Max Weber Fellowships for International Fellows in Italy

w the largest
international postdoctoral programme in the Social Sciences and
Humanities in Europe. The Programme is located at the European University
Institute in Florence. It is funded by the European Commission (DG Education
and Culture).

• Family
  Allowance: A household allowance of € 300 per month is paid to
  Fellows with a partner if the partner lives with them in Florence and on
  condition that the partner’s income is not over € 2,000 per
  month. There is a dependants allowance of € 200 per month for each
  dependent child living with the Fellow in Florence. Fellows are
  entitled to these allowances if they are not receiving any similar
  allowance from another source, and on presentation of relevant documents
  (marriage certificate or a document that proves that you are living
  together in Florence, birth certificates). A school or university
  certificate is required for dependent children in full-time education and
  over the age of 18.
• Taxation: The
  Fellowship is not taxed by the Institute. Fellows are, however, required
  to comply with any other tax provisions which may be applicable to them.
• Medical
  Insurance: Fellows must have adequate medical insurance cover during
  their stay at the Institute. Fellows can either provide proof of
  their own insurance scheme or subscribe to the EUI’s Cigna Insurance
  Scheme at their own expense.
• Travel
  Expenses: Fellows (but not their families) receive reimbursement for
  one return trip from their home town to Florence. First-class
  rail (travel by car is also reimbursed on this
  basis) Economy class air fare. The maximum amount for travel
  reimbursement is €1,200 for return travel.
• Removal/installation
  Expenses: There is no provision for removal or installation expenses.

• Candidates
  must have received their Ph.D within the past 5 years or have official
  approval to defend their thesis by the time of the start of the programme
  (1 September). Therefore, to apply for 2018-19 they should have received
  or submitted their Ph.D. between 1/9/2013 and 1/9/2018 and the Ph.D
  defence should take place no later than 31/12/2018.
• Extensions
  to the five-year rule are allowed for applicants whose academic career has
  been interrupted for maternity or paternity leave, illness or mandatory
  military service. Cite circumstances in the application form in the field
  ‘Additional Notes’. Successful candidates will be asked to provide
  supporting documents.
• EUI
  graduates can only apply for a Max Weber Fellowships after having been
  away from the EUI and in a full-time occupation or another fellowship for
  at least a year after defending their Ph.D
• Candidates
  of any nationality are eligible for the Max Weber Fellowships.
• The
  expected level of English proficiency is level C1 of the Common
  European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
• Successful
  candidates will be requested to provide a certificate/supporting document
  on registration. This can be one of the international certificates listed
  below, or a supporting document showing that the candidate has written the
  doctorate, or published an article or a book chapter of at least 6000
  words in English, or has studied and hold a qualification from a
  University where the language of instruction and assessment was English.
  Native English speakers are exempt of proof.
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Scholarship
Description: The Max Weber
Postdoctoral Programme (MWP) at the EUI is open to applicants from anywhere in
the