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Title: M4HUMAN Programme: Marie Curie Fellowships of the Gerda Henkel Foundation
Post by: sparrow on Mar 05, 2011, 02:39 PM
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2618253/ForumPhotos/EU-Marie%20Curie.PNG) Starting in 2011, the Gerda Henkel Foundation is offering Marie Curie Fellowships in the M4HUMAN (Mobility for experienced researchers in historical humanities including Islamic studies) programme aimed at supporting outstanding scholars.

This funding initiative is co-financed by the European Commission under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research. One objective of this fixed-term programme is to increase networking between researchers in the historical humanities at the international level, including researchers in religious, cultural and political sciences under the special programme "Islam, the modern nation state and transnational movements".

Other goals include the promotion of trans-national academic exchange, increasing transnational mobility, facilitating further education and the positive and long-term influencing of the research environment in both origin and destination countries.

Research scholarships can be requested for a larger-scale research work or in connection with a research project.

To Be Continued...
Title: Re: M4HUMAN Programme: Marie Curie Fellowships of the Gerda Henkel Foundation
Post by: sparrow on Mar 05, 2011, 03:09 PM
Research projects in the following fields are supported in particular:
•   History
•   Prehistory and Early History
•   Archaeology
•   Art History
•   Historic Islamic Studies
•   Legal History

In addition to the areas listed above, appropriate applications may be submitted in respect of projects that align to the Gerda Henkel Foundation's special programme "Islam, the modern nation state and transnational movements".  Further details can be found at: www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/special_programmes

The programme provides 24-month research grants for two categories of researchers:
•   Experienced researchers (holding a doctorate or with 4 to 10 years of comparable and proven research experience)
•   Senior researchers (holding post-doctoral qualifications, a comparable academic ranking, or with more than 10 years of comparable and proven research experience)

The grants cover the following costs:
•   Living costs in the destination country (plus a family/child allowance if applicable)
•   Mobility allowance
•   Travel allowance
•   Research costs (covering the costs of further training, start-up and return costs, together with an allowance to defray the costs of the host institution)

In addition to the academic suitability of the applicant, a precondition for the application is an element of mobility (either incoming or outgoing); i.e. a stay at a host research institute selected by the applicant, situated in a country other than the country of origin and lasting for at least 70% of the 24-month period covered by the grant. The applicant must provide evidence of acceptance by the institution and by a mentor resident there.

The following combinations are acceptable:

Incoming
Origin: EU, Associated Countries, Third Countries,
German researchers outside Germany
Destination: Germany

Outgoing
Origin: Germany, EU, Associated Countries
Destination: EU (excluding Germany), Associated
Countries, Third Countries

Not accepted
Country of origin and destination are identical
Country of origin is a Third Country but destination country is not Germany

The deadline for applications is 30 June 2011.

Source: Gerda Henkel Stiftung | M4HUMAN (http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/m4human.php?nav_id=831&language=en).
Title: Re: M4HUMAN Programme: Marie Curie Fellowships of the Gerda Henkel Foundation
Post by: sparrow on Mar 05, 2011, 05:27 PM
The programme brochure can be downloaded below: 

- M4Human Flyer  (http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/binaries/addon/548_m4human_flyer.pdf)