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Richard Rorty Scholarship
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- Nature: approach history of North- American philosophical thoughts.
- Candidates: researchers pre- post doctorate graduates.
- Conditions: The scholarship holder must state the received aid in the publications derived from the research during the scholarship period. The scholarship is incompatible with any other scholarship or financial aid from private or public funds.
- Submission papers: Filled application form together with two reference letters (the sender cannot be a member of Instituto Franklin - UAH), curriculum vitae (résumé) including student record and project summary.
- Scope: Instituto Franklin - UAH will fund the scholarship with the amount of 1.600€ for researching. It consists of 600€ for accommodation expenses, 200€ for transportation, 100€ for photocopies and office material, 100€ for computer support and 600€ for books from the specific bibliography suggested by the applicant. These books will be part of Instituto Franklin - UAH book collection but they will be offered to the applicant during the scholarship. There will also be provided a comfortable place to research inside Instituto Franklin - UAH building.
- Application period: during February every year.
- Resolution: it will be announced in March every year and it will be published in the Instituto Franklin website.
- Call for applications: 2011 CLOSED. Next call: February 2012.
- Duration and dates: 15 days in July or the first part in September.
- Contact: olga.villegas@institutofranklin.net
- Eligibility criteria: A Commission designated by Instituto Franklin - UAH will study the proposals and evaluate them.
- Previous scholarship holders:
- 2011 edition. José Ramón Álvarez Layna. (Universidad de Alcalá). “Racionalidad en Donald Davidson”.
- 2010 edition. Nicolás Fernández Medina. (Pennsylvania State University). "The Promise of American Pragmatism in Spain 1900-1939".
- 2009 edition. Marnie Binder. (Universidad de Alcalá). "Anti-Dualism in History and Nature: A Study between John Dewey and José Ortega y Gasset". Article published on "Journal of the Philosophy of History".
