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From: Nathalie L'Huillier
Sent: 10 April 2008 11:47
To: Kathryn Cook
Subject: A Fellowship Program for Young Academics
http://www.daimler-benz-stiftung.de/home/fellowship/en/start.html
The Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation awards fellowships to
young Germans working for a PhD
in foreign countries, and to foreign PhD students wishing to undertake
research in German institutions. The
program is open to all disciplines, subjects and countries. Applicants
must have a clearly defined research
project of their own and a research invitation from a host
institution. Workplace and supervision arrangements
in the host institution must be finalized by the applicant before
applying for a fellowship.
1. Who may apply?
The fellowships are intended to support a new generation of academics.
The program therefore applies
only to persons, not to projects. Germans wishing to pursue a research
stay abroad and foreign students
intending to work in Germany in connection with their PhD may apply.
The support provided by the
Foundation is for a maximum period of 2 years. Candidates may complete
their entire PhD thesis in the
host country if they so wish.
Applicants should not be older than 30, and must have been awarded
their most recent academic
degree (Master's degree or Diploma degree) within the last year at the
time of the application deadline.
If these requirements can not be fulfilled for discipline-specific
reasons applicants should contact the
Foundation.
PhD theses in medicine can only be supported if the candidate is able
to prove extensive experimental
expertise at the time of applying.
2. Who may not apply?
Fellowships are intended to provide initial support at the outset of
PhD work. Bridging and final-phase
funding is not available. PhD students who have already been supported
by other sources for longer than
one year are not eligible to apply for this program.
Candidates who have spent the last 2 years of their studies or their
entire study period outside their
home country cannot be considered for this program. Fieldwork, visits
to archives and museums etc.
without attachment to an academic institution and short periods of
study of less than 6 months will not be
supported.
Neither is the fellowship program intended for postdoctoral research
or qualifications, Diploma or Master's
theses, postgraduate studies, study visits or practical training.
3. How to apply
Deadlines for submitting complete applications to the Foundation are
March 1 and October 1 each year.
The postmark is not valid! Applications arriving after these deadlines
cannot be considered.
After an initial review of all applications, selected applicants will
be invited to present their projects at a
seminar at the Karl Benz-Haus in Ladenburg (in May resp. December).
Representatives of the Foundation
and specialist assessors will attend this seminar. The participation
in the seminar is a stringent requirement
for an approval.
Foreign applicants who are unable to attend the seminar due to the
distance involved may be granted a
reduced fellowship of 750 Euros per month for a transitional period of
3 months so that they may start their
research projects in Germany. The decision to award a full fellowship
will depend on a final evaluation of
the project after presentation thereof at a seminar in Ladenburg
during the 3-month stay. Travel costs will
be reimbursed up to a maximum amount of 1000 Euros.
contd.
Personal applications may be sent by mail (but not by fax or e-mail)
to:
Gottlieb Daimler- und Karl Benz-Stiftung
Dr.-Carl-Benz-Platz 2
68526 Ladenburg
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 6203 10 92-0
Fax: +49 (0) 6203 10 92-5
E-mail: info(a)daimler-benz-stiftung.de
Contact:
Ms. Petra Jung
Tel.: +49 (0) 6203 10 92-16
There are no special application forms. Please print on one side of
each page only and do not use staples or
covers, etc.
The complete application should include the following documents, to be
presented in the following order:
* Brief description of the research proposal (with title) with
specific details of methodology (maximum 3
pages). References should be limited to half a page.
* Letter of motivation regarding the research project and the host
institute (maximum 1 page)
* financing plan for the research stay. Details of possible other
financial contributions or revenues during
the stay or awarded for the purpose thereof (e.g. payment of study
fees, employment, partial grants,
bridging and final-phase funding etc.). Please enclose documentary
evidence. Other fellowships (except
for tuition fees) or incomes will be credited against the Foundation's
grant.
* a letter of invitation from the host institution containing a
statement of why the institution is interested in
the candidate. If possible, the letter should give some indication of
willingness to provide the candidate
with financial or material support.
* Tabular curriculum vitae with documentation of academic career.
* Two confidential letters of reference in a sealed envelope to be
enclosed with the application or sent to
the Foundation by separate post. The letters of reference should
comment on both the candidate and the
project. They must be written on official headed paper from the
institution at which the referee works.
Informal and unsigned letters of reference cannot be considered.
* Complete copies of all academic certificates (school leaving
certificate, Bachelor's degree, Master's
degree, Diploma degree, etc.).
4. Fellowship payments
Fellowships are granted for the sole purpose of covering living costs
in the host country. The Foundation
does not fund tuition fees, materials, supporting staff, stays in the
candidate's home country or outside of
the host institution, or travel costs within the research project.
Fellowships are currently paid at the following rates:
* 970 Euros for foreign fellowship holders in Germany
* 1 025-1 250 Euros for German fellowship holders in European
countries
* 1 300 Euros for German fellowship holders in the USA
The rates for other countries vary according to the costs of living in
the respective country.
In addition, the Foundation grants a one-off lump sum to cover the
cost of travel to and from the host
institution (up to 500 Euros for countries in Europe and up to 1000
Euros for countries outside Europe). If
necessary, the Foundation can provide support for a German language
course for foreign fellowship holders.
Partial financing (up to 50%) can be requested from the Foundation up
to twice a year for participation at
conferences if the fellowship holder is presenting a paper. Allowances
will also be provided to cover the
cost of travel to Foundation events and the annual meeting of
fellowship holders.
The Foundation organizes an annual meeting of fellowship holders to
promote interdisciplinary exchange.
Former fellowship holders receive the status of "Fellow". The
Foundation also supports initiatives by
Fellows such as the establishment of multidisciplinary workshops.
Dr Nathalie L'Huillier
Research Policy Officer/Business Development Manager (acting)
Policy and Graduate Team
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