Funder: Gerda Henkel Foundation
Due Dates: November 20, 2026 (Application) | May 2027 (Subsequent deadline; exact date forthcoming)
Funding Amounts: €2,760 or €3,720 per month, generally for 1–24 months, plus family allowances and research expenses
Summary: Supports individual postdoctoral and senior scholars’ research time and associated expenses for historical humanities projects.
Key Information: Full-time scholarships only; concurrent receipt of a salary or pension is not permitted.
Description
The Gerda Henkel Foundation’s General Research Grants support individual scholars working on specific projects in the historical humanities. Eligible fields are archaeology, history, historical Islamic studies, art history, history of law, prehistory and early history, and history of science. Neighbouring disciplines are eligible when the central research question is historically oriented.
This scholarship funds the applicant’s own working time, with additional travel and material aid available for research visits to archives, libraries, museums and other destinations, including research-related conference travel. Applications supporting additional scholarship holders, or requesting only travel and material expenses without a personal scholarship, must use the separate Research Project funding option. Doctoral candidates must apply through the PhD Scholarship option.
