Berlin Program Dissertation Fellowships Grant

The Berlin Program Dissertation Fellowships provide up to one year of dissertation or postdoctoral research support at Freie Universität Berlin. Open to scholars in social sciences and humanities, these fellowships offer EUR 1550 per month for 10 to 12 months, along with a travel reimbursement of EUR 1200. Applicants must be full-time graduate students at a North American university, have completed all Ph.D. coursework, and achieved ABD status before their research stay.

We offer five different fellowships: Berlin Program Dissertation Fellowship, Berlin Program Postdoc Fellowship, Max Kade Berlin Postdoc Fellowship, Kerstin Leitner Berlin Dissertation Fellowship and Kerstin Leitner Berlin Postdoc Fellowship.
Fellowships for dissertation research are EUR 1550 per month (as of October 1, 2023) for 10 to 12 months and carries a travel reimbursement of EUR 1200. Applicants for a dissertation fellowship must be full-time graduate students at a North American university, must have completed all coursework required for a Ph.D. and must have achieved ABD (all but dissertation) status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin begins.