FMSH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2024

Deadline: 18 March 2024

The Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme (FMSH) and the Centre des Etudes Mexicaines et Centraméricaines (CEMCA) are offering post-doctoral fellows residing in France a Research Fellowship for a two-month research stay in Mexico or Central America (Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize) who have defended their thesis from 2018.

Research projects will be supported that are in line with CEMCA’s scientific policy, in synergy with its researchers or partners. Interdisciplinary projects are welcome.

Funding Information

A financial aid of 3000€ per stay (paid in two monthly instalments) is awarded to the winners. It is intended to cover the cost of the stay.

Researchers Obligations

Researchers hosted at CEMCA are required to reside in one of the countries covered by CEMCA: Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize). Researchers residing in Mexico City participate in the scientific life of the French Institute, where they have a work space. The others are strongly encouraged to come and present their work at least once.
At the end of their stay, researchers must submit to the FMSH and CEMCA a report of between 10,000 and 20,000 characters (including spaces and notes) presenting the activities carried out during their stay and their contribution to their research project.

Eligibility Criteria

Nationality/residence: be a citizen of a European Union country and reside in France.
Degree/status: be a postdoctoral fellow in SHS and have defended his/her thesis at the earliest in 2018. Be associated with a research center / laboratory in France.
Discipline: be engaged in research in the humanities and social sciences and work on at least one or more Central American countries and Mexico. Particular attention will be paid to projects that are in line with the themes addressed by CEMCA, without being exclusive.
- These themes are 4 in number:
  - Cities and metropolisations (city practices, accessibility and inequalities within metropolises).
  - Pre-Hispanic societies and environments.
  - Heritages, practices and representations (bio-cultural heritages, knowledge and politics of nature; linguistic complexity and transmission of knowledge; artistic practice, heritage and digital).
  - Social and political dynamics (migrations, mobilities, borders and geopolitics; bodies and violence).