend, Aaron Swartz. The Fellow will be awarded $10,000 for a period of 3 months, to conduct their research at the Blinken OSA in Budapest. The Fellowship starts on September 1, 2019.
The purpose of the Beatriu de Pinós programme is to award individual grants for the employment and incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system.
All universities, research centres and hospital foundations located in Catalonia can benefit from this grant. Technology centres, technological activity support centres and technology dissemination centres are all excluded from this call.
It is resolved as follows:
This programme provides mid-career to senior scholars - active in any discipline within the social sciences and the humanities and based in any country overseas - with the opportunity to relocate for a period of four years to the UK and make a contribution to UK research and higher education.