The Leo Baeck Institute is offering a Career Development Award of up to $20,000 a year for two years as a personal grant to a scholar or professional in an early career stage, e.g. before gaining tenure in an academic institution or its equivalent, whose proposed work would deal with topics within the Leo Baeck Institute’s mission, namely historical or cultural issues of the Jewish experience in German-speaking lands.

The award will cover, in the first instance, the period July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009 and, at the discretion of the reviewing board, may be continued into a second year.

 The grant is intended to provide for the cost of obtaining scholarly material (e.g. publications), temporary help in research and production needs, membership in scholarly organizations, travel, computer, copying and communication charges and summer stipend for non-tenured academics.

 Applications outlining the nature and scope of the proposed project including a budget should be submitted, in no more than two pages, by March 1, 2008 to Dr. Frank Mecklenburg, Leo Baeck Institute, 15 E. 16^th St. New York 10011, NY. A curriculum vitae, names of three references, and supporting material (outline of proposed work, draft of chapters, previous publications) should be appended.  E-mail submission to fmecklenburg@lbi.cjh.org is encouraged.