Herbert and Elsbeth Weichmann Foundation: General Funding
The Herbert and Elsbeth Weichmann Foundation supports scholarly work on political exile through subsidies for printing costs, grants for material expenses and archive research trips, as well as funding for academic events. Applications can be submitted by email by March 1 or September 1 each year.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Support for research projects on political exile in accordance with the foundation's purpose, particularly for the study of the democratic opposition in exile against the Nazi regime and its consequences, as well as forms of literary and artistic engagement with totalitarianism, exclusion, and exile.
Eligible expenses
- Printing cost subsidies for monographs
- Allowances for archive trips (travel and accommodation costs)
- Material expenses within the scope of research
- Grants for scientific events
- Travel expenses for event participation
Eligible to apply
- Individuals
Funding requirements
- Research project in the field of political exile
- Alignment with the foundation's purpose
- Signed funding application
- Additional funding-relevant documents
- Submission by March 1 or September 1 via email
Documents required for application
- Signed funding application
- Project description with objectives and schedule
- Curriculum vitae in tabular form
- Expert recommendation (for dissertation/habilitation)
- Publishing contract offer (for printing cost subsidy)
- Program and financing plan (for event subsidy)
Evaluation criteria
- Alignment with the foundation's purpose
- Scientific quality and degree of innovation
- Proof of progress in the research project
Description
The Herbert and Elsbeth Weichmann Foundation primarily supports scholarly work on political exile in Hamburg through its General Funding program. The focus is on research and publication projects that address forms of political opposition in Nazi exile, aspects of memory culture, as well as literary and artistic engagement with totalitarianism and exclusion. Funding is provided for publication subsidies for monographs, anthologies, and editions, grants for archival and travel expenses, as well as material costs within the scope of academic research. Additionally, assistance can be requested for organizing and participating in scholarly events. In individual cases, the funding concept also extends to comparative exile histories from other historical periods to develop new methods and perspectives for contextualizing exile during the Nazi era.
Individuals, especially scholars whose projects align with the Foundation’s purpose, may submit applications by March 1 and September 1 each year. Applications must be submitted electronically via email to the Foundation’s office in Hamburg and include, among other documents, a signed funding application, a curriculum vitae in tabular form, a project description with a timeline and budget plan, as well as, for dissertations/habilitations, a letter of recommendation, and for publication subsidies, a publishing contract offer. The selection of funded projects is based on alignment with the Foundation’s objectives, scholarly quality, and contribution to exile research. Reviewers from the Scientific Advisory Board advise the Foundation’s Executive Board, which makes the final funding decisions on this basis.