Applications Invited for IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students 2020

About the Organization:

The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz is a non-profit institution devoted to academic research that is not part of a university. They are an independent research institute and they have been a member of the Leibniz Association since 2012. Their purpose is to conduct academic research on European history. The Institute fulfils this purpose through the individual and joint research efforts of their staff and through the research scholarships and fellowships that it awards to academics both from Germany and abroad.

IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students

The IEG Fellowships are jointly funded by the federal and state government. The fellowships are used exclusively for the purpose of conducting the research project described in the application at the IEG. Thus, no other form of employment or funding can be pursued or availed of for the duration of the fellowship.

IEG Fellowship for doctoral students has a monthly value of € 1,350 (Rs. 1,14,003.27 approx.). Fellowship holders whose partners accompany them to Mainz and do not have an income of more than 450 euros per month may receive a family allowance.

Eligibility Criteria

• These are open to Ph.D. students from Germany and abroad who have at least a Masters’s level degree in history, theology, or another discipline that works historically.
• They must have been pursuing their doctorate for no more than three years at the time of taking up the fellowship, though exceptions may be made in exceptional circumstances.
• As a research institution that is not part of a university, the Institute does not hold any examinations and does not award any academic qualifications.
• Dissertations are completed under the supervision of the fellowship holder’s supervisor at her/ his home university.

Application

Attachments in the following order:

• the completed application form
• curriculum vitae and a list of publications (if applicable) (please do not send photographs)
• an outline of the Ph.D.-thesis (up to 15,000 characters excluding footnotes and spaces)
• the structure of the Ph.D.-thesis
• a detailed timetable for the intended stay at the Institute
• copies of university transcripts and proof of language competence

Applications should be submitted by email to: application@ieg-mainz.de

Please direct your questions to the following address: fellowship@ieg-mainz.de

Deadline: August 15, 2020

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