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Apply now: IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students


The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz awards 6-12 month fellowships for doctoral students in European history, the history of religion and other historical disciplines.

The IEG funds PhD projects in European history from early modern to contemporary history. We are particularly interested in projects

  • with a comparative or cross-border approach,
  • on Europe in its relation to the wider world,
  • on topics of intellectual and religious history,
  • with digital tools and methods, or
  • on environmental history.

More information: Fellowships for Doctoral Students – Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG)

The application deadline is August 15, 2026 for a Fellowship startin from March 2027.

Apply directly here: https://bewerbung.ieg-mainz.de/pc4w3

im Konferenzraum des IEG, drei junge Frauen sitzen im Publikum auf Stühlen und hören einem Vortrag zu