Milena Jesenská Fellowships Call for Application 2020/21

Objective Eligibility Selection Cooperation Partners A jury of experts will evaluate the applications and award for excellence and are directed towards expe- select the finalists. Applicants will be notified of the rienced European journalists (including Armenia, jury decision in late spring 2020. The jury is Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey). not required to publicly justify its decisions, ERSTE Foundation is a creative workshop for ideas Applicants must have worked in print, broadcast or and innovation, a lab for topics of the future which online journalism for several years and must have an on their applications. increases its effectiveness through the strategic co- operation with networks. As main shareholder of entry-level journalists or students will be rejected. About the IWM ERSTE Foundation safeguards the The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in independent future of one of the largest financial Application is an intellectually and politically independent insti- services providers in Central, Eastern and South Applications have to be submitted via the online tute for advanced study in the humanities and social . As a savings bank foundation in application form including: sciences. Since its foundation in 1982, the Institute , ERSTE Foundation is committed to serve has promoted intellectual exchange between East the common good, investing parts of its dividend a concise project proposal in English (max. 8,000 and West, academia and society, and a variety of into the region in which Erste Group operates. We characters incl. spaces) with a description of the disciplines and schools of thought. empower civil society, invest in social innovation Conditions intended outcome (book, article(s), film, TV or The IWM is sustained by a community of scholars and promote contemporary culture in Europe. radio broadcast etc.) consisting of Permanent Fellows, Visiting Fellows www.erstestiftung.org a curriculum vitae and Guests. During each year, the IWM hosts about a list of publications one hundred researchers and journalists. www.iwm.at Please submit all your application materials as PDF files!

Project Syndicate, an associa- February 1, 2020 tion of more than 430 news- papers from all over the world, provides original, Further Details and Online Application: engaging, and thought-provoking commentaries by www.iwm.at/fellowships/jesenska global leaders and thinkers. www.project-syndicate.org

Application Deadline: February 1, 2020