Research In-Situ

Take your first steps in the field of re­search – while you study. Our “Re­search In-Situ” pro­gram en­courages schol­arship hold­ers to de­velop their own re­search ideas at an early stage in their stud­ies and pro­vides them with plat­forms to pre­sent and dis­cuss them with other re­searchers.

Pursuing independent research ideas

Inte­grat­ing schol­arship hold­ers into na­tional and inter­na­tional re­search com­muni­ties at an early stage is one of the Max We­ber Pro­gram’s core objec­tives. Through our “Re­search In-Situ” pro­gram, we fund con­gress visits and re­search stays of up to nine weeks, both in Ger­many and abroad.

There are no re­strictions on sub­jects or topics - whether it's space tech­nolo­gy in Swe­den, ma­rine biolo­gy on a re­search vessel in Alas­ka, fieldwork in Uganda or the Fed­eral Ar­chives in Ber­lin, our schol­arship hold­ers' inter­ests and spe­cific re­search pro­jects, which are often linked to their final the­ses, are what truly mat­ter.

Where could “Research In-Situ” take you?

within Europeoutside of Europe
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEgypt
GermanyIndonesia
FranceIsrael
United KingdomCanada
ItalyKenya
NetherlandsKyrgyzstan
AustriaUganda
SpainUSA

In focus

Sunrise over the sea with a reddish glow on the water and trees in the foreground.

FANE Field School 2025 in Newfoundland, Canada

Etienne Pablo Dame studies philosophy and history at the University of Augsburg. From 10 to 17 August 2025 the Max Weber Program scholarship holder took part in the FANE Field School in Newfoundland, Canada, and received support for this from the MWP “Research In-Situ” program. 

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