2016-2017 Doctoral Research Fellowship Award Competition Now Open

12 February 2016



The Wirth Institute would like to announce the competition for its 2016-2017 Doctoral Research Fellowship Programs.



Students currently enrolled in doctoral programs in any field in Fine and Performing Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in universities in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, or Poland and holding citizenship in those countries are invited to join the group of Wirth Fellows in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta.


Since 1998, Central European doctoral students have travelled to Edmonton for year-long research stays as part of the various fellowship programs sponsored by the Institute. Participants can take advantage of the resources of one of Canada's largest research libraries and benefit from the intellectual community of one of the country's leading research universities.


For more information on application procedures, see:


http://www.wirth.ualberta.ca/en/Awards.aspx


Note that the deadline for receipt of applications (excluding the Austrian Doctoral Research Fellowship) for fellowships starting 1 September, 2016 is 11 April, 2016. Finalists will be interviewed in their home countries in June. **Please note that the deadline for the Austrian Doctoral Research Fellowship is 1 April, 2016.**



For more information about the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta, see:


https://www.ualberta.ca/arts

The Wirth Institute would like to announce the competition for its 2015-2016 Doctoral Research Fellowship Programs.

Students currently enrolled in doctoral programs in any field in Fine and Performing Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in universities in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, or Poland and holding citizenship in those countries are invited to join the group of Wirth Fellows in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta.

Since 1998, Central European doctoral students have travelled to Edmonton for year-long research stays as part of the various fellowship programs sponsored by the Institute. Participants can take advantage of the resources of one of Canada's largest research libraries and benefit from the intellectual community of one of the country's leading research universities.

For more information on application procedures, see:

http://www.wirth.ualberta.ca/en/Awards.aspx

Note that the deadline for receipt of applications for fellowships starting 1 September, 2015 is 2 April, 2015. Finalists will be interviewed in their home countries in May.

For more information about the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta, see:

https://www.ualberta.ca/arts