Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers Permanent call Submit an application if you are a researcher from abroad with above average qualifications, at the beginning of your academic career and only completed your doctorate in the last four years. A Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers allows you to carry out a long-term research project (6-24 months) you have selected yourself in cooperation with an academic host you have selected yourself at a research institution in Germany. Applications may be sent to the following address at any time : Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Selection Department, Jean-Paul-Str. 12, 53173 Bonn, Germany The complete application should be submitted to the Humboldt Foundation at least four to seven months ahead of the prospective

Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative The Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative (CARTI) provides support and training for original research by young university-based academics in their home academic environment. The program targets the scholars in the early stages of their postgraduate training and recent graduates of doctoral programs in the post-Soviet countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. CARTI seeks to assist the motivated young academics who are in crucial early stages of their careers to gain critical competence with the foundational and current scholarship and active involvement in international intellectual exchange and debate in their subject areas. With the support of CARTI, the Fellows engage state-of-the-art resources, theories, methodologies and approaches