Leo Baeck Fellowship
Application deadline: 21 April 2025
The international Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme awards fellowships to doctoral students who are working in the field of German-Jewish history and culture. We welcome projects on any period or field (including literature, philosophy, history, cultural studies), and any region (such as Europe, Israel, the Americas).
In addition to financial support for one year, the programme provides opportunities to exchange ideas with peers from around the world. It is open to doctoral candidates of any nationality, studying at any university. All fellows remain at their home institution, but come together for two workshops in the course of the fellowship, which are jointly organised by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, the Leo Baeck Institute London and the Leibniz-Institute for Jewish History and Culture - Simon Dubnow.
The programme bears the name of Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck (1873-1956), who was one of the most important personalities of German Jewry in the 20th century. The Studienstiftung runs the programme with financial support from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and in cooperation with the Leo Baeck Institute London and the Leibniz-Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow.
Up to ten fellows will be selected for the programme in the academic year 2025/26. The fellowships run from October 2025 to September 2026. Regular workshops (PDF, 0.1 MB) and an intranet platform provide support for scholarship holders and enable them to present their research and discuss methodologies and findings with other fellows. Working languages are German and English. After the first year, students enrolled at a university in Germany, may apply for an extension of their scholarship within the framework of the Studienstiftung’s doctoral programme, subject to available funds.
