Welcome to the application portal for Minerva Fellowships.
Workflow of your application
- Create an account on this platform, log in to the application platform, read carefully the instructions and guidelines, and start the application process.
- Fill out the online application form and upload all required documents. The deadline for the application, as well as for submitting referee enquiries and host letters, is 9 January 2026.
- After submitting your application, you will receive an automatic email confirming that you have submitted your application. Please check your spam folder, if you cannot find the confirmation in your inbox. Your referees will also receive an automatic e-mail with the request and the link to upload their letters (“host letter,” “recommendation letters”). Please ask them to check their spam folder, in case they have not received the automatic e-mail. The deadline for the upload of the external letters is 19 January 2026.
- Selection procedure: The evaluation process of the Minerva Fellowship Programme is conducted by the Minerva Stiftung. Applications will be evaluated and reviewed by the members of the Minerva Fellowship Committee and in single cases additionally by external reviewers inside and outside the European Union. An additional part of the evaluation process is an interview (personal or online) with one of our Minerva Fellowship Committee Members or Minerva reviewers. Applicants who are invited for an interview will be informed via e-mail by the Minerva team around 3-8 weeks after the application deadline to arrange an appointment with one of our interviewers. The decisions on the proposals for Minerva Fellowships are taken by the Minerva Fellowship Committee, consisting of researchers from Israel and Germany of all research fields. The results are communicated in April / May.