Individual projects

The annual Berggruen Prize Essay Competition seeks to stimulate new thinking and innovative concepts while embracing cross-cultural perspectives across fields, disciplines, and geographies. The competition poses fundamental philosophical questions of significance for both contemporary life and the future. As such, this initiative complements the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture, which recognizes major lifetime achievements in advancing ideas that have shaped the world.

Call for Applications “Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship” (SUS) fellowship programme for the Academic year 2026/2027

With the support of the VolkswagenStiftung

The SUS programme, proposed jointly by the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia and the New Europe College Bucharest, aims to support scholars from the regions affected by Russia’s war against Ukraine.

With the support of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung

The American Philosophical Society (APS)’s David Center for the American Revolution Research Fellowships for International Scholars support research by scholars based outside the United States seeking to examine materials at the APS's Library & Museum or other archives in the United States related to topics on the American Revolution and Founding Era. The fellowship is especially intended to support research on the cause, course, consequence, and experiences of the event (1750-1820).

The American Philosophical Society's Library & Museum in Philadelphia invites Letters of Interest (LOI) for the Indigenous Community Research Fund to support an individual or a group of researchers seeking to examine materials at the APS to further Indigenous community-based priorities.

The American Philosophical Society's Library & Museum in Philadelphia invites applications for short-term Digital Knowledge Sharing Fellowships to support digital projects that connect archives and Indigenous communities anywhere in the world. These funding opportunities are part of the Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI), supported by the Mellon Foundation.

Instructions for submitting applications for support of exchange visits of PhD students and early career researchers