ZI Award for Early Career Research in the Applied Arts

The Association of Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich (CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT), offers an annual award for early career research in the field of applied arts. The award is funded by Claudia Oetker.

The purpose of this award is to encourage younger scholars to address neglected topics and to bring the results of their work to the attention of a broader public.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or scholarly publication, completed within the last three years and dealing with art historical questions which involve the applied arts. Applicants should have graduated within the last five years.

The winning candidate chosen by an independent committee of scholars, will receive € 7,000, and is expected to spend three months conducting research at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich.

Candidates for the award are requested to send in electronic form the research paper in question, along with a curriculum vitae detailing academic qualifications, copies of certificates and a list of publications (these personal documents in one single pdf) to: Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, to the attention of Prof. Dr. Iris Lauterbach, fellowships@zikg.eu. The application deadline is February 28, 2024.