Funds for Dissertation Research in Germany, Austria & Switzerland

Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung. Bundeskanzler Scholarship (American young leaders/scholars), Roman Herzog Scholarship (Central European young leaders/scholars), other funding opportunities.
American Council on Germany. Dr. Guido Goldman Fellowship for the Study of German and European Economic and International Affairs (supports doctoral & postdoctoral research).
Austrian Academic Exchange Service. Funding opportunities for international students and researchers.
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Fellowships and Summer Research Assistantships.
Council for European Studies. Small Travel Grants, young scholars' networking grants, predissertation fellowhips
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). Dissertation research grants, Berlin - European Metropolis of the Third Millennium, "Hochschulsommerkurse" at German Universities, Goethe-Institut Summer language training. DAAD-Leo Baeck Institute grants for research on German-Speaking Jewry, summer institute program for junior scholars, and other programs
Das Deutsche Archäologische Institut. study scholarships for foreign researchers.
Émigre Memorial German Internship Programs. provides internship opportunities for U.S. and Canadian students to complete one- to three-month internships with German state parliaments and ministries
ERCOMER summer research grants for European migration studies.
Ernst Mach-Stipendium study & research in Austria.
European Commission. Marie Curie Host Fellowships.
European Union Studies Association. Haas Fund Fellowship for graduate student EU-related dissertation research.
Feuchtwanger Memorial Library. research grants for scholars, whose work would benefit from access to the library's German exile study materials.
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung. Wolf-Erich-Kellner-Gedächtnisstiftung.
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. fellowships for research and study in Germany.
Fritz Thyssen Stipendienprogramm der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle interdisciplinary research on 17th & 18th century piety, & on cultural contact between Germany and Russia, America, India, the Netherlands, & Hungary.
Fulbright Scholar Program. Dissertation Grants for Research in Germany.
German-Canadian Studies, U. of Winnipeg. grants for MA and PhD students (at Canadian & German universities), conducting research on German-speaking immigrants & their descendants in Canada.
German Historical Institute Young Scholar's Forum, doctoral/postdoctoral fellowships for research in German-American studies.
Gottlieb Daimler-und Karl Benz-Stiftung. foreign academics working towards a dissertation and planning a research stay at a German host institution.
Harvard University, Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies. Graduate Summer Travel Grants for summer research in Europe, for Harvard and MIT graduate students.
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. funding for study in Germany. Commitment to social policy issues is desired.
Herbert und Elsbeth Weichmann Stiftung. Dissertation Grants for research on national socialism.
Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. jährlich Stipendien von jeweils 6 Monaten für Forschungen an der Herzog August Bibliothek. Gesucht werden junge Forscherpersönlichkeiten, deren Projekte sich mit einem Aspekt der Kulturgeschichte des alten Braunschweiger Territoriums in der Frühen Neuzeit befassen.
Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM), Wien. Junior Visiting Fellowship Program, Jozef Tischner Fellowship for young Polish or Polish-American researchers.
Institute of Current World Affairs. John O. Crane Memorial Fellowship, Target-Of-Opportunity Fellowship.
Internationale Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften (IFK). Junior Fellowship Grants (Austria).
Joseph L Fisher Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in support of social science doctoral dissertation research on issues related to the environment, natural resources, or energy.
Konrad Adenauer Foundation for graduate study/research in Germany
Manitoba Research Grant. University of Winnipeg. two research grants every 6 mo. (up to $ 1,000.00), to support projects related to the past and present experiences of Manitoba German-speaking immigrants and their descendants. Open to academic researchers at all faculty and student levels, private researchers and collaborative projects.
National Academy of Social Insurance. John Heinz Dissertation Award addressing topics relevant to the planning and implementation of social insurance policy is eligible for nomination. May include analysis of cross-national comparisons and family social insurance protections.
Pan European Researcher's Mobility Portal
Researcher's Mobility Portal Austria
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships. To further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries.
SAE/Council for European Studies. Predissertation Research Grants.
Social Science Research Council Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Program, German-American Academic Council Summer Institutes, Fellowships on Peace & Security in a Changing World.
Stiftung Luftbrückendank. Postgraduate Fellowships for Berlin
Stiftung Kreisau für Europäische Verständigung. Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten aus Deutschland sowie Mittel- und Osteuropa ein, die für ihre eigenen Projekte die besondere Atmosphäre und Ruhe des Berghauses nutzen möchten und im Gegenzug die Programmtätigkeit der Stiftung Kreisau unterstützen und bereichern wollen.
Stiftung zur Förderung der Archäologie im rheinischen Braunkohlenrevier. Dissertation, exhibition, and publication funding for archaeology in the Rheinland Ruhr district.
University of Erfurt. Three Carl Schurz fellowships, for U.S. doctoral students. Six month fellowship, including a monthly stipend of EUR 850 and travel expenses, up to EUR 1000.
University of Toronto The Joint Initiative in German and European Studies. Fellowships and grants for U of Toronto graduate students whose primary area of interest deals with a German or European topic.
University of Winnipeg. Research Scholarships at Master/Doctor's level, for a German-Canadian topic.
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. dissertation fellowships in women’s studies encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries.
Zentrum für Höhere Studien der Universität Leipzig
Internationaler Promotionsstudiengang: "Transnationalisierung und Regionalisierung vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart."