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DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program 2024

About DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program 2024

The DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program, funded by a generous grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), is designed to bring both senior and junior scholars and specialists working on key issues of central importance to the German-American relationship to AGI for research stays of between two to four consecutive months each.

AGI offers several fellowships, which include a monthly stipend of up to €3,204 (depending on the seniority of the applicant); transportation to and from Washington, DC; financial support for research-related travel to institutions within the DAAD center network (Centers for German and European Studies) in North America; and office space at the Institute.

Program Details

AGI welcomes applications from individuals at academic institutions, think tanks, and public policy and research organizations who focus on subject areas dealing with transatlantic relations, primarily policy, politics, economics, law, education, social sciences, and humanities. The fellowship is open to individuals with German and other nationalities as follows:

  • German nationals who are doctoral candidates, junior academics, and academics;
  • Foreign (non-German) doctoral candidates, junior academics, and academics permanently living in Germany;
  • German and foreign doctoral candidates, junior academics, and academics at the network centers of currently or formerly supported DAAD Centers for German and European Studies outside of the United States.

Eligibility

  1. Applicants must be German; or must be non-German and working permanently in Germany or currently at one of the DAAD Centers for German and European Studies outside of the United States.
  2. Applicants should be of junior or senior status. Junior applicants must have completed or currently be working on a PhD.
  3. All application materials MUST be submitted in English and received by AGI by the deadline in order to be considered for fellowships in the specified period.
  4. Individuals who have received a grant or other support from the DAAD within three years of the starting date of the fellowship are not eligible to apply. This does not apply for applicants affiliated with DAAD Centers for German and European Studies.

DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program 2024 Application

There is no formal application form. To apply for the DAAD/AGI fellowship program, please submit the following materials (in English) electronically, combined in one PDF file:

  • A brief cover letter; please indicate your citizenship/eligibility in the cover letter and how you have heard about the fellowship;
  • A curriculum vitae, with a list of publications (if relevant);
  • A project proposal (5-7 pages, double-spaced) outlining in clear, concise terms the substantive thrust of the research and its relevance to the AGI mission; the reasons for carrying it out at AGI and in Washington, DC; the timeframe of the fellowship at AGI, including dates and length (two or four months). Since the fellowship provides funds to travel to DAAD centers in North America, an outline about the reasons why the applicant wants to travel to a particular DAAD center should be included as well.
  • Two recent letters of reference (only for PhD students and recent PhDs, i.e., those received in the last five years).
  • Successful applicants must be proficient in the English language.

Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee, and AGI will conduct interviews (in person or via video conference) with select applicants.

For those interested in the DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program 2024. Open this link to start the application process.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 19 November 2023.

Open this link for more details about the DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program 2024.

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