PhD scholarships for dissertations on Buddhism at the LMU Munich (deadline October 25th)

[Simone Heidegger]

Dear colleagues,

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 or Magister Artium 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. A basic knowledge of German is also desirable, though not a prerequisite, but depending on the dissertation project willingness to learn German/improve German language skills may be expected. 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

 

We would ask you to forward this information to any parties that might be interested. Thank you very much.

Best wishes,

Simone Heidegger

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Dr. Simone Heidegger
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies
c/o Japan Center
Oettingen-Str. 67
D-80538 München
Tel.: (+49)-89-2180-9800
Fax:  (+49)-89-2180-9801
E-mail: buddhist...@lrz.uni-muenchen.de