Applicants must be between 18 and 30 years old, have a good previous knowledge of the language to be studied and be able to submit proof of satisfactory scholastic and professional experience. The purpose of these pre-dissertation fellowships is to enable graduate students in the social sciences to pursue short term, exploratory research on the E.C. in order to determine viability for a dissertation. All topics related to the Treaties of Paris and Rome and the Single European Act are eligible. Students whose dissertation prospectuses have already received formal approval from their departments are ineligible. Applicants must have completed at least two years of full-time graduate study, but must have an expected completion date after June 1993.
Eligible disciplines are history, political science, economics and sociology.
Application deadline is Feb. 1. Scholars whose visits take place during the academic year and include lectures and seminars are eligible. Workshops should be held at member universities and organizers should indicate sources for matching funds. Preference will be given to proposals that provide for student participation. Deadline is April 1.