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German Studies Research Grant |
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Program Objectives |
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The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective.
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Eligibility Requirements |
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Master's level graduate students in the humanities and social sciences earning a certificate or working on a project in German Studies may be nominated for the grant by their department and/or program chair. Applicants are expected to have completed a minimum of three courses in German Studies (literature, history, politics, or other fields) at the time of nomination.
Doctoral degree students in the humanities and social science disciplines in the process of preparing their dissertation proposals on modern German topics may be nominated. Students whose dissertation proposals have already been formally accepted are not eligible for nomination. The intent of the program is to provide an opportunity for short-term exploratory research to determine the viability or to delimit the scope of their proposed dissertations. The program is not intended to supplement or substitute for regular dissertation field work abroad which should lag the short-term research stay by at least one semester
All applicants are expected to have completed two years of college level German language studies.
Grants are restricted to citizens of the US who are enrolled full time at the university that nominates them.
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Terms of Award |
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Research support ranging in value from $1,500 to $2,500 is available to individual scholarship recipients and is intended to offset living and travel costs during the active research phase. Support cannot be provided for stays in Germany in the context of study abroad programs.
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Application Guidelines |
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If possible all parts of the application form should be electronically generated, typewritten, or otherwise neatly printed.
Confidential letters of recommendation and official transcripts should be forwarded in sealed envelopes. Please do not staple any of the application materials.
A complete application consists of the following parts:
- Completed DAAD application form
- Curriculum vitae (résumé)
- Detailed description of the research project or the pre-dissertation proposal, including a research plan and itinerary
- Budget statement
- List of German language and German Studies courses taken
- Two letters of recommendation, including one from the professor supervising the German Studies curriculum or the research project
- DAAD language evaluation form ("Sprachzeugnis"). This mandatory part of the application and should be completed and signed by a German Department faculty member
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed
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Application Deadlines |
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Application deadlines are May 1, 2008 and November 1, 2008.
Applications postmarked the day of the deadline or earlier will be accepted; those with later postmarks cannot be processed.
Please note: incomplete applications cannot be processed.
Application materials will not be returned.
No reasons for a decision will be given.
DAAD will announce its decision approximately eight weeks after the deadline.
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Questions? |
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If you have questions regarding the DAAD German Studies Research Grant, please contact:
mancini@daad.org
If you are NOT a citizen or student in the UNITED STATES or CANADA, please see:
DAAD International
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