Research-in-Residence Fellowships

Calls and Application Details

PICAIS invites applications for a visiting position at the University of Passau twice a year.

The new application deadlines for 2022 are as follows:
Call 1 ends on Tuesday, March 15.
Call 2 ends on Monday, October 17, 2022,
each for fellowship stays in 2022 and 2023.

The second call for 2022 is now open.

Please find all relevant information in the following four documents:

Call: Research-in-Residence Fellowships
Application form (word-file)
Leaflet: Flat Fees (for section D of your application)
Funding Guidelines

Contact: PICAIS office

Brief Details of the Fellowship Programme

Who?

international visiting scholars and hosting partner at the University of Passau.
internationally established academics and scientists as well as to promising junior researchers at the postdoctoral stage who are pursuing academically excellent, innovative research projects and are not currently members or employees of the University of Passau.
The centre is especially dedicated to the advancement of early career researchers and the creation of opportunities for network-building and interdisciplinary cooperation.

Which subjects, project ideas?

open to applicants from all disciplines represented at our University, including the humanities, social sciences, business studies, economics, law, computer science and mathematics.
open to all research topics and methodologies.

Whilst there is no restriction on research topics, priority is given to topics that are related to one or more of our University’s three strategic guiding themes which are:

Europe and Global Transformation
Migration, Sustainable Development and Just Order
Digitalisation, Networked Society and (Internet) Cultures

Funding period:

The very first call invited applications for the academic year 2021–22.
The application deadlines for 2022 are March 15 and October 17.
The funding period will be arranged individually for each application.
Full-time fellowships for short-term research stays of at least two months (preferably longer) and up to six months in duration.
In cases where there are reasonable grounds for even longer visits, exceptions are possible: Longer stays are in fact preferred and can be split over several visits.

Eligibility:
Please note, that applications can only be accepted if

they are submitted by persons with a doctoral degree and
supported by at least one member of the University of Passau, who will act as the host.