How to apply
Applications should be submitted by completing the online application form. Please make sure you have assembled all the necessary information before starting to complete the form, since there is no possibility of saving the information you have entered during the process. We recommend filling in the application form at least a few days before the deadline. Otherwise, should you experience problems, we will not be able to provide adequate support.
Application Deadline: May 31, 2016 (23:00 CET)
As part of the form, you will be asked to upload a single PDF file. The PDF should not exceed a size of 10 MB. Please name your PDF „YOURNAME.pdf“ (substituting your last name for YOURNAME). The PDF should contain:
- Outline of proposed research project for second book including bibliography (3,500 words max., not counting the bibliography)
- Proposed work and time schedule
- Curriculum vitae
- List of publications
- Letter of motivation (2-3 pages)
- Degree certificates and transcripts. Degree certificates in languages other than English or German must be translated into English or German by a certified and nationally accredited translator. Please include an explanation of the grade system used in the certificates/transcripts.
- Writing sample in English (thesis chapter or independent academic publication, max. 5,000 to 7,000 words)
Please refrain from including a photograph of yourself in your application.
In the form, you will be asked for the following information:
- Personal data
- Academic information: Please provide information on your completed degrees. You can enter up to three different completed degrees. In general, these will be your B.A. and M.A.degrees (or equivalent), and your doctoral degree. Should you have completed more than three degrees, please choose the most relevant ones and include the others in your CV.
- Doctoral thesis: Please specify title, received grade and supervisor(s) of your thesis.
- Publications: Please provide a list of your most relevant academic publications (up to 10 titles).
- Honors, scholarships, prizes, awards, fellowships
- Language skills: Please tick the appropriate box or boxes. If you are you a native English speaker, no further information is required. If you have completed a degree with English as its language of instruction, please specify which of the above-mentioned degrees this was. If none of the above apply to you, please choose „other“ and specify your English proficieny level. It is not necessary to provide a certificate of language proficiency at this point. Should your application successfully pass the first stage of the selection process, we will actively solicit this information. For required language proficiency levels, see Formal requirements.
- References: Please do not submit letters of reference, but indicate the names and contact details of two potential referees. The RTG will contact the referees if further information is required.
- Proposed research project: This section includes information on your project’s working title as well as a short abstract (approx. 200 words).
- Submitted documents: Please check that the PDF you upload contains all the necessary information and meets the formal criteria (file size, name).
- Additional information: You may use this field for any additional information you deem relevant.