The BAA continually awards scholarships to graduate researchers at Bavarian universities. These scholarships are meant to support current research especially doctoral theses concerning North America. The grant shall be used for travel expenses to North America in the context of the research.
A single support amount up to 1,000 Euro.
Graduates with a MA, not earned more than three years ago, working on a thesis research project (PhD) whose thesis deals with the United States, Canada or inter-American questions within the cultural or social sciences such as
Note that scholarships from other sources do not disqualify you to apply for the BAA scholarship.
The application form is available at the BAA or as a PDF download (72KB).
With the agreement of the executive director the scholarship may be available immediately after assignment. The scholarship holders are obliged to report to the BAA about the progress of their work after the scholarship.
All scholarship holders are invited to keep in touch with the academy.
List of BAA Post-Graduate Scholarships topics of the past years (PDF, 162KB)