The Gerda Henkel Foundation was founded in June 1976 by Lisa Maskell in memory of her mother Gerda Henkel as a private, non-profit, grant-making organisation dedicated to fostering research in the humanities. Starting in 2011, the Gerda Henkel Foundation is offering Marie Curie Fellowships in the M4HUMAN programme aimed at supporting outstanding scholars.
M4HUMAN PROGRAMME
Mobility for experienced researchers in historical humanities including Islamic Studies
Co-financed by the European Commission under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Funding:
- History
- Prehistory and Early History
- Archaeology
- Art History
- Historic Islamic Studies
- Legal History
- Historical studies, religious, cultural and political sciences under the special programme „Islam, the modern nation state and transnational movements“.
Eligibility:
The programme provides 24-month research grants for two categories of researchers:
- Experienced researchers (PhD or 4 to 10 years of comparable research experience)
- Senior researchers (post-doctoral qualifications or more than 10 years of comparable and proven research experience)
Precondition:
A precondition for the application is an element of mobility (either incoming or outgoing); i.e. a stay at a host research institute selected by the applicant, situated in a country other than the country of origin.
Payment:
The grants cover the following costs:
-Living costs in the destination country (€ 2,000 for Experienced Researchers; € 3,200 for Senior Researchers)
-family/child allowance if applicable
-Mobility allowance
-Travel allowance
-Research costs (covering the costs of further training, start-up and return costs, together with an allowance to defray the costs of the host institution)
The Deadline for applications is 30 June 2011.
For further information (including the required application forms, deadlines and available endowments), please refer to our homepage at:
http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/eng