Grants

*Update - The Synapsis 2010 Executive Committee awards the following candidates - listed in alphabetical order - a 100 euro scholarship to be deducted from the enrolment fee:

Del Pizzo Maria Michela

Gerdes Nan

Hoffman Steven

Jiang Shi-meng

Martin Diana

Migliaccio Francesco

Pranic Martina

Reza Matthew

Santangelo Serena

Savu Iuliana

Scuro Giulia

Simeone Marialaura

 

The Executive Committee of the European School of Comparative Studies “Synapsis 2010” is offering ten grants for participating in the next session of the School (Pontignano, September 23-30, 2010). Each grant will be of € 100.

All Italian and foreign scholars are eligible for receiving the grant, provided that:
1. they are not over 35 years of age;
2. have sent in their application to Synapsis 2010 and have been accepted
and enrolled in the school;
3. have paid the enrolment fee (€ 100) as requested to all the prospective participants by the selecting committee;
4. do not expect to receive any other form of financial support.

Applications for the grant should reach the Executive Committee not later than July 10th and should be sent in by e-mail to the address synapsis2010@unisi.it.
Applications should contain:
1. a short c.v. (with special mention of studies and researches);
2. a list of publications, if any;
3. the reasons for the request and the explicit statement that no other form of financial support is available for her/his participating in the 2010 session of Synapsis.

The special committee for the selection of the grants applications has established the following criteria of priority:

1. Evaluation of the request;
2. Distance of the home University from Siena.
3. Evaluation of the curriculum

Deadline for applications: July 10. The candidates selected for receiving the grant will be informed by official communication not later than July 20th, 2010.

 

Compalit grants

The "Associazione di Teoria e Storia Comparata della Letteratura" (www.compalit.net) is offering 2 scholarships of 150 euros each, reserved to PhD students in Comparative Literature who are also members of the Associazione.

Applications to take part to Synapsis 2009 must be submitted within June 10th, and all prospective participants will be notified of the selection results within the following ten days.

After having been accepted and enrolled in the school, all participants who wish to apply for Compalit grants should write to chiara.lombardi@unito.it, attaching their CV and a copy of their payment of the enrolment fee (€ 100).

Deadline for applications is July 20th.