Short-term scholarships for 3 to 4 months and long-term scholarships for 12 or 24 months to research the holdings of the Gotha Research Library are awarded. Depending on the focus, the scholarship holders are linked to the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt or to the Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection. The application deadline is 30 June 2021 and the fellowship begins on 1 September 2021.