Deadline: 15 August 2014
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law/Hamburg, Germany is accepting applications from foreign scholars for Visiting Fellows Research Scholarships. This call is for the scholarship under Visiting Fellows’ Program of maximum 4 months duration. The Program is aimed at the general goal of establishing and deepening contacts with representatives of foreign legal systems.
Eligible Projects
- Participation in institute research projects
- Joint projects of Institute Associates and Visiting Fellows
- Individual projects of Visiting Fellows
Scholarships
- Monthly € 1.365,00 for doctoral students
- Monthly € 1.650,00 for post-docs
- Monthly € 2.200,00 for professors
Priority is given to candidates whose work may advance the research interests of the Institute. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for the scholarships.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants can be foreign doctoral students, foreign post-doctoral candidates and other early-stage researchers, and foreign professors or other senior researchers with equivalent academic achievements.
- Applicants must have planned to undertake research at the institute within the scope of the Max Planck Institute’s areas of research.
- Applicants must indicate a valid period of not more than 4 months for the requested scholarship stay.
- Applicants applying for research project requiring proficiency in German language must be proficient in the language. A working knowledge of German (or English and/or French) is a requirement for all applicants.
Complete application includes – curriculum vitae, list of publications, detailed information on the proposed research project, and two letters of recommendation.
Note: The reference/recommendation letters can be directly submitted by the referees directly to the scholarship administration of the institute or the sealed letters may be mailed by the applicant.
For more information, please visit Max Planck Visiting Fellows Program.
