Call for applications: INREES visiting fellowships for doctoral students

International Network in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (INREES) invites doctoral students affiliated with Finnish Universities to apply for one or two months visiting fellowship at European University (St. Petersburg) or Higher School of Economics (St. Petersburg and Moscow)in the fall 2021. 

The INREES pre-doc programme gives an opportunity for around 6 young Finnish early-stage researchers to have a one- or two-month research visit to Russia. The multidisciplinary INREES programme provides the visiting fellows a unique opportunity to gather material, write their on-going research projects and produce new scholarly outputs. These fellowships may also launch new scholarly ventures and research projects in collaboration with partners and colleagues from Russia. 

Funding period: September -December 2021 

Deadline for applications: 1 June 2021 

Notification of acceptance: by 8 June 2021 

Eligibility criteria: 

Affiliation with a Finnish University the i.e. those who are currently enrolled as doctoral students  

Application documents: 

• Motivation letter: Statement on how applicant’s research would benefit from the visit in Russia 
• Brief description of the research content: 1-2 paragraphs 
• Work plan: Specific goals and tasks to be done during the visit (e.g. to complete certain chapters, to carry out archival work, to finalise a thesis-based article, to revise the thesis manuscript etc.) 

Successful applicants will be provided with a monthly scholarship of €2,400 (travel, accommodation and small tuition are covered from the scholarship) and visa support letters. Travel and accommodation are to be arranged by prospective fellows themselves, but the programme can provide help with these. 

INREES fellows are expected to consult with the researchers and possible hosts at the receiving university and to participate in relevant seminars and courses. 

Applications should be sent to the coordinators of the INREES, Dr. Kaarina Aitamurto (Kaarina.aitamurto@helsinki.fi) and Dr. Margarita Zavadskaya (margarita.zavadskaya@helsinki.fi).  

You can also contact coordinators of the INREES programme and/or the director of the programme, Professor Vladimir Gel’man vladimir.gelman@helsinki.fi