Pre-doctoral fellowships in Social Science of Russia at UW-Madison

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for one-semester Wisconsin Russia Project pre-doctoral dissertation fellowships for Russian social scientists, funded with a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The applications are invited from graduate students who conduct research on contemporary Russia in one or more of the five topic areas: 

1. Education, labor markets, and inequality; 
2. Law and society; 
3. Political economy; 
4. Identity, place, and migration; 
5. Demographic change. 

The fellowship will commence January 17, 2022 and run through June 15, 2022.

Applicants must be citizens of the Russian Federation.

Applicants must be currently enrolled at a university outside the United States, writing a dissertation toward a PhD (or equivalent degree, such as the kandidat) in a social science discipline (Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Law, Political Science, and Sociology). 

Preference will be given to applicants at Russian universities; applicants from Russian institutions outside of Moscow are especially encouraged to apply. 

Deadline to apply: October 18, 2021.

The full announcement, details on eligibility, and application instructions are available here.