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Research Grant

Note: As of 2007 OSA Archivum Research Grant program has been suspended.

Az OSA Archivum kutat�i �szt�nd�j programja �tmenetileg sz�netel

The Open Society Archives offers research grants on a competitive basis to support scholars who wish to conduct research in its holdings and whose research projects are relevant to the holdings and research priorities of the Archives. These grants, which are designed to provide access to the Archives for scholars and journalists who live outside Budapest, cover travel to and from Budapest, a modest stipend, and accommodation in Budapest for a maximum research period of two months.

Applicants may be researchers, students carrying out post-graduate research, or journalists, academics, artists or others who have already embarked upon their careers. Undergraduate applicants are not accepted.

Application procedure

Please submit the following to OSA:

1. Application letter (should specify expected period of stay and preferred dates).
2. Research description/plan (at least 500 words; should indicate relationship between OSA holdings and your research, intended use of research results etc.)
3. Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)
4. Two confidential professional or academic letters of recommendation, to be sent to OSA by regular mail.

The Application letter, C.V., and Research description/plan can be sent by email to archives@ceu.hu.

Letters of recommendation should be sent to the Research Grant Selection Committee by regular mail at the OSA mailing address.

There are no deadlines in the grant program. Applications are considered as they are received by the Selection Committee, which normally meets four times a year. Final notification is usually within three months of the date of submission.

Revised April 2002