Deadline:
October 15, 2025
Location(s)
Germany
Alte Universitätsstraße 19 D – 55116 Mainz
Overview
The IEG awards postdoctoral fellowships to young academics from Germany and abroad who have completed their doctoral dissertations and are pursuing a new research project.
Details
This fellowship is intended to help you develop your own research project in close collaboration with scholars working at the IEG. Your contribution consists in bringing your own interests to bear on the work of the IEG and its research programme negotiating difference in Europe. This includes the possibility of developing a perspective for further cooperation with the IEG.
Applicants should have been awarded their doctorate no more than three years before the beginning of the proposed fellowship (non-academic activities are not relevant to the application). The final examination or defence of the dissertation must have been successfully completed by the application deadline. It is not possible to avail of funding for the final phase of doctoral research and continuing into a subsequent postdoctoral project.
Application: IEG Fellowships for Postdocs
Attachments in the following order:
- Completed application form
- curriculum vitae; list of publications (if available)
- brief description of the proposed project with a detailed working plan and schedule for the in-tended stay at the Institute (5 pages/ 15,000 characters excluding spaces)
- digital copy of dissertation
- copies of university transcript and proofs of language competence
Please use the IEG application form which can be found under Downloads on the right.
Applications should be submitted by email to: application@ieg-mainz.de
Leibniz Institute of European History
The Directors
Prof. Dr. Nicole Reinhardt | Prof. Dr. Johannes Paulmann
Re: Fellowship Application
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
The IEG awards postdoctoral fellowships to young academics from Germany and abroad who have completed their doctoral dissertations and are pursuing a new research project.
Applicants must have completed their doctorate no more than three years before taking up the fellowship. We expect proficiency in English and a sufficient command of German to participate in discussions at the Institute.
Dates
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Value of IEG Fellowships for Postdocs
1. Fellowship rates (from 01/01/2015)
The IEG Fellowships are jointly funded by the federal and state governments. The fellowships are exclusively for the purpose of pursuing the research project detailed in the application at the IEG. Fellows are therefore not permitted to pursue or avail of any other form of employment or funding for the duration of the fellowship.
IEG Fellowships for postdocs have a monthly value of € 1,800.
2. Family allowance
Fellowship holders whose partners accompany them to Mainz and do not have income of more than 450 euros per month may receive a family allowance. Please indicate in your application whether your partner accompanies you to Mainz.
Fellows who come to Mainz accompanied by their underage children can apply for a child allowance.
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