Funded PhD Scholarships in Law in Germany 2023

Among the goals pursued by the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European, and Regulatory Procedural Law is to promote research and academic exchange with foreign scholars. In this framework, to assist particularly young scholars in further advancing their research activity, the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg offers a limited number of scholarships for foreign doctoral candidates to support their research stay at the Institute for up to six months in the calendar year 2022.

The scholarship is paid in monthly installments of 1.500 €.

The selected applicants will be offered a workstation in the reading room. They will also have the opportunity to participate in the regular scientific events hosted at the Institute, other activities, and access to the Institute’s library. During the funding period, the presence of the Scholarship Holder at the Institute is required.

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be doctoral candidates carrying out research activity within the Institute’s various research areas and intend to be affiliated either to the Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law or the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution. While proficiency in English is compulsory, the call is also open to doctoral candidates writing their thesis in a language other than English.

Required Documents:

The interested candidates meeting the requirements of the call must submit the following documents, in English:

• a cover letter (max. 1 page), stating the motivation for their application, the correlation between the topic of their research and the Institute's areas of research, and the desired time frame for the scholarship stay;
• an up-to-date curriculum vitae, with an indication of the class of degree awarded (undergraduate and postgraduate, if relevant);
• a summary of the PhD project (max. 2 pages), including subject, description, and work plan;
• two letters of recommendation (including one from the PhD supervisor, with his/her contact details).

About Max Planck Society

The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck. The society is funded by the federal and state governments of Germany.

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