Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
U.S. and Canadian nationals or permanent residents.
Applicants for a dissertation fellowship must be full-time doctoral students who have achieved ABD (all but dissertation) status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin begins.
Also eligible are U.S. and Canadian Ph.D.s who have received their doctorates within the past two calendar years.
The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies offers up to one year of research support at the Freie Universität Berlin. It is open to scholars in all social science and humanities disciplines, including historians working on the period since the mid-19th century.
A complete application packet should include:
- Original and 4 double-sided copies of the signed application form & research proposal.
- 3 references in signed, sealed envelopes
- language evaluation(s)
- if applying for a dissertation fellowship: transcripts, in sealed envelopes
- if applying for a postdoctoral fellowship: a one-page dissertation abstract
- copy of the photo i.d. page of your passport or greencard
- Berlin Program publicity survey (optional).
The program also provides EUR 130/month for fellow's spouse and EUR 130/month for each accompanying child. One round-trip airfare is also included. In addition, funds for intra-European travel are provided on an individual basis for necessary research site visits between the semesters.