Each year the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg awards
3 to 6 Alfried Krupp Senior Fellowships and
6 to 12 Alfried Krupp Junior Fellowships. The Institute enables the fellows to concentrate on a major academic project, free of extensive teaching duties. The Institute also offers the opportunity to discuss their discipline with colleagues and students at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald.
Academics who have proven themselves by outstanding research and teaching are appointed as
Alfried Krupp Senior Fellows.
Alfried Krupp Junior Fellowships are awarded to particularly qualified young academics with doctorates.
A
joint application by several people who wish to realize a project in Greifswald in interdisciplinary and international cooperation is possible.
Alfried Krupp Fellowships are awarded
either for a semester (1st October to 31st March or 1st April to 30th September)
or for a whole academic year. They may be awarded to academics from Germany or from abroad.
Alfried Krupp Senior Fellowships and Alfried Krupp Junior Fellowships are
advertised publicly.
Proposals and applications should be submitted to the academic director by the deadline stated in the respective advertisement.
Applicants and persons who wish to propose a researcher to the
academic director of the Institute are requested to observer the
guidelines for applicants and on submitting proposals, which can also be downloaded as a
PDF file.
Where possible, Alfried Krupp Senior Fellows should arrange to be substituted at their respective home institution by a junior academic. The
substitution costs will be borne by the Institute. Furthermore, Alfried Krupp Senior Fellows are provided with an
apartment and an
office,
free of charge, in the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg. Individual offers may be made by the Institute to Alfried Krupp Senior Fellows who cannot be granted paid leave by their home institutions.
Alfried Krupp Junior Fellows are paid a
monthly research grant of 2,700 EUR. As a rule this grant is tax-free in Germany. Additionally, Alfried Krupp Junior Fellows are provided with an
apartment and an
office,
free of charge, in the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg.
Travelling and laboratory costs are not covered by the Institute.
During their stay Alfried Krupp Fellows are expected to
complete, or at least to make decisive progress in, a significant research project.
Fellows are expected to
live in the Institute.
The Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg would welcome it if Alfried Krupp Senior Fellows were to hold a class for the students of Greifswald University during their stay.
Further information for applicants and on submitting proposals may be found here.
