Deadline: 16-May-22
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is inviting applications for the Armenian Studies Scholarship from research students admitted to or already pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. degree or a Post Doc in internationally recognized universities.
The Foundation will accept in the first instance in this scholarship category research proposals from social science perspectives that focus on the contemporary (i.e. post-Soviet) period.
Note that “Armenian Studies” is understood in a broad sense and is not confined to “Area Studies”.
Disciplines
- Keeping with its mission to support research in the field of Armenian Studies, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation invites applications from graduate students pursuing research in this field.
- Given the recent political and military developments in Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh and Armenia, the lack of academic research/analysis on related contemporary subjects, and the Foundation’s stated policy of privileging research on current issues, the scholarship programme for Armenian Studies in 2022 will focus on contemporary (post-Soviet) topics from social science perspectives, with particular attention to the following disciplines:
- political science/international relations,
- sociology,
- anthropology,
- current history,
- social psychology,
- international law,
- human rights,
- peace and conflict studies,
- international development and humanitarian studies,
- diaspora, refugee and migration studies,
- cultural studies.
Benefits
- Master degree € 7,000 € 10,000
- PhD degree € 17,000 € 25,000
- Post Doc € 17,000 € 25,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates wishing to apply for a Calouste Gulbenkian Armenian Studies Scholarship must meet the following requirements:
- Be admitted to or already pursuing a Master or Ph.D. degree or a Post Doc focusing on contemporary subjects from social science perspectives related to Armenians in an internationally recognized institution of higher education, in the academic year for which the scholarship is being applied (the award cannot be deferred)
- Have a supervisor or an assigned committee (in cases of Post Doc, must have a letter attesting to institutional affiliation or similar instead of supervisor/committee).
- If you do not meet these requirements then you are unlikely to be successful in your application.
Selection criteria
- The scholarships are granted on a competitive basis. The selection is made by a committee within the Foundation and in consultation with academics in the field of Armenian studies. Eligible candidates are selected for a scholarship based on their academic excellence and promise in the proposed field as evidenced by:
- Academic curriculum
- Research proposal, including a timeframe
- The originality of the proposed research in the applicant’s chosen field of study
- Publications in academic journals, if any, and prior recognition of academic excellence through earlier prizes and scholarships
- Letters of recommendation and achievement evaluations
- The subject matter of the research.
For more information, visit https://gulbenkian.pt/en/bolsas-lista/armenian-studies-scholarship-2022/