The Polish Institute of Advanced Studies (PIASt) invites applications for 5- or 10-month research fellowships, starting their residencies from October 2017.<\/p>\n
ELIGIBILITY<\/strong> SELECTION PROCEDURE<\/strong>
\nAt the time of the application, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Poland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date \u2013 May 15th<\/sup> 2017<\/strong> (short stays such as holidays do not count).
\nApplications are open to active researchers at two stages of their careers:
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 juniors\/postdocs, who have obtained their PhD in the last 10 years and have subsequent working experience as researchers for at least two years (PhD training is not considered in the calculation of research experience) \u2013 4 fellowships;
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 seniors\/professors, who have minimum 10 years of full-time research experience after obtaining a PhD \u2013 8 fellowships.<\/p>\n
\nThe Institute attaches great importance to the quality and fairness of its selection process. All applications go through a four-stage procedure:
\n1\/ formal preselection process of eligibility and completeness of documents by the Institute\u2019s staff;
\n2\/ peer-reviewing by independent assessors;
\n3\/ ranking by international Scientific Advisory Board responsible for the final selection of successful fellows;
\n4\/ detailed negotiations of individual Host Agreements.
\nThe deadline for applications within this call is June 19th<\/sup> 2017, 12 PM<\/strong> (noon) GMT. Late applications will not be considered.<\/p>\n