Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative Senior Fellowships

Senior Fellowships are available to young scholars who have recently received their doctoral (e.g. candidate of science) degrees. The fellowships support innovative and critical research agendas and development of international research and teaching partnerships with special emphasis on presentation of scholarly work and integrating the new scholarly thinking and outcomes and experience of research into university teaching.

The program provides fellows with the opportunities for:

• enhancing familiarity with the state-of-the-art in their disciplines and association with the current thinking in their fields, by improving access to seminal scholarship, relevant international expertise and contemporary debates within the international scholarly community;
• conducting individual and collaborative original, innovative and high quality research with critical discussion and peer feedback on the research process and outcomes, enhanced by advanced training in and practice of research design and contemporary methodologies and tools of academic research;
• applying research experience and outcomes to development of teaching and curriculum at the region's universities and promoting research work as integral part of students' learning;
• peer collaboration and mobility on regional and international level;
• development of skills and venues for publicizing scholarly work.

CARTI Fellowships are typically awarded for up to 24 months, with ongoing review and evaluation procedures in place. A fellowship typically offers:

• funding for research activities, communication, access to necessary equipment and resources;
• funds for exchange visits between the fellows and the international scholars (all CARTI Fellows are encouraged and eligible and expected to spend up to one academic semester at the home institution of the International Scholar during the term of the fellowship);
• fellowship stipend;
• funding for teaching and curriculum development activities.

CARTI organizes a series of project review and trainings for the selected candidates prior to the formal start of the fellowship and offers an academic program consisting of a summer school and other seminar, discussion and training activities during the period of the fellowship.

Candidates for the Senior Fellowships must possess a first doctoral or equivalent (such as a candidate of science) degree in the social sciences or humanities, conferred within not more than five years before the time of the application to CARTI, and hold full-time teaching positions at departments of social sciences or humanities at universities in the target region.

The program is open to citizens who are nationals and residents of one of the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Fellowships are awarded through an open competition based on an academic review of the applications, consisting of an application form, project proposal, curriculum vitae, academic reference letters and supporting documents.

To Apply

Interested individuals are invited to complete the on-line Application Form and submit all supporting documents in electronic format via the Open Society Foundations’ On-Line Application System: https://oas.soros.org/oas

Please consult the CARTI Call for Applications and Guide for Applicants downloadable below for details of the application and selection process. HESP program staff is available for further consultations.

Deadline

The deadline for submitting online applications has been extended to November 10, 2011, 5:00 pm Central European Time.

Contact Information

Open Society Foundations / International Higher Education Support Program
Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative
Október 6. u.12.
Budapest 1051 Hungary
Tel: +36 1 882 3854
Fax: +36 1 882 3112
Email: carti@osi.hu

Oleksandr Shtokvych
Senior Program Manager
Email: oshtokvych@osi.hu