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BERLIN PRIZE

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN

Deadline: October 17, 2005
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The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential
fellowships for the 2006-2007 academic year as well as for future academic
years. Applications are due in Berlin on October 17, 2005.

The Academy, which opened in September 1998, is a private, non-profit
center for advanced research in a range of academic, cultural, and
professional areas. It welcomes emerging as well as established scholars,
writers, and professionals who wish to engage in independent study in
Berlin for an academic semester or, in rare cases, for an entire academic
year. In the case of the Bosch Fellowship in Public Policy, shorter stays
of six to eight weeks may be arranged.

The Academy is housed in the Hans Arnhold Center, a historic lakeside
villa in the Wannsee district of Berlin. It welcomes about twenty fellows
each year. Berlin Prizes have been awarded to historians, economists,
filmmakers, art historians, journalists, legal scholars, linguists,
musicologists, public policy experts, and writers, among others.

Fellowship benefits include round-trip airfare, housing at the Academy,
partial board, and a stipend ranging from $3500 to $5000 per month.
Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Academy during the entire
term of the award. The Academy offers furnished apartments suitable for
individuals and couples. Very limited accommodations are available for
families with children.

All fellowships are restricted to US citizens and permanent residents.
(Applicants must be permanently based in the US.) Candidates are expected
to have completed a doctorate or equivalent professional degree at the
time of application. They need not be specialists in German topics, but
the submitted project description should explain how a Berlin residency
would contribute to further professional development.

Application forms may be downloaded from the American Academy’s website
(www.americanacademy.de) or obtained through the mail upon request.
Finalist dossiers will be reviewed by the General Selection Committee
following a peer evaluation process. The 2006–2007 Berlin Prizes will be
awarded in January 2006 and publicly announced in the spring of 2006.

At this time, the Academy is accepting applications from all fields except
for the visual arts and musical composition. Please consult the Academy’s
website for information on the Guna S. Mundheim Berlin Prize in Visual
Arts and the Deutsche Bank Berlin Prize, a fellowship for musical composition.

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The American Academy in Berlin
Am Sandwerder 17–19
14109 Berlin, Germany
Telephone +49 (30) 804 83-0
Fax +49 (30) 804 83-111

Email: applicationsamericanacademy.de
Visit the website at http://www.americanacademy.de