Institute for Human Sciences

Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen

Sponsored by the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna

The Milena Jesenská Fellowship program was established by the Institute for Human Sciences and by the European Cultural Foundation and is supported by Project Syndicate.

Objective

The Milena Jesenská Fellowship program offers European journalists working in print, broadcast and electronic media time off from their professional duties in order to pursue in-depth research on a European topic of their choice.

The call for applications 2009/10 is directed towards European cultural journalists, with the term `cultural´ interpreted in a broad sense to encompass a wide variety of artistic and intellectual fields.

Conditions

Milena Jesenská Fellows are invited to spend three months at the IWM in Vienna, Austria. Recipients of the fellowships are given a stipend of EUR 7.630 and are provided with an office, access to E-Mail and Internet, in-house research facilities as well as other relevant resources in Vienna.

Travel grants of up to EUR 1.820 will be available for research visits to neighboring countries. Candidates for the Milena Jesenská fellowships must have several years of experience in professional journalism. Their work may deal with any topic related to cultural issues of European relevance, especially having to do with the issue of European integration. Fellowships are not intended for entry-level journalists or students.

Jury

Helena Luczywo

Managing Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw

Knut Neumayr

Programme Director Europe, Erste Foundation, Vienna

Andrea Roedig

Public Relations, IWM, Vienna

Gerfried Sperl

Editor-in-Chief, Der Standard, Vienna (Chair)

Laura Starink

Editor-in-Chief of M Magazine, NRC-Handelsblad, Rotterdam

Application

The application consists of the following:

• the application form (please download from http://info.iwm.at/milena09.zip), or request by fax: +43-1-313 58-30 or by e-mail: fellowships@iwm.at)
• a concise project proposal in English (not more than 3 double-spaced pages)
• a curriculum vitae including a list of publication

Please address applications to:

Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM) Spittelauer Lände 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Applications by e-mail are also eligible: fellowships@iwm.at, subject: Milena Jesenská

Deadline for applications is March 31, 2009 (date of receipt).

Applicants will be notified of the decision in June 2009. The jury is not obliged to publicly justify its decisions.

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