Visiting Fellows Program: AICGS, Germany 4761 views

Visiting Fellows Program: AICGS (American Institute for Contemporary German Studies) is now accepting applications for in-residence Visiting Fellows.

AICGS Visiting Fellows Program is designed to provide scholars and specialists with a base while conducting their research in Washington, DC.

Visiting Fellows’ research projects should fit under one or more of the Institute’s three research and programming areas:

1. Geoeconomics
2. Foreign and Domestic Policy
3. Society, Culture and Politics

Within these three program areas, AICGS focuses on specific projects that address emerging issues relevant to a changing transatlantic relationship. Visiting Fellows who are working on similar issues may benefit particularly from a research stay at AICGS. The Program, however, accepts fellows working on a variety of topics.

Qualifications / Requirements

1. Applicants must have at least a Master’s Degree and be working on issues related to the German-American relationship.
2. Visiting Fellows must be self-financed and can be in-residence at AICGS for anywhere between one month to one year. Applications are accepted year round.
3. The Visiting Fellows Program is open to all nationalities.
4. Fellows are responsible for their own travel and living costs while in Washington, DC.
5. Visiting Fellows must cover the use of office space at AICGS and incidentals, such as phone/supplies/postage.
6. Foreign nationals must be eligible to travel to the U.S.

Application Procedure

There is no formal application form. To apply for the AICGS Visiting Fellowship Program, please submit the following materials:

1. A brief cover letter
2. A curriculum vitae, with a list of publications (if relevant)
3. A project proposal (5-7 pages, double-spaced) outlining in clear, concise terms the substantive thrust of the research and its relevance to the AICGS mission, and the reasons for carrying it out at AICGS
4. One letter of reference (for graduate students and recent PhDs (received in the last five years) only).

Deadlines: Not mentioned

Please send your application via e-mail to:

Susanne Dieper
Director of Programs and Grants
sdieper@aicgs.org