General Research Grants: Projects

Scope of the Funding

• The grants for research projects involve, depending on the type of project, the assumption of costs for personnel, travel, materials and/or other costs.
• Project staff on research projects may only be financed by PhD or research grants. A fundamental prerequisite for a grant is that project staff conduct their own research, which is published under their name. The simultaneous receipt of salary or retirement pension and a research scholarship is not possible.
• The period of support for Foundation stipend holders working on Ph.D. or research projects can be extended by up to 12 months if the holder becomes a parent during the period covered by the stipend and has an entitlement to maternity or parental leave. Individual arrangements must be discussed with the Foundation’s administrative office.

Research Projects Fields

• Archaeology
• History of Art
• Historical Islamic Studies
• History
• History of Science
• History of Law
• Prehistory and Early History

Payments

• PhD scholarships
  • Monthly scholarship award: 1,600 euros
    • for one child: EUR 400
    • each further child: EUR 100
  • The family grant is awarded for children who have not yet turned 18.
  • Monthly endowment for scholarships abroad: 400 euros
  • Travel aid: as required
  • Material aid: as required
• Research scholarships for postdocs
  • Monthly scholarship award: 2,300 euros
    • for one child: EUR 400
    • each further child: EUR 100
  • The family grant is awarded for children who have not yet turned 18.
  • Monthly endowment for scholarships abroad: 575 euros
  • Travel aid: as required
  • Material aid: as required
• Research scholarships after post-doctoral lecture qualification
  • Monthly scholarship award: 3,100 euros
  • The higher grant rate is approved after successful conclusion of the professorial examinations (habilitation) process and/or alternatively at the earliest after positive interim evaluation for a junior professorship. For applicants from academic systems that do not envisage habilitations, the Foundation recognizes holding a tenured position as an associate professor or as a full professor or distinguished professor (in the US system) or as a senior lecturer or as a reader/professor (in the Commonwealth system) as an equivalent of passing junior professorial examinations. The administration of the Foundation can in individual cases assess other national qualification levels.
    • for one child: EUR 400
    • each further child: EUR 100
  • The family grant is awarded for children who have not yet turned 18.
  • Monthly endowment for scholarships abroad: 775 euros
  • Travel aid: as required
  • Material aid: as required.

Funds are provided for

• specific temporary research projects by way of grants for personnel, travel and material expenses (not for individual journeys to participate in conferences)
• research and PhD scholarships for German and foreign scholars (not for studies under PhD level)
• publications of particularly successful projects supported by the Foundation.

Criteria

• Foundation does not provide support for studies under PhD level.
• The funding activities concentrate basically on German and foreign academics in the fields of historical humanities. Candidates can apply regardless of their nationality and place of work.
• Foundation corresponds to German and English languages.
• Foundation stipend holders working on Ph.D. or research projects receive a family grant on presentation of the child’s/children’s birth certificate(s). The grant is paid for children who have not yet turned 18.

For more information, visit Gerda Henkel Foundation.