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From: "Society for Literature & Science" 
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-> FW: Fellowship Announcements
     by "Miller, Wayne" 

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Date: 7 Feb 2001 14:10:18 -0800
From: "Miller, Wayne" 
Subject: FW: Fellowship Announcements

> GERMANY
> ZENTRUM FUR LITTERATURFORSCHUNG
> GEISTEWISSENSCHAFTLICHE ZENTREN BERLIN
>
> 2 FELLOWS
> The ZfL offers a six-month grant for a research fellowship concerning
> projects on "LIterature and Science."  Elementary knowledge of German
is
> essential.  Application including a schort outline of fields and
projects
> of
> research can be sent informally to B. Dotzler, ZfL, Jagerstrasse
10/11, 
> D-10117 Berlin
> (no deadline given, but the advertisement from Die Zeit mailed to me
was
> from November 2000)
>
>
> AUSTRIA
> FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2001/2002 (submission deadline 15th of April
2001)
>
> of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and
Society
> in
> Graz.
> We offer six grants for fellowships starting October 1st 2001 for
> investigating issues of:
>
> SOCIALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY DESIGN
>
> Topic 1:
>
> Technology Studies and Sustainability
>
> Grants will be awarded for research projects contributing to the issue
of
> sustainable development from the perspective of social studies of
science
> and technology. Projects should aim at improving our understanding of
> environmental innovations and at highlighting different strategies of
> environmental technology policy, e.g. user involvement or strategic
niche
> management.
>
> Topic 2:
>
> Ecological Product Policy
>
> Promoting environmentally friendly design, manufacturing and use of
> products
> represents a second focus of the grant programme. Research projects
that
> contribute to a better understanding of the social and cultural
context of
> products as well as strategies of a ecological product policy are of
> particular interest.
>
>
> Topic 3:
>
> Technology and the Public
>
> A further emphasis of the grant scheme comprises issues of acceptance,
> democratisation and public understanding of technology. Researchers
> dealing
> with topics such as risk communication or controversial technologies
e. g.
> modern biotechnology are especially encouraged to apply for these
grants.
>
> We encourage both theoretical analysis and practically oriented case
> studies. The grant application must be submitted together with an
> application for a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies on
> Science, Technology and Society. Prof. Arno Bamm?� decides on the
awarding
> of
> fellowships and grants after consulting the Scientific Advisory Board.
>
> The grant application must be submitted until April 15th 2001 along
with
> an
> application for a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies on
> Science, Technology and Society. Prof. Arno Bamm?� decides on the
awarding
> of
> fellowships and grants after consulting the Scientific Advisory Board.
>
> Application forms and further information:
>
Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society, Graz
> c/o Bernhard Wieser, Kopernikusgasse 9, A-8010 Graz/Austria
>
> Phone: +43 (0)316/81 26 61-26, Fax: +43 (0)316/81 26 61-11
>
> E-mail: info@sts.tu-graz.ac.at
> http://www.sts.tu-graz.ac.at/
>
>
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