The Centre of International Studies (CIS) at Cambridge University was nominated in 2004 by the European Commission to act as a Host Institution for Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training (EST) Fellowships under the framework of the ‘Cambridge Programme for International Research on Europe’ (CAPIRE).

As a result, the CIS is offering a number of fully funded places:

• Junior Fellowships (one year MPhil studentship)
• Visiting Fellowships (one year studentship)

CAPIRE is a programme for advanced research training in Contemporary European Studies with a specific focus on the European Union’s External Relations; commercial, legal, diplomatic and security-related policies, their formulation, execution and their democratic accountability.

The aim of CAPIRE is to enable a small group of promising early-stage researchers to participate in an intensive training programme with a view to developing a long-term research career in the field of European Studies.

Applications are invited from eligible early-stage researchers (usually those who are ready to embark on their first or second year of doctorate-level training) who have demonstrated significant promise for reaching a high level of excellence in social scientific research. The selected researchers will receive 10 months of doctorate-level training at Cambridge University with the aim of either:

• completing 10 months of research training as part of a doctoral degree course undertaken at another university (Visiting Fellows)
• completing 10 months of post-graduate training with the object of earning the Degree of ‘MPhil in Contemporary European Studies’ from the University of Cambridge (Junior Fellows).

The deadline for Applications is 31st January 2006Eligibility conditions are restricted, so please carefully check these before submitting your applications. Please refer to the following Marie-Curie website: www.intstudies.cam.ac.uk/research/capire.html. The information is also given on page 2 of the Prospectus.

See also: Cambridge Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence - Fellowships www.intstudies.cam.ac.uk/centre/jmce/

For further details and the Prospectus please either access the web sites given above or email Mrs. Wendy Slaninka at the Centre of International Studies, wjs25@cam.ac.uk.

Wendy Slaninka
Administrative Assistant
Centre of International Studies
17 Mill Lane
Cambridge
CB2 1RX.

Tel: +44(0)1223-767236
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Email: wjs25@cam.ac.uk
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