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SSH: Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements
Deadline: May 24, 2017
The Gerda Henkel Foundation

Call for Research Proposals - Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements

Application Deadline: May 24, 2017


Value: 

The Foundation does not set maximum amounts for research project grants. Funded projects typically have a total budget of less than 120,000 EUR (170,000 CAD).

The funding initiative is aimed at researchers who, with an eye to current developments, are examining the emergence of political movements in the Islamic world at the national and/or transnational level. The programme takes a look at the dynamics between Islamic teachings, Islamism, nationalism and transnational orientations and environments. Scientific discussion of the countries and regions of the Islamic world should bring together expertise possessing regional and thematic focus in order to allow the problems associated with areas of conflict to be expounded upon, particularly with regards to global influences and processes of cultural exchange. The research programme addresses scholars of all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

The individual research areas are:
  1. Historical and present day Islamic systems of society and state
  2. The concept of nation, national movements and nationalism in Islamic civilisation
  3. Islamic fundamentalism or Islamic emancipation?
  4. Transnational civil society movements in the Islamic world
  5. Islamic states in the international world system.
Further information on the research areas, the nature and scope of support as well as the application procedure is available online at: 


Gerda Henkel Foundation Contact:

Thomas Podranski
Gerda Henkel Stiftung
Phone.: +49 211 93 65 24 10
E-Mail: podranski@gerda-henkel-stiftung.de


URS Contact  
Diane Davies
Research Projects Advisor (Social Sciences, Humanities and
International Grant Programs)
Telephone: 613-533-6000 ext. 79422
Email: diane.davies@queensu.ca
If you require this announcement in an alternative format please contact Research Services at  fundopps@queensu.ca.

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Five (5) business days prior to a funding agency submission deadline, University Research Services requires: (i) an electronic or hard copy of your application (with Department Head and/or Dean signatures if required by the funding agency)  and (ii) an approved TRAQ DSS Form in the TRAQ (Tools for Research at Queen's) system.  For researchers conducting research within the Hospitals (KGH, HDH, PC) or utilizing Hospital resources, the TRAQ DSS Form MUST be submitted at least 15 business days prior to the agency deadline to ensure all hospital approvals are in place.  It is important for researchers to consult early with the various hospital departments (Hospital Operational Directors) to get an estimate to help develop their budgets and to consult well in advance of the deadline (>1 month) to discuss any issues involving impact on patient flow, budgeting for hospital services and cost recovery, preparing a human ethics review submission, etc.