SCAS News - 12 January, 2016

27 New Nominations for the Pro Futura Scientia Programme

27 researchers, affiliated to 21 universities/research institutes in nine countries, have been nominated to
the eleventh round of the Pro Futura Scientia Programme. Ten women and seventeen men, representing
a wide range of subjects within the social and human sciences, are now competing for the Pro Futura XI
positions. The nominations for this round have been received from eleven universities. In addition to eight
Swedish universities, the Universities of Cambridge, Copenhagen and Tartu have also nominated candidates.

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.  

After a rigorous selection procedure, some 15 per cent of the nominees will eventually be admitted
to the programme. The final decision regarding the Pro Futura XI Fellow appointments is expected to
be made in May/June 2016.

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