Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Individual Research Visits

The British Academy has agreements with thirteen Academies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Funding is available to cover:

• research visits by British scholars to the partner country,
• research visits and attendance at joint seminars, conferences or workshops in connection with joint projects.

Scholars may pursue individual research programmes, or joint projects. For all visits, there should be some attachment, however nominal, to an institute of the relevant Academy. Where no attachment to an Academy institute is possible, applicants should consider whether other channels might be more appropriate, such as the British Academy's programme of Research Grants.

The Academy has agreements with:

• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
• Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
• Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn
• Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
• Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga
• Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius
• Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
• Romanian Academy, Bucharest
• Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
• Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
• Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana

Scholars wishing to visit a country which was formerly part of the Soviet Union or of Yugoslavia, but with which the Academy has no formal agreement as listed above, are advised to contact the Academy to discuss the possibilities available. The Academy has Memoranda of Understanding with the Academy of Sciences of Albania, the Armenian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Kosova Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences to promote research visits and joint activities. Contact the International Relations Department for advice.

Level of award: travel and maintenance expenses.
Period of award: Usually 2 - 4 weeks. See Notes for Applicants
Closing dates: 18 November 2009. Applicants should allow at least six months from the closing date for applications to the proposed start of their visit.
Further information: Applications must be submitted via e-GAP2, the Academy's electronic grant application system. Applicants are advised to contact the International Relations Department to discuss their proposal before submitting an application.
See past awards made under these schemes

Other schemes of interest

See also the Elisabeth Barker Fund.