Funder: Gerda Henkel Foundation
Due Dates: November 20, 2026 (Application) | May 2027 (Subsequent deadline; exact date pending)
Funding Amounts: €2,760 or €3,720 monthly, generally for 1–24 months, plus family allowances and travel/material aid
Summary: Personal scholarships support individual scholars’ full-time, independent research in the historical humanities.
Key Information: Only full-time scholarships are available; concurrent salary or pension receipt is not permitted.
Description
The Gerda Henkel Foundation’s Research Scholarships finance individual scholars’ own working time for independent research in the historical humanities. Supported fields include archaeology, history, art history, historical Islamic studies, history of law, prehistory and early history, and history of science. Neighbouring disciplines are eligible when the central research question is historically oriented.
This option provides a personal scholarship exclusively for the applicant, with additional travel and material support available, including conference travel during the scholarship. Applications supporting additional scholarship holders, or requesting only travel and material aid without a personal scholarship, must use the separate Research Projects option. Doctoral candidates must instead apply for a PhD Scholarship.
