Thyssen@KWI Fellowship 2025

The Thyssen@KWI Fellowship addresses excellent researchers from the humanities, cultural studies, and the social sciences. It is most generously funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation: https://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/ International researchers are invited to apply as well as scholars of German nationality, provided they demonstrate outstanding international work experience and contacts. We invite applications from research fellows who have completed their PhD and have already gained several years of post-doctoral research expertise (R3 level). Project proposals should address KWI's research agenda. The KWI (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut) in Essen provides fellows with modern infrastructure, office space, technical support, and offers a library service, event and research management as well as any administrative and communicative support.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Documents
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineAugust 29, 2025
• Study LevelPostdoctoral Fellowships
• SponsorInstitute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) Essen
• City to studyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
• School to studyInstitute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) Essen
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

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Benefits

• The Thyssen@Fellow will receive a fellowship contract (not a full-employment contract) and a monthly allowance of 4.000 € (pre-tax). This allowance is intended to cover rent, insurances and living expenses. Partial reimbursement of travel expenses for arrival at and departure from KWI is also possible. Fellows are responsible for covering any additional travel expenses, such as those related to conferences, using their allowance.

Requirements

• Candidates will have a completed PhD plus several years of postdoctoral experience (R3 level). We expect applicants to work on a project that differs from their PhD research.
• Applications are open to international researchers. German scholars may apply, provided they demonstrate outstanding international work experience and contacts.
• Candidates will have a strong scientific track record (including publications in respected international journals or other comparable publications; participation in and organization of international conferences). We welcome applications from candidates with a proven record of third-party funding and/or with experience in science communication and/or public humanities.

Application Documents

• CV,
• List of publications,
• PhD certificate,
• Proposal sketching your KWI project (up to max. 5,000 characters).

Application Deadline

How To Apply

• We kindly ask you to apply in the form of one single PDF file (max. 20 MB) which must be submitted electronically to [email protected] with the subject line: “Thyssen@KWIFellowship”.
  • [Due to IT safety regulations, we cannot accept applications via links to external platforms.]
• The application must be written in English and must contain a CV, a list of publications, PhD certificate, and proposal sketching your KWI project (up to max. 5,000 characters for the proposal).
• The application deadline is 29 August 2025 (midnight, CET). We will not consider applications that are incomplete or submitted after this date.
• Fellows will be selected by a committee consisting of external reviewers, the institute’s director and the Fritz Thyssen foundation.

Further information about the application process can be found in the FAQs

For further questions, please contact [email protected]

For more information, kindly visit KWI scholarship webpage.