UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC & CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)
UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945. Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard-setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. The Organization also serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge while helping Member States to build their human and institutional capacities in diverse fields. UNESCO promotes international co-operation in the fields of education, science, culture and communication.
The UNESCO Fellowships Programme, through the award and administration of fellowships, study and travel grants, aims to contribute to the enhancement of human resources and national capacity-building in areas that are closely aligned to UNESCO’s expected strategic objectives and programme priorities; increase fellowships co-sponsorship arrangements with interested donors and extrabudgetary funding sources.
Co-Sponsored Fellowships
The UNESCO Fellowships Section administers the following Co-sponsored programmes:
UNESCO/China (The Great Wall) Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme
UNESCO/Cuba Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme
UNESCO/Czech Republic Co-Sponsored Fellowships
UNESCO/Israel (MASHAV) Co-Sponsored Fellowships
UNESCO/ITALY Co-Sponsored Fellowships for Iraqi Women
UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi (Japan) Co-Sponsored Research Fellowships Programme
UNESCO/L’ORÉAL Co-Sponsored Fellowships for Young Women in Life Sciences
UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships
UNESCO/Republic of Korea (IPDC) Co-Sponsored Fellowships
UNESCO/Suzanne Mubarak/Japan-Egypt Friendship Research Fellowships for the Empowerment of Women in Peace and Gender Studies
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES UNU/IAS
53-67 Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8304, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5467 2323 Fax: +81-3-5467 2324, Email: unuias@ias.unu.edu
The United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) is amongst the newest in the network of research and training centres within the UNU system. The Institute conducts research, postgraduate education and capacity development, both in-house and in cooperation with an interactive network of academic institutions and international organizations.
PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programmes
Our Fellowships are intended to complement and contribute to the Institute’s research programmes, and are aimed at providing young scientists, policy-makers, and developing country scholars with the opportunity to expand their intellectual vision beyond a single scientific field.
UNU-IAS fellowship programmes
The UNU-IAS Capacity Development Programme aims to expand the impact of the Institute’s research while enhancing the skills and knowledge of young researchers, scholars and policy-makers - particularly those from developing countries - for the development and implementation of creative solutions to pressing global problems.
Junior Professional Fellowship Programme
This programme provides recent graduates with a one year fellowship at UNU-IAS.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Centre for Advanced Holocaust Studies, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington DC 20024-2126, USA
Tel: +1-202-314 0378 Fax: +1-202-479-9726
The Centre for Advanced Holocaust Studies is a high priority for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It supports scholarship and publications in the field of Holocaust studies, promotes the growth of Holocaust studies at American universities, seeks to foster strong relationships between American and international scholars, and initiates programs to ensure the ongoing training of future generations of scholars specializing in the Holocaust.
The Centre awards fellowships to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust. Awards are granted on a competitive basis. The Centre welcomes approaches by scholars in history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy, religion, psychology, comparative genocide studies, law, and other disciplines.
The specific fellowship and the length of the award are at the discretion of the Centre. Individual awards generally range up to nine months of residency. A minimum tenure of three consecutive months is required. Stipends range up to $3,000 per month. Residents of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area receive a modified stipend and term of residency at the Centre.
UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HUMAN VALUES
Louis Marx Hall, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544-1006, USA
Tel: +1-609-258 4798, Email: values@princeton.edu
Established in 1990 through the generosity of Laurance S. Rockefeller '32, the Center is led by Professor Stephen Macedo. With seminar and lecture courses, public lectures and symposia, a publication series and the scholarly work of its faculty and visiting fellows, the Center fosters ongoing inquiry into important ethical issues in private and public life. The University Center for Human Values supports teaching, research, and discussion of ethics and human values throughout the curriculum and across the disciplines at Princeton University.
Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships
The University Centre invites applications from all disciplines. These fellowships will be awarded to outstanding scholars and teachers interested in devoting a year in residence at Princeton writing about ethics and human values. Fellows are also invited to participate in other activities, including seminars, colloquia, and public lectures.
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Forschungsdezernat, Dr. Jens Hemmelskamp / Marianne Schork, Seminarstrasse 2, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Tel: +49-62-21/54 21 46 (Dr. Jens Hemmelskamp); Tel: +49-62-21/54 23 67 (Marianne Schork), Fax: +49-62-21/54 35 99, Email: lautenschlaeger-forschungspreis@zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
The Lautenschläger-Research Prize of the University of Heidelberg dates from 2001 and is awarded every two years to outstanding scientists or scholars actively engaged in research. It is endowed with 250,000 euros. The award is designed to support recipients in the realisation of incipient or ongoing research projects and more especially to encourage international cooperation in the relevant field and the involvement of upcoming generations of scholars and scientists in those projects. Recipients of the Prize will be either internationally respected members of the University of Heidelberg itself or researchers from elsewhere with a distinctive and intensive record of academic collaboration with the University. Scientists and scholars from all disciplines are eligible for the Prize, whether they are active in the sciences and medicine, the arts and humanities or the social sciences. In terms of eligibility, no distinction is made between application-oriented and basic research.
The Prize Professor and the late Mrs. Colin Turbayne established an International Berkeley Essay Prize competition in cooperation with the Philosophy Department at the University of Rochester. Submitted papers should address some aspect of Berkeley’s philosophy. Essays should be new and unpublished and should be written in English and not exceed 5,000 words in length. The winner will receive a prize of $2,000.
