Deadline: 7-Oct-22
Max Weber Foundation has launched the applications for Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants to improve the career opportunities for humanities and social science academics in their qualification phase.
The aim of the program is to promote transnational and transregional research and to create connections between the academic cultures of the Foundation’s host countries and Germany. Funding is granted for up to three months (at most one month per host country) and may be used for placements in at least two and at most three host countries and regions home to the Foundation’s institutes and branches.
The Max Weber Foundation (MWS) offers academics with an international focus in their qualification phase the opportunity to conduct short-term research projects in the host countries of the Foundation’s international institutes/branches
Rights and Duties
- The Max Weber Foundation’s Feldman travel grants are aimed to facilitate short-term research activities, including literature and archival research, abroad.
- The research project, which can be chosen freely, may be changed with prior permission from the relevant host institute and the Foundation’s central office. The same applies to the choice of the host institute and to the time schedule.
- Legal claims to grants do not exist. Grants can only be awarded within the given budget.
Funding Information
Funding is based on the rates of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and covers:
- Documented travel costs for travel to the foreign institute and back (least expensive route);
- Daily rates between € 28.00 and € 62.00 depending on the host country;
- Lodging in one of the institute’s inexpensive guest rooms depending on the host country chosen and on availability.
Eligible Countries
- Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Poland, Singapore, Turkey, USA
Note: Due to the current situation, it is not possible to apply for travel grants for Russia and China this year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications may be filed by highly qualified humanities and social science academics of any nationality (highest degree must be at least a Master, M.A., state examination or German Diplom) who have already published and can present a research plan.
- Applications for projects related to research priorities pursued by the Foundation’s institutes/branches will take precedence.
- The selection criteria are:
- Academic excellence
- Transnational and/or comparative topic
- Submitted project contributes to further academic qualification
For more information, visit https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/en/foerderung/feldman-travel-grants.html