Currently no applications are accepted.

Please note that researchers cannot apply directly for this programme.

Eligible for a Philipp Schwartz fellowship are all threatened researchers from any academic field and any country of origin who:

• have completed their doctorate or a comparable academic degree (PhD, CSc or equivalent)
• do not reside or have not been resident outside their own country for more than three years; researchers who hold German university entrance qualifications (“Bildungsinländer”) are not eligible
• possess the language skills required to successfully conduct their research projects
• possess academic qualifications (e.g. publications)
• possess potential to be integrated into the (research-related) job market
• who have not yet been funded in the context of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative
• persons that have access to residence in safe countries due to multiple citizenship or other circumstances and German citizens are not eligible for nomination
• multiple nominations of one person by several institutions are not permitted

Updated programme documents and further information can be found on the website of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative.

The Philipp Schwartz Initiative was founded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation together with the Federal Foreign Office and enables universities, universities of applied sciences and non-university research institutions in Germany to grant fellowships for research stays to threatened researchers.

This initiative is financed by the Federal Foreign Office, the Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Stifterverband and the Mercator Foundation.