Deadline: November 11, 2024.

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship was established in 1966 as an endowment with funds from the Federal Republic of Germany and German industry as a lasting legacy to the memory of the slain U.S. president.

Each year, up to three fellowships are granted on a competitive basis to post-doctoral German scholars who are in the process of writing the Habilitation or an equivalent work.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To be eligible for a John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship, applicants must:

• Have German citizenship.
• Have completed all doctorate requirements and must have a PhD degree at the time of the application.
• Have completed their doctorate no more than 7 years prior to the application and may not hold a full professorship (W3 in the German case).
• Be a graduate of a German university or have an equivalent diploma.
• Be working on topics focusing on Europe and/or the United States in the fields of political science, contemporary history, economics, sociology, political economy, anthropology and international relations.
• Be fluent in English.
• Preference is given to applicants who intend to have academic careers in Germany.
• Applicants currently living in the United States are not eligible.
• Harvard graduates or recipients of previous residential fellowships are eligible to apply after seven years.

BENEFITS

1. Fellowships provide a stipend of $65,000 for 10 months of residential research between September and June; other benefits, such as health insurance, are included.
2. Fellows join other visiting researchers at CES as part of the Visiting Scholars Program.

APPLICATION

This fellowship is administered by the DAAD. The following application materials must be submitted directly to the DAAD:

• DAAD application.
• Curriculum vitae (in English).
• Research Proposal, 8 to 10 pages (in English).
• Two letters of reference from professor-rank scholars working in the same discipline (the letters should thoroughly discuss the applicant’s professional qualifications and research proposal). The letters should be written in English when possible.
• DAAD–certification of the applicant’s knowledge of English or TOEFL.
• Copy of academic degrees (for example B.A., M.A., Diplom, Ph.D.).

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