Application deadlines: May 1^st and November 1^st (23:59 CE(S)T) of each year

Prepare your Application

Before reading on, please check whether you are actually applying for the general fellowship program/ a research stay or for an advertised position with an employment contract. For the latter, please refer to the specific job advertisement.

Please have ready the following documentation and information, depending on the type of funding for which you wish to apply:

(1) Postdoctoral Fellowship or Senior Researcher Fellowship (with stipend)

• formal letter of application, stating dates of your desired stay (please pay attention to the minimum and maximum length of a stay stated on our website) and sources of external funding (if any);*
• a curriculum vitae, including publication list;
• a brief research proposal (maximum 750 words) in which the fit of your proposed research to the department’s/research group’s research themes is made clear.
• if possible, the doctoral certificate (this document is required in any case in the event of a successful application and may be requested subsequently)

(2) Predoctoral Fellowship (with stipend)

• formal letter of application, stating dates of your desired stay (please pay attention to the minimum and maximum length of a stay stated on our website) and sources of external funding (if any);*
• a curriculum vitae, including publication list;
• a brief research proposal (maximum 750 words) in which the fit of your proposed research to the department’s/research group’s research themes is made clear;
• if possible, the master's certificate (this document is required in any case in the event of a successful application and may be requested subsequently);
• a letter of reference from your dissertation advisor.

(3) Research Stay (Visiting Predoctoral/ Postdoctoral/ Senior Research Fellow)

• formal letter of application, stating dates of your desired stay and sources of external funding;
• a curriculum vitae, including publication list;
• a brief research proposal (maximum 750 words) in which the fit of your proposed research to the department’s/research group’s research themes is made clear.

*Please make sure to explicitly mention which thematic domain within the department / research group you would like to work with and why you think your project fits exactly into the departments / research group’s research agenda.

Start Your Application Process

Please first select the department/research group to which you wish to apply:

• Department II “Knowledge Systems and Collective Life” (Director: Etienne Benson)
• Department III “Artifacts, Action, Knowledge” (Director: Dagmar Schäfer)
• Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” (RG Leader: Anna Lisa Ahlers)
• Research Group “Premodern Sciences of Soul & Body” (RG Leader: Katja Krause)
• Research Group "Astral Science in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA)" (RG Leader: Anuj Misra)

It is not possible to apply to Department I or the research groups of Lara Keuck and Alexander Blum because these groups are coming to an end soon.