The University of Bucharest launches the competition for a number of 4 post-doctoral scholarships worth 10.000 euros each. The duration of the scholarship is of one calendar year.

The scholarships are awarded within the Research Center of the University of Bucharest, as follows:
• Section: Humanities – 1 scholarship. Fields: philosophy, history, letters, foreign languages, theology.
Contact person: Mihnea Dobre. Mail: mihnea_dobre@yahoo.com.
• Section: Social sciences – 1 scholarship. Fields: business and administration, law, journalism, sociology, social assistance, psychology, educational sciences, political sciences.
Contact person: prof. Marian Zulean. Mail: mzulean@faa.ro; mzulean@yahoo.com.
• Section: Sciences - 1 scholarship. Fields: mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry.
Contact person: prof. Andrei Paun. Mail: apaun@fmi.unibuc.ro; andreipaun@gmail.com.
• Section: Life sciences, environment and earth sciences – 1 scholarship. Fields: biology, geology, geography.
Contact person: Carmen Chifiriuc. Mail: carmen.chifiriuc@gmail.com.

The annual scholarship (renewable) is meant to offer material support to highly qualified foreign researchers. The amount is payable in Romanian currency, in 12 monthly installments. The applicants, researchers, will be involved in scientific research projects of the University of Bucharest, under the guidance of a research director, member of the scientific section.

The final stage consists in a public presentation of the elaborated project, and a scientific report, accepted by the supervisor. The results obtained, will be presented in:
• 2 published papers (or accepted to be published) in an internationally recognized magazine,
or
• 1 scientific study of minimum 50 pages (accepted to be published) in the conference proceedings.

CALENDAR
Announcement of competition: Monday, 24 November, 2014
Submission of application: Monday 24 November - Friday 12, December, 2014
Competition between: December 15 – December 19, 2014
Results: December 22, 2014
Start date: January 15, 2014

GUIDELINES FOR THE CANDIDATE
I. Recommendation letter from an academic of the University of Bucharest
1. The information about the scholarship will be posted on the web site;
2. The applicant will be guided by a contact person who informs him/her about the fields and research centers he / she is interested in;
3. The candidate will contact the director of the research section, and submit a resume of the PhD thesis;
4. If the respective professor appreciates the scientific results, he will recommend the candidate for the scholarship, under his coordination.

II. Prepare the application
The file consists of:
Application form (www.unibuc.ro, page “scholarship”)
Resume of the PhD thesis
PhD diploma (copy)
ID card (copy)
Description of the foreseen research project
Letter of recommendation from the coordinator

Submission to:
University of Bucharest, Office for International Relations
Bdul Mihail Kogalniceanu 36 – 46, sector 5, cod 050107, Bucharest, Romania
E-mail: contact@externe.unibuc.ro

Source:
http://www.unibuc.ro/e/n/admitere/Post-doctoral_scholarships_for_foreign_researchers.php