SCAS News - 12 January, 2015

20 New Nominations for the Pro Futura Scientia Programme

20 researchers from twelve universities in five countries have been nominated to the tenth round
of the Pro Futura Scientia Programme. Representing a wide range of subjects within the social and
human sciences, thirteen men and seven women are now competing for the Pro Futura X positions.
After a rigorous selection procedure, some 15 per cent of the nominees will eventually be admitted
to the programme. The final decisions are expected to be made in May 2015. In addition to Swedish
universities, nominations have been received from the Universities of Cambridge and Tartu as well.

The Pro Futura Scientia Programme for early career scholars was set up in 1999 by the Swedish
Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (the Swedish Foundation for
Humanities and Social Sciences; RJ) in order to give especially promising researchers in the humanities
and social sciences optimal scope for developing as researchers. The programme provides an attractive
career path for promising scholars, and those researchers who have attended the programme in the past
have come to play an increasingly important role in the Swedish university and research system.  

Read more: Pro Futura Scientia History and Mission
Read more: Nominations and Selctions
Read more: Pro Futura Scientia Fellows (1999 - present)