Candidates in academic disciplines must have completed a Ph D at the time of application.
Applicants working in most other fieldssuch as journalism, filmmaking, or public policymust have equivalent professional degrees.
An e-mailed application without a hard copy will not be accepted.Because of the impending loss of social and cultural contact that would inevitably occur after the withdrawal of the Allies, the representatives of Berlin created the Study Foundation to sustain and develop contact with France, Great Britain, the United States, Russia and other successor states of former Soviet Union.Generally speaking, the Study Foundation is a grant program for young scientists who desire either to work on Berlin along with German/international issues or to use our research facilities.Undergraduates and graduates receive 770 EUR, postdocs 1,300 EUR per month.The scholarship includes travel costs to and from Berlin and free lodging in the International Study Center Berlin.