The European Central Bank (ECB) invites applications from all the promising young researchers who aspire to go for five Lamfalussy Fellowships in the year 2009. All the successful candidates are required to write a research paper during 2009 of one of the network priorities areas. Each fellowship is endowed with an honorarium of 10,000 Euros.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The age of the candidate must be less than 36 years.
• The researchers who are presently at assistant professor level and very advanced PhD students can also apply.

Important dates:

• Last date for the receipt of completely filled Application forms : 31st Jan, 2009

Application details:

The candidate has to submit the following along with the application:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Two letters of recommendations
• Two page research falling under any of these topics mentioned above.

Details of network areas:

• Financial systems as risk managers
• Risk distributors and risk creators
• Integration and development of retail financial services
• Promotion of innovative firms
• Financial modernization
• Governance and Integration of European financial system

Contact Details:

Sabine Wiedemann
European central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29, 60311
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Email: sabine.weidemann@ecb.int
Website: www.ecb.int/home/html/researcher_lamfalussy.en.html