Scholarship Description: Applications are invited for Nomis Fellowship Program at the University of Basel in Switzerland. International applicants are eligible to apply for this fellowship program.
The Nomis Fellowship Program supports groundbreaking research projects related to how images act as models or paradigms in scientific and aesthetic contexts.
About University: The University of Basel is located in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland’s oldest university and is counted among the leading institutions of the country. The associated University Library of Basel is the largest and among the most important libraries in the whole of the country.
Degee Level: Fellowships are available for Junior and Senior research fellows.
Available Subject: Fellowships are awarded in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
Scholarship Benefits: They provide a generous salary, travel funds, and access to excellent academic infrastructure.
Number of Scholarships: Up to three fellowships are available.
Eligibility: The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:
Applicants must
- Possess a doctoral degree and
- Have published either a monograph (e.g. their dissertation) or have three publications in journals or collected volumes.
- Applicants from all academic fields whose research relates to images as models are invited to apply.
- Applications may be submitted in either German or English.
Eligible Nationalities: International applicants are eligible to apply for this fellowship program.
Application Procedure: Please submit application materials as a single PDF file by October 20, 2017. Applications that do not conform to this format or received after this date will not receive consideration. Inquiries and applications should be sent to eikones-at-unibas.ch.
Application Materials
- Cover letter
- CV
- Contact details for two references
- Proof of doctorate degree
- Project description (2–3 pages), plus bibliography
- Published writing sample (20 pages)
Deadline: Scholarship application deadline is October 20, 2017.