Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellowship

Deadline: 03/01/2022

The Leo Baeck Institute is offering a Career Development Award as a personal grant to a scholar or professional in an early career stage whose proposed work would deal with topics within the Leo Baeck Institute’s mission, namely historical or cultural issues of the Jewish experience in German-speaking lands.

The grant is intended to provide for the cost of obtaining scholarly material (e.g. publications), temporary help in research and production needs, membership in scholarly organizations, travel, computer, copying and communication charges and summer stipend for non-tenured academics.

Duration

one to two years

Funding

Upper: $25,000USD

The award of up to $25,000 will cover the period July 1 – June 30 of the following year and, at the discretion of the reviewing board, may be renewed for a second year.

Eligibility

The applicant must be a scholar or professional in an early career stage, e.g. before gaining tenure in an academic institution or its equivalent.

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Contact

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