Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies

The program provides up to one year of research support at the Freie Universität Berlin— one of Germany’s leading research universities. It is open to scholars in all social science and humanities disciplines, including historians working on German and European history since the mid-18th century.

Berlin Program Dissertation Fellowships 

Fellowships for dissertation research are EUR 1550 per month (as of October 1, 2023) for 10 to 12 months and carries a travel reimbursement of EUR 1200. Applicants for a dissertation fellowship must be full-time graduate students at a North American university, must have completed all coursework required for a Ph.D. and must have achieved ABD (all but dissertation) status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin begins.

Berlin Program Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Fellowships for postdoctoral research are EUR 1800 per month (as of October 1, 2023) for 10 to 12 months and carries a travel reimbursement of EUR 1200. We support recent postdocs, i.e. applicants who have received their doctorates in the last two calendar years from a North American university or applicants who are in the process of receiving their Ph.D. from a North American university and will have defended their thesis by the time the proposed research in Berlin begins.

Max Kade Berlin Fellowships (Postdoc)

The fellowship offers a stipend of $25,000 for a research stay in Berlin for 10 to 12 months. The support covers living and travel expenses. Eligible are U.S. citizens who have received their doctorates in the last two calendar years from a North American university or applicants who are in the process of receiving their Ph.D. from a North American university and will have defended their thesis by the time the proposed research in Berlin begins.

Kerstin Leitner Berlin Dissertation Fellowships

This opportunity is a year-long fellowship (12 months), has a value of EUR 1550 per month (as of October 1, 2023) and carries a travel reimbursement of EUR 1200. Eligible are Ph.D. candidates from China and Africa. Scholars from China’s central provinces (e.g. Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi) or Southern Africa (e.g. Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe) are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student in a Ph.D. program in a humanities or social science discipline at a university in Africa or China.