Grants
Umwelt Center for Germanic Studies and Environmental Humanities Summer Graduate Research or Experiential Learning Fellowship 2026
Call for Proposals
Due March 9, 2026
- The Umwelt Center is pleased to announce fellowships for the summer of 2026 in the amount of $7,000
- Eligibility: Graduate student in Arts and Humanities in good standing
- Submission: recent cv and 250-word proposal
- The proposal should clearly articulate how the proposed work or research is connected to both Environmental Humanities and Germanic Studies
- Send materials as a single pdf attachment via email to Prof. Matthew Birkhold at birkhold.22@osu.edu by March 9, 2026
- For questions, please contact M. Birkhold via email.
Summer Funding Recipients 2025
Lauren Antin
Research for Master Thesis on Forests in the works of Adalbert Stifter
Read More about Lauren's summer research here!
Marcel Foerster
Research on theoretical framework for dissertation, the “Five Narrative Elements” Framework.
Read more about Marcel's summer research here!
April Riddle
Traveling in Germany to visit, among other places, the Joseph Beuys Archive at Museum Schloss Moyland
Read more about April's summer research here!
Emma Todd
Preliminary dissertation research in Germany and completion of a C1 language course at the Goethe Institute in Frankfurt
Read more about Emma's summer research here!