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The 2024-25 Fellowship Competition is now OPEN! The deadline for applications is October 1, 2023.

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Our pioneering research fellows receive generous funding and specialist support in a diverse, thriving community.

As a university with an international reputation for transformative discoveries – 7th in the UK for research power in REF2021, according to analysis by Times Higher Education – you will have exciting opportunities to become a research leader. 

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For the year 2026, the University of Erfurt is once again offering Herzog-Ernst scholarships to research the Gotha collections, primarily in the Gotha Research Library.

During their time on site, scholarship holders will be linked to the research institutions of the University of Erfurt in Gotha.

Applicants are requested to enclose the following documents with their application:

Each year the Library Company awards long-term postdoctoral fellowships that support advanced research in residence in the collections of the Library Company and our Fellowships Program partner, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Scholars at any stage of their career are welcome to apply.

Opportunities are described below; the application portal is available here.

Program in African American History (PAAH) Mellon Scholars Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Each year the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 other countries. Recipients are selected by the awarding body, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS).

The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships are aimed at young researchers from abroad who have completed a master’s degree or PhD and at foreign artists holding a bachelor’s degree.

The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSC) offers one-year Jean Monnet Fellowships to scholars who have obtained their doctorate more than 5 years prior to the start of the fellowship, i.e. 1 September 2023 for the academic year 2023-24. The Fellowship programme is open to post-docs, tenure track academics and those wishing to spend their sabbatical at the RSC. We invite you to become part of a lively and creative academic community. The Centre offers up to 20 Fellowships a year.

L’Institut national d’histoire de l’art et le Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max Planck-Institut  se sont associés de 2019 à 2022 afin d'attribuer chaque année deux bourses de recherche post-doctorale destinées à des chercheuses et des chercheurs français et étrangers souhaitant se rendre à Florence pour y effectuer une recherche dans les institutions locales.

The School of Historical Studies supports scholarship in all fields of historical research but is concerned principally with the history of western, near eastern and Asian civilizations, with particular emphasis upon the Greek and Roman world, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, art history, history of science, and musicology. All selections are based on both external and internal review.  

The Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study “Law as Culture” invites academics of excellent standing to apply for a fellowship or junior fellowship for a maximum of 12 months on the subject: