Grants
The Ibero-American Institute (IAI) awards ten to twelve grants each year to support a one- to three-month research stay in Berlin. The grants are intended to give scholars the opportunity to use the IAI's vast library holdings and special collections for their research work, to collaborate with the institute's research staff and to establish contact with colleagues in Germany. The IAI gives priority to projects that are related to its research focuses. It awards grants in response to individual applications or calls for applications on specific topics. The minimum requirement for a grant is a university degree at the time of applying. A monthly grant of €900 is paid to persons holding a university degree, €1,200 to persons with a Ph.D. or comparable qualification, and €500 to persons who continue to draw a salary during their research stay. Further, the IAI pays a travel allowance of up to €500.
Application Documents
Applicants are requested to submit the following documents via email as attachments to the IAI:
- A completed application form (Download Form);
- A curriculum vitae
- Two letters of recommendation from university teachers describing academic qualifications (for graduate students and Ph.D. candidates)
- List of publications
- Copies of university transcripts and diplomas conferring academic degrees
- In-depth description of the project (no more than ten pages) touching upon the following points: reasons for and objective of project; approach and methodology; bibliography of the most important works on the topic; completed preliminary work; cooperation with other scholars.
Applications and documents can be submitted in German, English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Application Deadlines
If you are applying for a grant for the first half of the year, your application must arrive at the IAI until September 30 of the previous year. If your intended stay is in the second half of a year, the deadline is March 31 of the same year.
All documents must be sent via email as attachments in PDF format to becas@iai.spk-berlin.de
Please make sure your email is no greater than 4MB, otherwise it may be blocked by our mail servers before it reaches us.
Please click the following link for in-depth information on IAI grants: Information on IAI Grants