The Philipp Schwartz Initiative for Academic Refugees in Germany helps refugee researchers in need of protection from all over the world with scholarships. With a two-year scholarship, which can be extended for a further year, refugee academics can continue their work at German universities and research institutions. The initiative is part of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s programs.
Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent qualification, refugee status or proof of a vulnerable situation. They must not have lived outside their country for more than five years. The application must be submitted via a German university or research institution. Applicants must therefore find a person at the desired institution who is willing to carry out a joint research project with them.
Further information can be found at
https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/philipp-schwartz-initiative#h6382
The program is named after Philipp Schwartz (1894-1977), an Austrian pathologist.
Due to his Jewish faith, he lost his professorship in Frankfurt in 1933. He emigrated to Switzerland and founded the “Emergency Association of German Academics Abroad”, which provided financial and logistical support to persecuted academics and facilitated the emigration and flight of hundreds of academics from National Socialist Germany. Many of them, like Schwartz himself, went to Turkey, where Kemal Atatürk had the university system reformed along Western European lines.
Due to his Jewish faith, he lost his professorship in Frankfurt in 1933. He emigrated to Switzerland and founded the “Emergency Association of German Academics Abroad”, which provided financial and logistical support to persecuted academics and facilitated the emigration and flight of hundreds of academics from National Socialist Germany. Many of them, like Schwartz himself, went to Turkey, where Kemal Atatürk had the university system reformed along Western European lines.
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Universität Tübingen: Horsäle. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Mostafa Elyasian.
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