Include a CV and preliminary cost and time estimates. The board will notify you if it wants a more detailed proposal and will give you a deadline. The board meets in April, July, October and January to consider applications. Topics in any field of the humanities or social sciences are welcome. Of special interest is work in East European and Soviet studies and projects involving research faculty of the former German Democratic Republic.
Grants provide travel to and within Europe and living and research costs abroad.
Scholars must apply as partnerships of German and American researchers. The American partner must hold the Ph.D. or equivalent and the German partner must hold faculty rank at a university, college or research institution. Anthropologists, economists, political scientists, sociologists and all scholars in germane social science and cultural studies fields are invited to apply. Awards are for periods of nine to 24 months. At the dissertation level, applicants must have completed all the requirements for the Ph.D. with the exception of the dissertation.