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&#62;FELLOWSHIP : Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociolofy Visiting&#62;Fellowships&#62;&#62;Every year, the BGHS invites doctoral researchers from other countries to&#62;work&#62;at the Graduate School for four months to promote international&#62;scientific and&#62;cultural exchange. Visiting fellows have the opportunity to use their&#62;stay at&#62;the BGHS to work intensively on their dissertation, visit degree programme&#62;courses and build contacts to our scientific community. Fellows receive a&#62;computer work station for the duration of their stipend. The grant&#62;consists of&#62;a EUR 1,200 stipend per month. This amount will be supplemented by a child&#62;allowance if applicable. Upon application, travel costs can also be&#62;covered by&#62;the Graduate School.&#62;&#62;Requirements&#62;&#62;All international doctoral researchers may apply who are matriculated in a&#62;doctoral programme abroad and whose dissertation has a historical,&#62;sociological, social-anthropological or political science focus. German&#62;nationals may also apply if their tertiary education has been at foreign&#62;universities. The visiting fellowships further networking with scientists&#62;at&#62;the BGHS, therefore no prolonged archival or research trips should take&#62;place&#62;within this period.&#62;The candidates present their project to the BGHS community at the&#62;beginning of&#62;their stay and submit a final report by the end of their funding period.&#62;To ensure that your project fits with the BGHS profile, you should take a&#62;close&#62;look at the areas of research covered by the graduate school. Your project&#62;should be relatable to those areas. You can find an overview of the areas&#62;of&#62;research and the professors working at the BGHS here.&#62;&#62;Required application documents&#62;&#62;Applications for summer term 2018 (1 April to 31 July 2018) should be&#62;submitted&#62;via the online application portal no later than 15 January 2018.&#62;&#62;Please submit the following documents:&#62;&#62;Curriculum Vitae (1,000 words max.) (guidelines)&#62;Covering letter (600 words max.) (guidelines)&#62;Description of your dissertation project(2,000 words max.) (guidelines)&#62;Work schedule and timeframe for your stay at the BGHS&#62;Letter of recommendation from your supervisor/advisor at your university&#62;(If preferred, your supervisor/advisor can send the letter directly to the&#62;BGHS: application-bghs@uni-bielefeld.de&#62;University and college certificates and transcripts (Master's&#62;certificate).&#62;Please enclose a certified translation if certificates are not written in&#62;English or German.&#62;Please read the FAQs carefully. They contain all important information on&#62;application requirements and procedures. Please also read the project&#62;description guidelines for infor-mation on formal design and content as&#62;well as&#62;the covering letter and curriculum vitae guidelines. Please feel free to&#62;contact us should you have any questions:&#62;application-bghs@uni-bielefeld.de.&#62;&#62;Dates and deadlines&#62;&#62;15 January     Deadline for applications&#62;February       Candidates are informed about the results of the application&#62;process&#62;01 April       BGHS Visiting Fellowships begin&#62;31 July BGHS Visiting Fellowships end&#62;&#62;http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/bghs/Ausschreibungen/visiting_fellowships&#62;.html