Deadline: 05-Oct-2025
The Max Weber Foundation confers Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants to internationally oriented researchers in the humanities and social sciences who are in the 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 Information
- Funding covers:
- Travel costs for travel to the foreign institute and back;
- Daily rates between € 32 and € 68 depending on the host country;
- Lodging in one of the institute’s inexpensive guest rooms depending on the host country chosen and on availability.
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.
- In the case of applications by doctoral students, publications do not necessarily have to be available. Applications for projects related to research priorities pursued by the Foundation’s institutes/branches will take precedence.
- There is no age restriction for application.
Selection Criteria
- Academic excellence
- Transnational and/or comparative topic
- Submitted project contributes to further academic qualification
- A re-application is only possible if this has been explicitly stated in the rejection letter.
- Employees and scholarship holders of the MWS are excluded from the application process.
Application Requirements
- All application papers must be submitted in German or English. A complete application will comprise the following documents in one single pdf file:
- An academic CV;
- A detailed presentation of the intended research project (max.2000 words), stating the sources which justify the stay in the specific host countries or at the institutes;
- Copies of certificates (examinations, PhD certificate);
- A list of publications (not mandatory for PhD students);
- A reference letter from an expert which should provide information on the applicant’s status and the progress of work;
- A letter confirming supervision by the host institution in Germany is mandatory if a research stay in Germany is planned.
For more information, visit MWS.