The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) has published a new call for application for its Milena Jesenska Fellowships for Journalists 2012/2013. Deadline for submissions: April 10, 2012.

The program offers European cultural journalists (incl. Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) time off from their professional duties in order to pursue in-depth research on a topic of their choice. Candidates are asked to relate their proposals to one of the main research fields of the IWM (for details please see www.iwm.at/research).

Fellows will spend 3 months at the IWM in Vienna, Austria. They will receive a stipend of EUR 7.630 and are provided with an office, access to e-mail and internet, in-house research facilities and other relevant resources in Vienna. Travel grants of up to EUR 1.820 can be paid for research trips to neighbouring countries.

All relevant details about eligibility, application procedure etc. are available on the IWM's website: www.iwm.at/fellowships as well as in this downloadable document (.pdf).

Contact: Mary Nicklas Fellows program coordinator, Institute for Human Sciences, Spittelauer Lände 3, 1090 Wien, Tel. +43/(0)1/31358-108, Fax  +43/(0)1/31358-30, nicklas@iwm.at.