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Musée du Quai Branly – Doctoral Fellowships
Each year, the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac offers doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships to support the development of original and innovative research projects in the following disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, ethnomusicology, history, art history, and sociology. Key areas of research include the arts, cultural technologies, and tangible and intangible heritage of non-European cultures, as well as museum institutions and their collections. Particular attention will be given to projects that are likely to benefit from the museum setting (its collections, archives, library, and scientific community). Likewise, projects that fall within one or more of the priority research areas of the Department of Research and Education will also receive special consideration.…
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Iméra Institute
Institute for Advanced Study at Aix-Marseille University Specific calls are aimed at different applicants depending on their origin, length of stay, or scope of the proposed project. https://www.imera.fr/
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Khaled al-Asaad Solidarity Fund
The Université libre de Bruxelles has created a Solidarity Fund through which it supports researchers who no longer have the freedom to pursue research in their home country, whether they are threatened due to the content of their scientific work or opinions they have freely expressed. The solidarity fellowship consists of postdoctoral fellowships that allow endangered researchers to continue their work at ULB in a climate of academic freedom. https://www.ulb.be/fr/fonds-solidaires-internationaux/fonds-de-solidarite-a-destination-de-chercheuses-et-chercheurs-en-danger
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Soudavar Foundation
The Soudavar Memorial Foundation offers study grants, research fellowships, and other funding for projects related to the Iranian world. It places great value on the preservation and promotion of cultural and artistic heritage of the wider Iranian world in all of its varied aspects, particularly emphasizing continuities, understudied areas, and interactions with other cultures. https://soudavar.org/scholarships/
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Fondation Marc de Montalembert
Through its Prize and scholarship grants, the Marc de Montalembert Foundation seeks to promote a better understanding of the arts and cultures of the Mediterranean world, particularly among the young people of the region. In order to promote this goal, the Foundation established the Prix Marc de Montalembert in 2010. Initially established in concert with the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), the Prize has been awarded since 2021 in partnership with the École du Louvre. The Prix is awarded every year to an art historian of the Mediterranean region. The purpose of the prize is to make possible – with the help of the École du Louvre – the…
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Gerda Henkel Foundation
In its role as an institution active internationally for the promotion of science, the Gerda Henkel Foundation supports scholars living under acute crisis to reorient themselves scientifically outside their home countries. Awards include: – Subsistence scholarships (max. 6 months) for initial orientation in the respective host countries and for the development of academic or alternative career perspectives – Doctoral scholarships with a funding period of up to two years – Research scholarships with an initial funding period of up to one year http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/scholars-at-risk-eng#274
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European Safe Project
As a pilot fellowship scheme, the SAFE project offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institution in the EU. The SAFE fellowships will be awarded on 2 tracks: – At-risk researchers currently outside the EU – At-risk researchers already within the EU Applications can only be made by potential host institutions based in the EU. https://saferesearchers.eu
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Summer school “From Closure to Sharing: Exploring Research Data on the Heritage of Afghanistan and Neighbouring Territories”
📅 15-19 June 2026 📍 Condorcet Campus and INHA, Paris
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Armenian heritage scanning project
Project type Documentation Institution type NGO Parent institution Armenian Cultural Heritage Institute / TUMO Methods 3D digitization Geographic area Armenia Website https://armenianculturalheritageinstitute.org/en Summary The initiative seeks to digitally document key monuments in Armenia. The online platform is continuously updated with new data and discoveries. Digital twins of monuments are not only precious resources for scholars but also accessible pedagogical tools and aids to the production of digital public media.
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Alliance for research on cultural heritage in Europe
Project Type Research, Network Institution Type European Consortium Affiliated Institution European Union Website https://www.heritageresearch-hub.eu/arche-home/# Summary ARCHE – Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe is a European initiative that strives to organize and coordinate research in the patrimonial sciences. It brings together several partners to define common priorities, establish a strategy (SRIA), and strengthen cooperation between institutions. The project rests on prospective analyses, consultations, and networking, rather than work in the field. Its objective is to better orient research financing and policies for the long term.
