Vitoria-Gasteiz. The Government’s Board, through the Minister of Education, approved the order yesterday to open the call for grants for visiting researchers at St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford during the upcoming 2019-2020 school year. With a total budget of 50,284 Euros, the grant is the fruit of an agreement of collaboration between the Department of Education and Oxford University developed in 2007 to create the Basque Visiting Fellow Program.
According to Eusko Jaurlarlitza, areas that are eligible are Modern Historical Politics, International Relations, Economics, Social Sciences, Anthropology and International Law. The duration of the grant is for an entire year (three trimesters), although candidates may opt for shorter stays of one or two trimesters.
Interested researchers should be residents of Euskadi and hold a doctoral degree, as well as a working knowledge of English to facilitate working and living in the British university community. A resume should accompany the application as well as the proposed research project to be carried out at St. Antony’s College at Oxford. All documentation should be submitted in English.
The call will be published in the coming days. Please see the Official Bulletin of the Basque Country (BOPV-EHAA).