“F O R E I G N E R S ’ F E L L O W S H I P S P R O G R A M M E”

04 Enero 2010

Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation

INTRODUCTION:

The Foundation announces the sixteenth (16th) annual Programme of research grants and educational scholarships starting on October 1st, 2010 which is addressed to non Greeks, full Members of National Academies, University Professors of all levels (Ph.D. holders), postdoctoral researchers (Ph.D. holders), artists, elementary and secondary school teachers of the Greek language as a foreign one, post-graduate students and Ph.D. candidates.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS:

January 31st, 2010

Please find attached the complete Call and Application Forms for each Category.

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FIELDS/SECTIONS OF RESEARCH OR STUDY:

The Programme covers the following fields only:

• Humanities: Philology, Literature, Linguistics, Theology, History, Archaeology, Philosophy, Educational Studies, Psychology
• Political Science: Sociology, International Relations
• Arts: Visual Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, Photography, Film Studies

CATEGORIES:

Category AI

UNIVERSITY FULL PROFESSORS

Number of Grants: Up to ten [10]

Duration: One [1] month during the academic year Oct. 2010 – Sept. 2011

Addressed to: Full Members of National Academies and Full University Professors whose scholarly or artistic work has been widely acclaimed and who wish to visit Greece in order to conduct scholarly research or to collaborate with educational or research institutions and/or organizations

Tenure: All nominees are expected to have had at least five-years’ tenure of office as full professors before applying for the grant

Condition: Only Full Professors are eligible to submit a nomination for this grant. The grantees of category AI will be invited, on a case by case basis, to deliver a lecture or to conduct a seminar during their stay in Greece, either at the Onassis Cultural Centre of Athens or at a University or another research or cultural centre.

Subject of Research: The proposed research subject should be either directly related to the Greek culture, civilization and history or have an obvious social return for Greece.

Requirements: The grantees are bound to publish 2 (two) scientific articles dealing with findings of the research granted by the Foundation within a period of 12 months from the expiration of their grant. The Foundation’ s name has to be mentioned as the sponsor of the research.

The candidate must have a specific collaboration with a Full Professor from a Greek Public University.

Category AII

UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ALL LEVELS (PH.D. HOLDERS) / POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS (PH.D. HOLDERS) / ARTISTS-MUSICIANS

Number of Grants: Up to fifteen [15]

Duration: From three [3] up to six [6] months maximum during the academic year Oct. 2010–Sept. 2011

Addressed to:
(a) University Professors of all levels: 1) Full Professors (PhD holders) 2) Associate Professors (PhD holders), 3) Assistant
Professors (PhD holders) and 4) Lecturers (PhD holders)
(b) Postdoctoral Researchers (Ph.D. holders) and
(c) Renowned artists and musicians who wish to visit Greece in order to conduct scholarly research or to collaborate with educational or research or art institutions and organizations.
Condition: For cases (a) 1, (a) 2, (a) 3, (a) 4 and b) above, all applicants should have already finished their Ph.D. The grantees of category AII will be invited, on a case by case basis, to deliver a lecture or to conduct a seminar during their stay in Greece, either at the Onassis Cultural Centre of Athens or at a University or another research or cultural centre.
Subject of Research: The proposed research subject should be either directly related to the Greek culture, civilization and history or have an obvious social return for Greece.
Requirement: The grantees (of case a-b) are bound to publish two (2) scientific articles dealing with findings deduced from their research granted by the Foundation, within a period of twelve (12) months from the use of their grant. A specific collaboration with a Full Professor of a Greek University

Category B

TEACHERS OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE

Number of scholarships: Five [5]

Duration: up to six [6] months during the academic year Oct. 2010-Sept. 2011

Addressed to: active elementary or school foreign teachers, who currently teach the Modern Greek language and Modern Greek literature in schools abroad. For the applicants of this category very good and certified knowledge of Modern Greek language is absolutely compulsory.

Age Limit: None

Aim of the Scholarship: These scholarships aim at the acquaintance, collaboration and exchange of information between the scholarship recipients and their Greek colleagues in Greek schools, education or other relevant departments of Greek universities. The Scholarship does not cover the learning of the Greek language at language courses. The fellows will have the opportunity to attend as external students the postgraduate programme of Teaching Greek as a Foreign Language of the University of Athens. They will also be able to attend for free the programme of the Modern Greek Language Teaching Center organized by the University of Athens.

Condition: This programme presupposes that the scholarship recipients will continue offering their services to their country of origin, after they have completed their training in Greece.

Category C

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS & Ph.D. CANDIDATES

Number of scholarships: Ten [10]

Duration: From five [5] up to ten [10] months during the acad. year Oct. 2010–Sept. 2011

Addressed to: Postgraduate Students & Ph.D. Candidates

Age Limit: All candidates should be under forty [40] years old

Conditions: a) the field of study should be covered by the Programme (see p. 1) b) at the time of application the applicants should be enrolled for a postgraduate course (Master’s, M.Phil., Ph.D.) at a University either outside Greece or in Greece c) the scholarships are offered for research in Greece only.