Deadline for round two of the 2007-2008 Fellowship competition: May 30, 2008

The Forum on Contemporary Europe, at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Anna Lindh Fellowship for the study of Scandinavia, the Baltic region and northern Europe's role in trans-Atlantic relations. The fellowships are part of the Forum's new Sweden, Scandinavia, and Baltic region program whose aim is to promote research on this region. The Anna Lindh Fellowship is designed to bring fellows from Sweden to Stanford University for short periods of research, library and archive consultation, and collaboration with Stanford faculty and community.

The Forum on Contemporary Europe is now accepting applications for the Anna Lindh Fellowship for the 2007-2008 academic year. These fellowships are intended to support scholars from Sweden conducting research in any field of social, natural, or technical sciences, as well as law, business, and the humanities. This span of fields is supported by the wide range of research conducted in all of Stanford's seven schools. Researchers interested in applying for this fellowship should take special note of the research fields and projects listed in the biographies of the Directors and Affiliated Researchers at the Forum on Contemporary Europe. Special emphasis will be placed on applications which engage these fields. The Fellowship awards will include attention to facilitating collaboration between visiting Fellows and the Forum's Stanford Affiliated Researchers.

The fellowship is intended to support either short research visits (two to four weeks) or for a longer period of research work at Stanford (up to an academic year) to work with faculty and libraries and archives. Research projects could, in addition, address issues and thus involve travel to other U.S. institutions of higher learning and affiliated scholarly libraries and archives in the United States.

Benefits

The Forum on Contemporary Europe Anna Lindh Fellowship offers support for travel (roundtrip economy airfare) between Stanford and Sweden as well as - in pertinent cases - Stanford and U.S. universities, living expenses for research visits lasting two to four weeks (or longer version), and also offers limited reimbursement for research costs (e.g. photocopying, research library access fees, etc.) necessary to complete the research during the visit.

Eligibility

Scholars who are currently faculty or affiliated researchers at accredited Swedish universities are eligible to apply for this fellowship.

Applications

The deadline for receipt of completed applications is May 30, 2008. Fellowship awards will be announced as soon as possible for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Scholars who are interested in this fellowship should send the following materials:

• CV and letter of interest explaining the research project, its scholarly and/or public policy importance, the part of the larger project to be addressed by the research visit, Stanford faculty and Forum Research Affiliates, as well as library/archives/data source identified for consultation, and a realistic plan for completing the research during the visit;
• at least two letters of recommendation from a member of the faculty of the home Swedish institution, and from a member of the faculty of Stanford University;
• itemized budget proposed for the research travel, living expenses, and research expenses (e.g. photocopying, access privileges, etc.) for this visit.

Questions and application materials may be addressed to:

Roland Hsu
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Stanford University
616 Serra Street
Encina Hall, E106
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
(650) 723-2793 (voice)
(650) 723-4811 (fax)
rohsu@stanford.edu

Further information on the Forum on Contemporary Europe may be found at http://fce.stanford.edu. Further information on the Forum's home institute, the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, may be found at http://fsi.stanford.edu.