Nec 2020
Nec 2020
Nec 2020
New Europe Foundation hereby informs you that in accordance with the General Data Protection
Regulation it will collect and process your personal data you have sent in order to obtain a fellowship.
Please note that the data and documents sent by you: i) will be processed for the purposes of the
competition; ii) will be transmitted to the evaluators; iii) will be stored by NEC for a period no longer than 36
months in case you are NOT selected for a fellowship.
Furthermore, we inform you that you have the right to demand the correction, deletion, restriction of
processing, the right to oppose the processing as well as the right to data portability.
NEC strictly complies with the national and European regulations in force regarding the protection of
personal data, and has taken the appropriate technical and organizational measures in order to protect your
personal data, in particular against the loss and the unauthorized handling or access.
The applications will be submitted by e-mail only. All the documents appended to the application
form will be attached to a single application message. In the Subject field of the message please
write: “NEC Fellowships”.
a recent photo;
the application form (in Microsoft Word format), completed in English, French, or German;
at least 2 letters of reference (in English, French, or German) written explicitly in support of
your application for the NEC Fellowship Program 2020-21.
scanned document(s) proving that the applicant holds the Ph.D. title.
The message with the attached documents should not exceed 6 MB.
We will acknowledge receipt of an application and confirm whether the application requirements have
been met within 14 days after the deadline.
GUIDELINES
The letters of reference should be written by academics familiar with your research work, explicitly in
support of your application for the NEC Fellowship Program 2020-21, and of the proposed research
project. Application letters without a date, or recommending you for other fellowship programs will
not be taken into consideration.
The applications will be evaluated by a committee of international specialists. The results of the pre-
selection will be announced in the first half of March 2020. The shortlisted candidates will be invited
to an interview, scheduled to take place on April 1–3, 2020. The interview will be held in English,
French or German.
Since during the selection process we may have to contact you, please inform us about any change that
may occur in your contact details (mailing address, e-mail, telephone number, fax), even if this change
is temporary.