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Fellowships & Grants
The Center for German & European Studies maintains a broad range of programs of support for the diverse constituencies that ground German studies in the United States and make them thrive. CGES has identified three core groups—academics, graduate and undergraduate students, and K-12 teachers of German. Each group builds specific strengths; together they assure continued excellence and help us grow new talent in the Midwest.
To see how CGES can help you advance toward your goals, please scroll to the opportunities listed for your career stage.
Faculty Support Programs
- Research Collaboratives are limited-term, interdisciplinary projects for joint research on Germany in its European context. They bring together U of M faculty and graduate students with faculty and students at another institution. Eligible institutions include American as well as German universities. If you have an idea you would like to explore across disciplines and with colleagues at another university, CGES can help you with a generous funding package.
Student Support Programs
- The Trans-Atlantic Summer Institutes (TASI) provide a unique forum for graduate-level students in Germany, other E.U. countries, and North America to collaborate in the exploration of advanced topics relating to Germany and its role in Europe. Each summer, twelve European and twelve North American graduate-level students work intensively for three weeks and explore in depth questions that will enrich their dissertations in German and European Studies. Topics change annually. Institute site alternates between the University of Minnesota and major German universities. The Summer Institutes aim to make a major contribution to training the next generation of experts on Germany and Europe.
- The Sommerschule Literaturwissenschaft in Marbach (SOLIMA) is a collaborative project between CGES UW-Madison, Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach am Neckar, the University of Stuttgart, and the DAAD. A biennial program, it was held for the first time in Summer 2003 in Marbach. Fellowships for the three-week program are available for graduate-level students in the field of German literature.
- In collaboration with the Steuben-Schurz Gesellschaft (a society that promotes U.S.-German relations) and the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, CGES is launching an Internship Program for undergraduate students. Interns will be placed with German and American companies that do business on both sides of the Atlantic. Application deadline is January 5.
- CGES also maintains a select list of Other Student Grant Opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students.
K-12 Teacher Support Programs
- One of the very few "study abroad" fellowship programs for active teachers of German, the Akademie DeutschlandStudien Wittenberg each summer sends 10 American teachers (five from the upper mid-west region, up to five from other states in the continental U.S.) to a three-week, intensive professional development course in Germany. Fellows enhance their cultural understanding of present-day Germany, develop new teaching materials, and ensure highest-quality German language instruction at all levels of school. Application deadline for summer 2008 fellowships is January 21, 2008.