Type and scope of the scholarship
Applications for research scholarships can be made directly by Postdocs or scholars with Post Doctoral Lecture Qualification. A research scholarship is usually applied for by one scholar who will work on a specific project on his own. PhD scholarships are only granted in connection with a research project. 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.
The funding period is generally between one and 24 months.
It is possible to apply for:
- basic scholarship sum
if appropriate
- supplement for travel abroad (monthly endowment for stays of for weeks or more)
- family grant award (for children who have not yet turned 18 under presentation of the child’s birth certificate)
and if required
- travel expenses
- material expenses
DEADLINES
The next application deadline is 24 May 2017.
APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
The following documents must be included in an application for a research scholarship (in German or English):
- printout of the completed electronic form
- description of the research proposal (max. 8 pages)
1. plus bibliography if necessary (in addition to the max. 8 pages)
2. documents printed on one side only, at least font size 11 and line spacing 1.5
- time schedule and working plan with information about the necessary travel to archives, libraries and museums or other destinations
- description of the journeys to archives, museums or other destinations which are closely related to the subject of the project and detailed calculation of the costs (travel and lodging). No flat-rate daily allowance or flat-rates for hotel expenses shall be paid. The Foundation can’t cover any college or tuition fees.
- calculation of material costs (e.g. for photocopies or film versions of archive material, photographs, etc., not a lump sum for books)
- if necessary, a declaration that unpaid leave from the current position is possible
- tabular curriculum vitae with list of publications
- academic certificates (Masters, PhD, professorship, etc.; please do not send Bachelor certificates)
- one letter of recommendation. References have to be signed personally by the author and sent to the Gerda Henkel Foundation. A signed version by email or fax is accepted. It is possible to submit more than one letter of recommendation.
After having sent the electronic application form, we kindly ask you to send us a printout of the completed application form along with the other documents by mail.
Payement
The simultaneous receipt of salary 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 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POSTDOCS
Monthly scholarship award: 2.000,- euros
Instead of the grant paid hitherto toward covering documented costs for outside childcare, Foundation stipend holders working on Ph.D. or research projects who have submitted their application after 1 January 2014, will receive a monthly family grant awarded on presentation of the child’s birth certificate. The family grant is disbursed for children who have not yet turned 18.
• for one child: EUR 300,-
• for two children: EUR 400,-
• for three or more children: EUR 500,-
Travel aid: as required
Material aid: as required
Monthly scholarship award: 2.700,- euros
As equivalent to the German Habilitation the Foundation accepts positions as „Associate Professor“ or „Full Professor“ / „Distinguished Professor“ (according to the North American university system) and „Senior Lecturer“ or „Reader“/„Professor“ (according to the Commonwealth university system), respectively.
Instead of the grant paid hitherto toward covering documented costs for outside childcare, Foundation stipend holders working on Ph.D. or research projects who have submitted their application after 1 January 2014, will receive a monthly family grant awarded on presentation of the child’s birth certificate. The family grant is disbursed for children who have not yet turned 18.
• for one child: EUR 300,-
• for two children: EUR 400,-
• for three or more children: EUR 500,-
Material aid: as required
Application and Deadline
The next application deadline is 24 May 2017.
Applications have to be in the Foundation's office by this day. The date of the postmark is not valid.
The Foundation committees are holding their meeting in November 2017. If your application is successful, funding can start at the beginning of December 2017 at the very earliest.
Electronoc application form for the foundation
1. Please complete the application form in full.
2. The application form can be saved at any time. You can return to and edit the form for a period of ten days. You can access the form via your own personal link. Following this period, your data will be deleted from the server.
3. Once you have completed the form, you will receive a short summary, which you should print out, sign and send to the Foundation together with the remaining application documents.
4. During the transmission process your data will be sent to the Foundation in electronic form. Confirmation of receipt will be sent to the e-mail address provided in the application.
Please note the following additional information:
- Your data will be stored by the Gerda Henkel Foundation for the purpose of processing your application and will not be passed on to third parties.
- The Gerda Henkel Foundation will be happy to provide you with information about the data that we have stored on your person at any time. If so required, personal data can be changed or deleted.
- This form may only be used to make an application to the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The Foundation reserves the right to delete application data without prior notification, if necessary.
Gerda Henkel Stiftung
Malkastenstrasse 15
40211 Düsseldorf
Germany
Application for publishing aid
Publishing aid is currently only awarded to especially successful Gerda Henkel Foundation scholars. Please include the following documents:
- A two-page summary of the academic merit and innovativeness of the monograph/collection
- A cost calculation by the publishing house
- The manuscript on which the calculations have been made (on CD-ROM).
Applications can be submitted at any time.
For more information click "Further official information" below.
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