Preise & Stipendien für Übersetzer
Paul Celan Fellowship für Übersetzer*innen
Aufenthaltsstipendium
The selected candidates will be invited to spend a term of three consecutive months at the IWM in Vienna between September 2026 and June 2027 in order to pursue their translation projects as Paul Celan Visiting Fellows.
Paul Celan Visiting Fellows will receive a stipend of EUR 3,300 per month. From the stipend, visiting fellows are responsible for covering all living expenses during their research term, including travel to and from Vienna, accommodation costs, health insurance, utilities, local transport, telecommunications, etc., as well as research costs (i.e. for literature, conference fees).
Fellowships start on the first day of the first month and end on the last day of the last month of the fellowship period.
The aim of the Paul Celan Fellowship Program is to overcome deficits and asymmetries in the exchange of ideas and the reception of scholarly literature that result from the division of Europe in the twentieth century. Therefore, the program supports translations of canonical texts and contemporary key works in the humanities, social sciences, and cultural studies from Eastern to Western, Western to Eastern, or between two Eastern European languages. Special emphasis is put on translations of relevant works written by East European authors and/or by female scholars. A thematic relation to one of the research fields of the IWM is likewise welcomed.
Please note that fiction and poetry will not be accepted.
Application materials consist of the following:
a brief letter of motivation that addresses how the project would benefit from time at the IWM, the connection to the IWM’s mission and research, and concrete research/writing goals during the fellowship a project description (max. 550 characters) a project proposal (max. 7,500 characters incl. spaces) containing a description of the project’s a) objectives, b) the state of the art, c) methods, and d) a work plan a curriculum vitae with a bibliography of translations and other relevant publications a contract or a letter of intent from a publisher proof that the translator/publisher holds the rights to the translation and its publication (or has an option on them)All application materials should be in English..
16. Januar 2026
Ja
Institut für die Wissenschaft vom Menschen
Spittelauer Lände 3
A – 1090 Wien
Tel.: 0043-1-313 58-0
Fax: 0043-1-313 58-30
E-Mail: fellowships@iwm.at
https://www.iwm.at/program/paul-celan-fellowship-for-translators
4. Dezember 2025
ausschreibungen@literaturuebersetzer.de