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Friday, April 30, 2010

Germany: German Studies Research Grant for U.S. and Canadian Citizens under DAAD Research Program

Overview

This specialized DAAD program offers up to five German Studies Research Grants to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students who are nominated by their department/ program chairs. The grant may be used for short-term research (one to two months) in either North America or Germany.

Program Objectives

The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective.

Eligible Candidates

Master's level graduate students in the humanities and social sciences earning a certificate or working on a project in German Studies may be nominated for the grant by their department and/or program chair. Applicants are expected to have completed a minimum of three courses in German Studies (literature, history, politics, or other fields) at the time of nomination. Applicants are expected to have completed two years of college level German language studies.

Grants are restricted to citizens of the US who are enrolled full time at the university that nominates them.

Terms of Award

Research support ranging in value from $1,500 to $2,500 is available to individual scholarship recipients and is intended to offset living and travel costs during the active research phase. Support cannot be provided for stays in Germany in the context of study abroad programs.


Application Guidelines

If possible all parts of the application form should be electronically generated, typewritten, or otherwise neatly printed. Confidential letters of recommendation and official transcripts should be forwarded in sealed envelopes. Please do not staple any of the application materials.

A complete application consists of the following parts:

- Completed DAAD application form
- Curriculum vitae (résumé)
- Detailed description of the research project or the pre-dissertation proposal, including a research plan and itinerary
- Budget statement
- List of German language and German Studies courses taken
- Two letters of recommendation, including one from the professor supervising the German Studies curriculum or the research project
- DAAD language evaluation form ("Sprachzeugnis"). This mandatory part of the application and should be completed and signed by a German Department faculty member
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed

Application Deadlines

Application deadline: May 1, 2010.

Applications postmarked the day of the deadline or earlier will be accepted; those with later postmarks cannot be processed.

Please note: incomplete applications cannot be processed.
Application materials will not be returned.
No reasons for a decision will be given.

DAAD will announce its decision approximately eight weeks after the deadline.

Questions?

If you have questions regarding the DAAD German Studies Research Grant, please contact: thomanek@daad.org

If you are NOT a citizen or student in the UNITED STATES or CANADA, please see:DAAD International


Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this grant


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