€10,000 Einstein Research Fellowship

The Einstein Fellowship supports outstanding young thinkers under 35 who wish to pursue a project in a discipline different from their previous work, following Einstein’s example of intellectual curiosity across fields. Fellows live in the garden cottage of Einstein’s summerhouse in Caputh, near Potsdam and Berlin, and are expected to present their project in a public lecture at the Einstein Forum and Wittenstein Foundation at the end of the fellowship.

Benefits

• €10,000 stipend (covers living and project expenses)
• Free accommodation in Einstein’s summerhouse cottage
• Travel expenses reimbursed
• Opportunity to present project publicly at the Einstein Forum
• Intellectual residency near Berlin’s academic institutions

• Must be under 35 years old
• Must hold a university degree in humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences
• Must propose a project different from previous academic work (not dissertation research)
• CV
• Two‑page project proposal
• Two letters of recommendation
• Application documents must be submitted in English by May 15, 2026
• Fellows must reside in the cottage during the fellowship period
• Family members may accompany but travel costs are not covered
• Just graduated
• Graduate student
• In a postgraduate program