Call for Applications 2025: Joint Fellowship Program of the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University and the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies Delhi (MWF Delhi) for young scholars from South Asia

We notably encourage young scholars in the early phases of their profession (3-5 years after their doctorate) to apply. The fellowship begins in October 2025 and runs for three months; the place of residence is Heidelberg. During the keep, a undertaking beforehand outlined in the application is to be taken up and developed right into a third-party funding application. The application may be aimed toward buying analysis funding in addition to change or occasion packages. Scholarship holders are anticipated to actively take part in scientific occasions at the SAI throughout their keep.

Key Benefits of the Fellowship

The Fellowship/Scholarship contains:

• reimbursement of worldwide journey bills of as much as EUR 1,500;
• cost of rental prices;
• a month-to-month scholarship instalment of EUR 1,200.

Application Deadline

***Selection will happen by the finish of June 2025. SAI will present help with visa purposes if essential.

Eligible Regions

• Young researchers from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh who want to set up and develop a analysis collaboration with the SAI.

How To Apply

To apply, please ship the following paperwork in English to scholarship@mwsindia.org by 04 June 2025:

1. Short cowl letter (max. 1 web page).
2. Curriculum vitae (CV) with a whole checklist of publications.
3. A duplicate of your final doctoral certificates.
4. Project description (not more than 2,000 phrases).
5. List of two referees who’ve agreed to supply additional details about you.

***View particulars at Call for Applications: Joint Scholarship Program of the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University and the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies Delhi (MWF Delhi) for young scholars from South Asia – South Asia Institute

***Please summarize all of your application paperwork in a single PDF doc.

Contact

• If you may have any questions on the application or the scholarship program normally, please contact Dr. Martin Gieselmann at gieselmann@sai.uni-heidelberg.de