Call for Applications: Multiple Short-Term Fellowships at ICAS-MP for the Academic Year July 2026–June 2027
The M.S. Merian – R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies ‘Metamorphoses of the Political: Comparative Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century’ (ICAS:MP), a project under the aegis of the Max Weber Stiftung India Branch Office, invites applications for multiple fellowships for the academic year July 2026–June 2027.
ICAS:MP is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and has its main location in New Delhi, India, though the research conducted at the centre is not restricted to India and South Asia.
Application Details and Fellowship Terms & Conditions:
The fellowships are open to applicants of all nationalities. We particularly welcome applicants based at German and Indian academic institutions. Interested scholars from related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities working on thematic fields relevant to ICAS:MP are invited to apply. The research project must relate to the broader ICAS:MP research agenda; please consult the ICAS:MP website at https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/.
Fellowships are for a period of up to 5 months. ICAS:MP will reimburse successful candidates with a stipend up to their salary, but no more than €3,500 per month.
Ideally, applicants should have three years of experience after their PhD has been awarded (not
submitted). The minimum requirement is that the PhD degree must have been completed at least
one year before the beginning of the fellowship.
This is a residential writing fellowship based at ICAS:MP, New Delhi. Fellows should work on a topic for which the major part of research has been completed at the start of the fellowship. During the fellowship term, longer absences for fieldwork or archival research outside Delhi are not allowed. Applicants must be fluent in English and any other languages relevant to their research proposal.
All materials should be uploaded in the application form by 15.07.2025. Late applications will not be considered.
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