Rathgen Heritage Science Scholarship

Rathgen Heritage Science Scholarship 2011

Friends of Rathgen
(Forderkreis des Rathgen-Forschungslabors e.V)

The Rathgen Research Laboratory is the leading institution for
conservation science, art technology and archaeometry at the
National Museums in Berlin. It carries out investigations on a broad
variety of materials within the museum environment and focuses its
research on scientific issues concerning the care of monuments and
archaeological sites.

It carries forward the tradition of the world's oldest scientific
museum laboratory, the Chemical Laboratory of the Royal Museums in
Berlin, which was founded on April 1, 1888 and bears the name of its
first director, Friedrich Rathgen.

It is the mission of the Friends of Rathgen (Forderkreis des Rathgen
Forschungslabors e.V.) to support the work of the Rathgen Research
Laboratory in various ways, among others by supporting research
projects of young professionals in heritage science.

To this end, the Rathgen Heritage Science Scholarships have been
established in 2009 and are awarded annually.

The Rathgen Heritage Science Scholarship enables young professionals
to undertake a project at the laboratory within 1-3 month duration.
The topic is chosen by the applicant. Successful applicants will
receive a scholarship for Post-Graduate Scholarship of 900 Euro per
month and Post-doc Scholarship 1200 Euro per month.

The application consists of:

    1-2 pages explaining the research proposal, the required
    resources and the envisaged time frame, including preliminary
    work accomplished and short bibliography

    CV including list of publications

    2 reference letters of support

Deadline for 2011 applications is January 31, 2011. Please submit
your application electronically to: rf-info<-at->smb<.>spk-berlin<.>de or by
mail to Rathgen-Forschungslabor, Schlossstrasse 1 A, 14059 Berlin,
Germany.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Simon
Rathgen-Forschungslabor
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Schlossstrasse 1a
14059 Berlin
+49 30 326749 0
Fax: +49 30 326749 12


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