Fondation Mattei Dogan is a specialist French foundation devoted exclusively to the social sciences, with a strong emphasis on comparative, interdisciplinary scholarship in sociology, demography, political science, and social history. Its support is highly academic and prestige-oriented: it recognizes doctoral and mid-career research through prizes and provides a targeted postdoctoral fellowship for early-career scholars from Central and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region. The foundation appears to favor internationally oriented research with strong methodological rigor and cross-country comparison rather than broad institutional grants.
Primarily awards biennial or annual prizes and a targeted postdoctoral fellowship rather than open competitive grantmaking. Support is typically small cash prizes or stipend-based fellowships, with some programs being invite-only or nomination-based (especially the demography award).
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Check whether the opportunity is nomination-based or hosted through a partner institution: the IUSSP demography award is invite-only/nomination-based, while the New Europe College fellowship follows NEC’s call for applications for eligible early-career researchers from Central and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region. For the social history prize, eligibility centers on doctoral theses in social history, so applicants should emphasize comparative scope, historical depth, and relevance to France and/or transnational research.
Current and upcoming funding from Fondation Mattei Dogan that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Early-career scholars (up to five years after completion of doctorate) attached to an academic institution in CEE or Black Sea states; research proposals on comparative social science in the region; project should be at an early stage.
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