Presentation of Activities | Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH)
DATE
28 Jan '16
FIELD
EDUCATION & SKILLS
On January 27 2016, the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH) made the first public presentation of its program during a press conference attended by the leadership of the Ministry of Education and representatives from the country’s welfare foundations.
The Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH) is a new non-profit research institution that commenced operations on January 2015. The RCH is administered by a Governing Board, an Academic Advisory Board and an Executive Administrative Board. During its first year of operations, the Centre has been supported by donations from the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation (for more information click here) and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
The Centre’s primary objective is the funding of research in the humanities through a process of public calls for the submission of research proposals by young scholars with doctorate degrees. The Centre intends to annually fund as many as 10 such proposals, up to €10,000 each, submitted by a) post-doctorate researchers who have received their doctorate degree in the past five years and do not hold a full-time position, b) independent researchers who have received their doctorate degree at least five years prior to submitting their proposal and do not hold a full-time position and c) research groups of no more than three members.