Funding Opportunities for Scholars at Risk – Gerda Henkel Foundation Historical Humanities supports threatened and refugee scholars’ research and study to sustain their work and develop career perspectives abroad.
Applicants must now have their dissertation published in full; individual articles, cumulative publication, printed deposit copies, microfiche, or another academic book do not qualify. The revised rule explicitly covers doctorates earned in Germany or abroad and specifies publisher-issued print or digital publications, generally with an ISBN.
The Gerda Henkel Foundation's Scholars at Risk program supports displaced and threatened humanities researchers to continue and rebuild their academic work outside their home countries.
The Gerda Henkel Foundation’s PhD Scholarships fund doctoral research in the historical humanities, supporting innovative projects that advance knowledge of human history and culture.
General Research Grants: Scholarships — Research Scholarships support individual scholars’ research time, travel and materials to pursue independent work in the historical humanities.
General Research Grants: Scholarships support postdoctoral and senior scholars’ research time, travel and materials to pursue individual projects in the historical humanities.
Publishing Aid from the Gerda Henkel Foundation funds printing costs for exceptional academic works in the historical humanities emerging from Foundation-supported research.