GlobalEuroNet, a Research Networking Programme in Economic History funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF), offers up to 15 short-term residential Visiting Fellowships to be spent during the year 2008 at any University involved in the activities of the network. This Visiting Fellowships Program offers scholars ranging from PhD students and recent doctoral graduates to senior faculty, the opportunity to integrate their research into a wider scheme that aims to promote excellence, increase exposure to scientific assessment and enhance the creation of international research teams.

Research areas. Positions are open to scholars with research interests in the following areas of European economic history covered by the GLOBALEURONET programme:

- Long-run economic growth and convergence

- Historical national accounting

- Energy and economic growth in the long run

- Firms, technological innovation and growth

- Human capital, inequality and living standards

- Historical business cycles

- Historical economic geography

For detailed information about the Programme’s research areas as well as past and current scientific initiatives please visit the Programme’s website:

www.esf-globaleuronet.org

Host institutions. Fellowships can be spent only in institutions located in a European country other than the applicant’s country of origin. Eligible host institutions are Departments, Institutes and Research Centres active in the GlobalEuroNet Programme:

• Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Instituto Figuerola/Department of Economic History and Institutions (Spain)
• Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Department of Social and Economic History (Austria)
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centre for Economic Studies (Belgium)
• University of Tartu, History Department (Estonia)
• University of Helsinki, Department of Social Science History/Economic and Social History (Finland)
• Universität Tübingen, Wirschaftswissenschaftlichte Fakultät, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Germany)
• Corvinus University of Budapest, Department of Economic and Social History (Hungary)
• Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics and Institute for International Integration Studies (Ireland)
• University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics; and N.W. Posthumus Instituut (Netherlands)
• Norwegian School of Management, Centre for Business History, Oslo; and Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Economics, Bergen (Norway)
• Lund University, Ekonomisk-historiska Institutionen/Department of Economic History (Sweden)
• Universität Zürich, Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (Switzerland)
• Bogazici University, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Department of Economics (Turkey)

Award amount. Fellowships include an allowance of 1,600 Euros per month plus reimbursement of travel expenses up to a maximum of 500 Euros.

Eligibility. Fellowships may be awarded to PhD students (Junior Fellows), doctoral graduates who obtained their PhD in the last four years—i.e. after September 2003 (Postdoc Fellows) and permanent faculty (Senior Fellows).

• Junior and Postdoc Fellowships are open to PhD and postdoc students from any European country member of the ESF. Preference may be given to students from GLOBALEURONET contributing countries (Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey), but we strongly encourage any interested student to apply irrespective of his/her nationality and academic affiliation. Fellowships are awarded for up to three months and can be renewed in subsequent years.
• Senior Fellowships are open exclusively to faculty affiliated to universities and research centres located in GLOBALEURONET contributing countries (Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey). They are awarded for up to one month and are not renewable.

Requirements. Grantees are required to be in residence at the host institution for the duration of the fellowships. They will participate in the academic activities of the host institution and will be given full access to its facilities. However, fellowships are incompatible with any teaching or administrative commitment at the host institution. Grantees will return to the institution of origin upon termination and will acknowledge GLOBALEURONET and the ESF in publications resulting from their work in relation with the Fellowship.

Applications. The deadline for applications for fellowships between January and December 2008 is November 5, 2007. Applicants should send:

-a curriculum vitae, including most recent publications;

-a project proposal (about 1000 words) outlining the proposed research project. Proposals must be consistent with the research areas covered by GLOBALEURONET, as indicated above.

The application will also specify the preferred host institution(s) and month(s) of tenure.

Applications can be sent electronically to the following email address:

esf-globaleuronet@uc3m.es

Only in the case of Junior and Postdoc Fellowships, one confidential letter of recommendation should be sent by the same deadline to:

Ms Lidia Merás, GLOBALEURONET Programme Coordinator

L. Figuerola Institute/Economic History and Institutions

Universidad Carlos III Madrid

28903 Getafe (Madrid) Spain

Enquiries about applications should be directed to Ms Lidia Merás, GlobalEuroNet Programme Coordinator: esf-globaleuronet@uc3m.es

Assessment and selection. Selections are competitive and based on the likelihood of positive interactions between the Visiting Fellows and the host research team, and the degree to which both parties will benefit from the visit. The GlobalEuroNet Executive Committee will be responsible for the assessment of proposals and selection of grantees in consultation with the scientific coordinators of research areas and host institutions. Applicants will be notified no later than November 30, 2007. In case of successful applications, grantees will receive also full instructions on how to complete the acceptance form and on reporting procedures.

Stefano Battilossi

Chair, GLOBALEURONET

Department of Economic History and Institutions

Universidad Carlos III Madrid

Email: stefano.battilossi@uc3m.es

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