The Forum on Contemporary Europe, at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Anna Lindh Fellowship for the study of Scandinavia, the Baltic region and northern Europe's role in trans-Atlantic relations. The fellowships are part of the Forum's new Sweden, Scandinavia, and Baltic region program whose aim is to promote research on this region. The Anna Lindh Fellowship is designed to bring fellows from Sweden to Stanford University for short periods of research, library and archive consultation, and collaboration with Stanford faculty and community.

The Forum on Contemporary Europe is now accepting applications for the Anna Lindh Fellowship for the 2007-2008 academic year. These fellowships are intended to support scholars from Sweden conducting research in any field of social, natural, or technical sciences, as well as law, business, and the humanities. This span of fields is supported by the wide range of research conducted in all of Stanford's seven schools. The fellowship is intended to support either short research visits (two to four weeks) or for a longer period of research work at Stanford (up to an academic year) to work with faculty and libraries and archives. Research projects could, in addition, address issues and thus involve travel to other U.S. institutions of higher learning and affiliated scholarly libraries and archives in the United States.

Benefits: The Forum on Contemporary Europe Anna Lindh Fellowship offers support for travel (roundtrip economy airfare) between Stanford and Sweden as well as - in pertinent cases - Stanford and U.S. universities, living expenses for research visits lasting two to four weeks (or longer version), and also offers limited reimbursement for research costs (e.g. photocopying, research library access fees, etc.) necessary to complete the research during the visit.

Eligibility: Scholars who are currently faculty or affiliated researchers at accredited Swedish universities are eligible to apply for this fellowship.

Applications: The deadline for receipt of completed applications is September 30, 2007. Fellowship awards will be announced as soon as possible for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Scholars who are interested in this fellowship should send the following materials:

- CV and letter of interest explaining the research project, its scholarly and/or public policy importance, the part of the larger project to be addressed by the research visit, faculty and/or library and archives identified at Stanford, materials identified for consultation, and a realistic plan for completing the research during the visit;

- at least two letters of recommendation from a member of the faculty of the home Swedish institution, and from a member of the faculty of Stanford University, are recommended;

- itemized budget proposed for the research travel, living expenses, and research expenses (e.g. photocopying, access privileges, etc.) for this visit.

Questions and application materials may be addressed to:

Roland Hsu

Assistant Director, Forum on Contemporary Europe

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Stanford University

616 Serra Street

Encina Hall, E106

Stanford, CA 94305-6055

e-mail: rohsu@stanford.edu