DAAD North America: German Studies Conference Funding Grant

DAAD North America: German Studies Conference Funding Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - DAAD)
Last Updated: September 20, 2025

Summary

The DAAD North America program offers funding for faculty and students to organize interdisciplinary workshops and conferences focused on German studies. Supported by the German Foreign Office, it aims to enhance understanding of Germany's cultural, political, and economic landscape in North America. Projects must be well-defined and financially supported by at least 50% from other sources, excluding transatlantic travel and overhead costs. This initiative encourages collaboration and engagement in the humanities and social sciences.

Overview

Faculty members and advanced students in the humanities, social sciences and related fields are invited to apply for co-funding to organize workshops, seminars and conferences that embrace the interdisciplinary and/or comparative study of the history, politics, economics, law, society, culture and the arts of Germany. Netzwerk Deutsch (formerly: StADaF = Ständige Arbeitsgruppe Deutsch als Fremdsprache / Standing Committee for German as a Foreign Language) funds are made available by the German Foreign Office to encourage distinguished scholarly contributions to a deeper understanding of contemporary Germany in the US and Canada.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Grants can be made for specific projects only; they cannot be made to institutions or be used for annual meetings of societies or solely to finance publications. Projects to be funded must be of limited duration, have a clearly defined goal, and, as a general rule, must be carried out within the applicable calendar year.A minimum of 50% of project costs have to be contributed from other sources, including the university hosting the event. Domestic travel, ground transportation, accommodation for active speakers and panelists, catering costs and honoraria of up to USD 500 for keynote speakers are chargeable expense categories.

Ineligibility

DAAD funding guidelines do not permit use of the contribution to cover transatlantic travel.As a German public donor agency, it is also firm and consistent DAAD policy not to fund office overhead or indirect costs at North American universities.In-kind contributions, such as the provision of meeting space or equipment, may not be counted towards the matching funds requirement.