The Social Science Research Council is pleased to invite preliminary applications for its expanded and enhanced Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship, funded with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Following on four successful grants cycles, through which more than sixty-five individual fellowships totaling nearly 2.5 million USD have been awarded, the SSRC is continuing its transregional grants program, offering a 2018 Junior Scholar grants competition and awarding approximately fifteen grants of up to $45,000 to researchers in any world region. These fellowships help junior scholars (those at the postdoctoral stage, up to five years out of the PhD) complete first books and/or undertake second projects.
In addition, working closely with the Global and Transregional Studies Platform at the University of Göttingen in Germany, the SSRC is pleased to offer a short-term fellowship opportunity in 2018—the SSRC Global Summer Semester Residency at the University of Göttingen(approximate residency dates: April 15, 2018–July 15, 2018).
Invitational priorities for the 2018 Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship include:
- Afro-Asian Connections
- Environmental Humanities
- Religious Networks
- Migration/Refugees
- Resources & Archives
This does not preclude proposals on other topics.
Invitational priorities for the 2018 Global Summer Semester Residencies include:
- Movements of Knowledge
- Transregional Populisms
- Religious Networks
This does not preclude proposals on other topics that engage with existing research expertise at the University of Göttingen.
The application processes, eligibility criteria, and award amounts vary across competitions. Applications and additional fellowship details, including former fellows’ research abstracts and answers to frequently asked questions, are available on the program website: MORE