[bestbits] Fellowship opportunity in FGV Rio de Janeiro

Marilia Maciel mariliamaciel at gmail.com
Mon Mar 9 10:53:26 EDT 2015


Dear all,

FGV´s Rio de Janeiro Law School is offering an excellent fellowship
opportunity. Researchers working in fields related to regulation and
technology can develop their work at the Center for Technology and Society
of FGV.

Please help to disseminate among your contacts.

Best wishes,
Marília


Fellows in Rio 2015-2016

Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Rio de Janeiro Law School – FGV DIREITO RIO is
pleased to announce the second edition of the Fellows in Rio program. The
goal of the program is to support a select group of highly qualified
doctoral and post-doctoral scholars working in areas related to the
School’s research centers. The program seeks to offer economic and
intellectual resources to support insightful and promising young legal
scholars.

The fellows will participate in projects at the school’s research centers,
along with developing their own research. They will receive a six-month
scholarship, in the amount of R$36,000.00* for doctoral students and
R$45,000.00** for doctors. They will also have the opportunity to give
short courses to students, and participate in workshops with researchers
and professors.

In the first edition, FGV Direito Rio received 162 applications, from 24
countries – 99 doctoral students and 62 doctors. Among the candidates were
masters and doctors from Brazilian universities such as USP, UNB, UERJ UFPR
UFBA, PUC-Rio, PUC-MG, and from international universities, such as
Harvard, Yale and NYU (United States), SciencesPo Sorbonne (France),
Sapienza, Bocconi and European University Institute (Italy), London School
of Economics and Oxford University (England), Hamburg University,
Heidelberg and Augsburg (Germany), Tilburg University (Netherlands), Jindal
University (India), Universidad Austral (Argentina), among others.

Up to eight (8) fellowships will be granted: four (4) for the period
between the beginning of August 2015 to the end of December 2015, and four
(4) for the period between the beginning of February 2016 to the end of
July 2016. The deadline for applications is on April 15th 2015 (check the
call for applications for further information).
Call for applications:
http://direitorio.fgv.br/fellowship-program-for-doctoral-candidates-and-post-doc-researchers


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*Marília Maciel*
Pesquisadora Gestora - Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade - FGV Direito Rio
Researcher and Coordinator - Center for Technology & Society - FGV Law
School
http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts

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