Deadline:
July 31, 2025
Location(s)
Germany
Overview
The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is a unique ensemble of cultural memorial sites. With more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses, parks as well as literary and art collections, it is one of the largest and most significant cultural institutions in Germany. The international Weimar Awards provide support for graduates, post-doctoral researchers and habilitated scientists who wish to use the Weimar collections for their research work.
Details
The Klassik Stiftung Weimar awards Weimar Fellowships to researchers whose projects refer to the collections and cultural heritage of Weimar.
The two- to four-month fellowships promote research projects which focus on European cultural history from early modern times to the present day and make reference to the collections in Weimar. Fellowship recipients are allowed to conduct research in all facilities and departments of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, particularly in the Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv (GSA), the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek (HAAB) and the museums.
Categories
Weimar Awards are granted in the following categories:
- Graduate awards: The graduate awards are for scholars who have obtained above-average results in their degree studies and wish to document the conceptual context of their research project, to be realised in Weimar, by means of a dissertation or equivalent scientific work. An assessment approving the research project must be enclosed with the application.
- Post-doctoral awards: Young graduates who have already completed their doctoral thesis and published their work in relevant journals can apply for a post-doctoral award.
- Residential awards: The residential awards are for graduates, scholars who have completed their doctoral thesis and habilitated scientists whose monthly net income exceeds 1,500 Euro and will also do so during the period for which a Weimar award is requested. With the residential awards, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar grants scholars a more generous book allowance and a variety of concessions during the period of their research in Weimar.
Award holders will pursue their studies in the Klassik Stiftung Weimar’s institutions. They will take part in regular colloquia during their stay in Weimar. They declare their willingness to present their current research project to an interested public in general comprehensive terms. Award holders are required to present a work report as well as to answer some additional questions at the end of their stay in Weimar, and no later than four weeks of the expiration of their award. The work report should outline the results of the research carried out in Weimar and mention the used collections. We are always happy to receive ideas on how the Weimar awards could be developed further.
The award holders are obliged to make appropriate mention of the support provided by the Klassik Stiftung in all publications originating from their stay in Weimar. The following wording must be used: »This study was supported by an award from the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.« A sample of every publication originating from the award holder’s stay in Weimar must be sent to the Klassik Stiftung.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Award criteria
- A clearly recognisable relationship between the research plan and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar’s collections
- The applicant’s scientific qualifications
- The significance of the research plan for research community
General surveys and works without direct reference to the sources cannot be supported. The award holders are chosen by a committee comprising staff members at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and members of the Research Council. There are no legal entitlements to Weimar awards.
Dates
Deadline: July 31, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Financial assistance is available for a maximum of 6 months. Amounts awarded are as follows:
- Graduate award holders are granted EUR 1,000 per month;
- Post-doctoral award holders are granted EUR 1,500 per month;
- Residential award holders are granted EUR 500 per month.
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