CAS SEE Rijeka Fellowship Programme

Fellowship Goals

Fellowship program is designed to aim these goals:

• To promote high-level scientific activities encouraging public discussions of great social importance to Southeast Europe
• To encourage freedom of research which ensures the prerequisites for innovative, intellectual, and scientific development, 
• To strengthen transnational and regional scientific cooperation on social issues such as human rights, justice, democracy, and public policy, as well as other vital problems of human coexistence.

The Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences, provided that their proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities and that it interfaces with humanities and social sciences.

The Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising young scholars as well as from leading senior researchers. In order to match the Programme standards, applicants have to submit a solid and innovative research proposal, to demonstrate the ability to forge beyond disciplinary specialisation, to show an international commitment as well as quality publications in high-impact venues.

Calls for Fellows

Our annual fellowship calls usually occur two times a year: Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter call with each holding a thematic focus covering the Research Programs. The governance boards of CAS SEE agree upon these thematic foci by consensus. With the help of the Academic Advisory Board and the advice of the Board of Patrons, CAS SEE invites Honorary Fellows based on their outstanding intellectual and scholarly achievements. Our  Honorary Fellows  freely choose their research projects and thus significantly contribute to creating an intellectually stimulating atmosphere for all academics linked with CAS SEE.

By inviting outstanding artists and thinkers, CAS SEE completes its pool of intellectuals who are working towards impacting and advancing public discourses on socially relevant topics, both regional and global. CAS SEE ensures full access to necessary equipment for fellows as our team endeavors to provide favorable working conditions for fellows in residence. CAS SEE and its regional team ensure access to library resources and all pertinent local and regional scientific and networking events. Henceforth, our fellows always have the upfront intellectual access.

As we support the development of research solely, our fellowship application has no fee. The fellowship is also open to both junior and senior fellows. We attempt to support the junior researcher to engage with senior researcher. Henceforth, we always encourage junior researchers to partake. 

Selection Procedure

CAS SEE has no restrictions on country of origin, discipline, or academic position in selecting its fellows. The members of the Academic Advisory Board select the Fellows in a highly competitive and independent fashion based on recommendations made by anonymous peer-reviewers. The Academic Advisory Board then proposes their shortlist of Fellows to the Directors. Inaugural distinguished fellows accompany the Center’s development to promote and publicly disseminate ideas and values linked to the vision of the Center. In this capacity as ‘facilitators,’ the distinguished fellows are called upon to initiate debates on issues pertinent to research on Southeast Europe and thus weave discursive nets that can cushion the Center’s subsequent work.