Dear friends and colleagues, the following announcement may be of interest to some of your students. Please direct any further inquiries to the email address given at the bottom.
All best wishes, Stefan Baums ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany offers TWO PHD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISSERTATION PROJECTS RELATED TO BUDDHISM. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: October 25th, 2023 START OF SCHOLARSHIP: Spring, Summer or Autumn 2024 DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP: 4 years SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT: € 1,200 per month + insurance + support for rent + € 230-460 per year (research allowance) + lump sum for travel + family allowance SCHOLARSHIP DONOR: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Graduate School Scholarship Program / GSSP) The DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN BUDDHIST STUDIES at the Ludwigs-Maximilian-Universität in Munich is based on a cooperation between Asian Studies (Indology, Japanology, Sinology, Tibetology), Philosophy of Religion, and the Study of Religion and promotes and supervises PhD theses related to Buddhism within a broad range of subjects and disciplines. THE SELECTION PROCESS comprises two stages: Applications are sent to the Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies in Munich. The program will select promising candidates, who then have to submit their materials to the DAAD. Subsequently the DAAD decides upon the successful candidates. It is expected that the successful candidates will be chosen and informed by March 2024. The PREREQUISITES FOR APPLICATION are non-German citizenship, a Master of Arts degree or equivalent in a relevant field, excellent knowledge of at least one Buddhist source language, outstanding qualifications in the subject, and fluency in English. Applicants should not have lived in Germany for more than 15 months at the time of the submission of their materials to the DAAD (probably in December or January), and the last final examination should have taken place no more than six years before this date. In addition, applicants must not have completed a PhD previously. For DETAILS CONCERNING THE APPLICATION AND OUR DOCTORAL PROGRAM, please visit our homepage: https://www.en.buddhismus-studien.uni-muenchen.de/currentissues/phd-scholarships-2024/index.html https://www.en.buddhismus-studien.uni-muenchen.de/currentissues/phd-scholarships-2024/phd-scholarships2024.pdf Contact Information Dr. Simone Heidegger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies Oettingenstraße 67 D-80538 München https://www.en.buddhismus-studien.uni-muenchen.de/index.html Contact Email [email protected] URL https://www.en.buddhismus-studien.uni-muenchen.de/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Stefan Baums, Ph.D. Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
