12 Fellowships for Doctoral Candidates working on image Application Deadline: 17 July 2011 The Image as Artifact Graduate School 01.01.2012 – 31.12.2014 Announcing 12 Fellowships for Doctoral Candidates eikones, the National Centre of Competence in Research at the University of Basel, examines the question of the power and meaning of images through interdisciplinary research. To this end, it brings together more than 40 young scholars and scientists from various disciplines, whose PhD and post-doc projects are grouped into modules with specific areas of inquiry. An integral part of the NCCR Iconic Criticism is the Graduate School, which offers doctoral candidates a wealth of possibilities for interdisciplinary engagement, from ongoing participation in an internal colloquium to self-organized working groups and events.