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Research scholarship

Twice a year, the Max Weber Network Eastern Europe awards research scholarships of one- to three-month for research on historical topics in archives and libraries in the post-Soviet states (except Russia and Belarus) and in Finland. The scholarship program is aimed at young researchers in the humanities and social sciences at German universities and research institutions, regardless of nationality. The objective of the program is to promote qualification projects that research the history of the Soviet Union and its predecessor and successor states as well as their regional and global interdependencies or that focus on the peripheries of empires and imperial interstices. Applicants must have at least a Master’s degree or an equivalent qualification (state examination, diploma) in the humanities and/or social sciences, be affiliated with a German university or research institution and be pursuing a research project there that serves the purpose of further academic qualification.

For more detailed information on our funding programmes and general rules, please see our Scholarship Regulations.

To the current call for applications

Application form for a Research Scholarship

Research report template