DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program 2023

The DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program, funded by a generous grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), is designed to bring both senior and junior scholars and specialists working on key issues of central importance to the German-American relationship to AGI for research stays of between two to four consecutive months each. AGI offers several fellowships, which include a monthly stipend of up to €3,204 (depending on the seniority of the applicant); transportation to and from Washington, DC; financial support for research-related travel to institutions within the DAAD center network (Centers for German and European Studies) in North America; and office space at the Institute.

During their tenure, DAAD/AGI Research Fellows will be expected to present their research results at a workshop to the broader Washington, DC, policy community and produce a short analytical essay that will be published on the AGI website and distributed via the Institute’s targeted analysis newsletter, The AGI Advisor. AGI welcomes applications from individuals at academic institutions, think tanks, and public policy and research organizations who focus on subject areas dealing with transatlantic relations, primarily policy, politics, economics, law, education, social sciences, and humanities. The fellowship is open to individuals with German and other nationalities as follows:

• German nationals who are doctoral candidates, junior academics, and academics;
• Foreign (non-German) doctoral candidates, junior academics, and academics permanently living in Germany;
• German and foreign doctoral candidates, junior academics, and academics at the network centers of currently or formerly supported DAAD Centers for German and European Studies outside of the United States.

• Table of Content
• About German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program
• Requirements for DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

DAAD scholarship in Germany is a private, federally funded and state-funded, self governing national agency of the institutions of higher education in Germany, representing 365 German higher education institutions (100 universities and technical universities, 162 general universities of applied sciences, and 52 colleges of music and art) [2003]. The DAAD itself does not offer programs of study or courses, but awards competitive, merit-based grants for use toward study and/or research in Germany at any of the accredited German institutions of higher education. It also awards grants to German...... continue reading

DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program

Requirements for DAAD/AGI Research Fellowship Program Qualification

1. Applicants must be German; or must be non-German and working permanently in Germany or currently at one of the DAAD Centers for German and European Studies outside of the United States.
2. Applicants should be of junior or senior status. Junior applicants must have completed or currently be working on a PhD.
3. All application materials MUST be submitted in English and received by AGI by the deadline in order to be considered for fellowships in the specified period.
4. Individuals who have received a grant or other support from the DAAD within three years of the starting date of the fellowship are not eligible to apply. This does not apply for applicants affiliated with DAAD Centers for German and European Studies.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

There is no formal application form. To apply for the DAAD/AGI fellowship program, please submit the following materials (in English) electronically, combined in one PDF file:

• A brief cover letter; please indicate your citizenship/eligibility in the cover letter and how you have heard about the fellowship;
• A curriculum vitae, with a list of publications (if relevant);
• A project proposal (5-7 pages, double-spaced) outlining in clear, concise terms the substantive thrust of the research and its relevance to the AGI mission; the reasons for carrying it out at AGI and in Washington, DC; the timeframe of the fellowship at AGI, including dates and length (two or four months). Since the fellowship provides funds to travel to DAAD centers in North America, an outline about the reasons why the applicant wants to travel to a particular DAAD center should be included as well.
• Two recent letters of reference (only for PhD students and recent PhDs, i.e., those received in the last five years).
• Successful applicants must be proficient in the English language.

Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee and AGI will conduct interviews (in person or via video conference) with select applicants.

For more details, visit DAAD website.