Mobility for experienced researchers in historical humanities including Islamic Studies

Co-financed by the European Commission under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research

The Gerda Henkel Foundation was founded in June 1976 by Lisa Maskell in memory of her mother Gerda Henkel as a private, non-profit, grant-making organisation dedicated to fostering research in the humanities. Starting in 2011, the Gerda Henkel Foundation is offering Marie Curie Fellowships in the M4HUMAN programme aimed at supporting outstanding scholars.

Funding:

• History
• Prehistory and Early History
• Archaeology
• Art History
• Historic Islamic Studies
• Legal History
• Historical studies, religious, cultural and political sciences under the special programme „Islam, the modern nation state and transnational movements“.

Eligibility:

The programme provides 24-month research grants for two categories of researchers: 

• Experienced researchers (PhD or 4 to 10 years of comparable research experience)
• Senior researchers (post-doctoral qualifications or more than 10 years of comparable and proven research experience)

Precondition:

A precondition for the application is an element of mobility (either incoming or outgoing); i.e. a stay at a host research institute selected by the applicant, situated in a country other than the country of origin.

The Deadline for applications is 30 June, 2011.

Selection process

Following the application phase, all fully completed applications are evaluated by the International Advisory Committee and the Academic Advisory Committee of the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The assessment criteria include the above average qualifications of the applicant and the academic quality of the project. The final decision on all applications is made by the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, based on the recommendations of these two bodies.

For further information (including the required application forms, deadlines and available endowments), please refer to our homepage at:

www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/eng

Gerda Henkel Stiftung
Malkastenstr. 15  D-40211 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 (0)211 93 65 24 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)211  93 65 24 - 44
info@gerda-henkel-stiftung.de
www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/eng