Opportunities
On this page we collect current job offers, tenders and research grants that are sent to us by our network.
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Scholarship program of the Daimler and Benz Foundation 2026 to support postdoctoral researchers and junior professors (deadline: October 1, 2025)
Each year, the foundation awards a total of twelve scholarships (two of them in cooperation with the Reinhard Frank Foundation) to selected postdocs and junior professors in a leadership role. The aim is to strengthen the autonomy and creativity of the next generation of scientists and to pave the way for committed researchers during the productive phase after their doctorate.
To apply, applicants must have their own research project as well as an institutional connection to a scientific institution in Germany or a German scientific institution abroad. This can be an extension of an existing project or a new research project.
IEG fellowships for postdocs (m/f/d) (Deadline: October 15, 2025)
Start: from April 2026 or later
Duration: 6-12 months
Scholarship rate: 1,800 euros
Scope / Location: Full-time Residence and attendance obligation in Mainz
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz awards fellowships for postdoctoral researchers in the fields of European history and history of religion or other historical disciplines (including digital history).
The IEG supports research projects on European history from the early modern period to contemporary history. The funding enables you to further develop your research project at the IEG in close cooperation with IEG researchers and to contribute to ongoing research activities at the IEG.
We are particularly interested in projects
- with a comparative or cross-border approach,
- on European history, including its global interconnections, or
- on topics in the history of religion and ideas.
Forum Jewish History 2026 - CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: October 19, 2025)
The 26th conference of the Forum is dedicated to the reorganization of early modern Jewish communities after the severe crisis following the expulsions of the late Middle Ages. It will examine phenomena of self-organization, representation of interests and external communication as they developed in the early modern period in the broad spectrum of Jewish settlement locations - large communities, small towns, suburbs, villages, residential and trading towns.
The conference will take place from 6 to 8 February 2026 in cooperation with the History Department of the Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart at the Hohenheim Conference Center. It is financially supported by the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish History.
We cordially invite researchers on the topic to participate in the Forum conference with contributions of a maximum of 20-25 minutes. These can also be workshop reports from ongoing projects or doctoral projects. As is usual for working groups, the participants, including the speakers, are responsible for financing their own costs. For interested students, a subsidy is possible in individual cases.
Please send your abstract of about 500 words and a short biography of about 100 words to Dr. Rotraud Ries(ries(at)forum-juedische-geschichte.de)by 19.10.2025.
2027-2028 Individual Fellowships and Research Groups at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (Application deadline: December 1, 2025)
The IIAS offers two flagship programs:
- Individual Fellowships: for tenured scholars seeking an inspiring environment to pursue innovative research in any discipline.
- Research Groups: for teams of 5-8 tenured scholars to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects.
Residency Options: 10 months, 5 months, or 3 months (for experimental sciences groups). Fellows and Research Groups will conduct their research at the IIAS on the Edmond J. Safra Campus, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Attached are the Open Calls for Individual Fellowships and Research Groups, as well as a short brochure about the Institute.
Further details are available here: IIAS Open Calls