Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships at Max Weber Foundation

The Max Weber Foundation is delighted to offer doctoral and postdoctoral
fellowships for scholars based in North America and Europe. US applicants
are eligible to apply for this scholarship program.

The Max Weber
Foundation is the largest humanities research organization whose institutes are
based exclusively abroad. With an annual budget of around 40 million euros
(2013), it is one of the ten largest German foundations of public law. The
foundation belongs to the business unit of the Federal Ministry of Education
and Research.

Course
Level:
The fellowship is open to both doctoral and postdoctoral scholars based in
North America and Europe.

Study
Subject:
GHI particularly interested in research projects that fit into the following
fields:

German
and European history
The
history of German-American relations
The
role of Germany and the USA in international relations
American
history (European doctoral and postdoctoral scholars only)

Scholarship
Award:
The monthly stipend is € 2,000 for doctoral students and € 3,400 for
postdoctoral scholars. In addition, fellowship recipients based in Europe will
receive reimbursement for their round-trip airfare to the U.S.

Number of
Scholarships: Not
Known

Scholarship
can be taken in the
USA

Eligibility: The following criteria must
be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:

Applicants
should be based on (or recent graduates of) a North American or European
university or research institute.
For
doctoral students applying, ABD status is required before starting the
fellowship.
For
postdoctoral scholars applying, the preference is for projects that are
designed for the “second book” (Habilitation or equivalent).
The
proposed project should require primary research in the United States.

Nationality:
US
students are eligible to apply for this scholarship program.

How to
Apply:
To apply please send the following materials (as a pdf)
to fellowships(at)ghi-dc.org: