German-Language Study Grant

This grant, for up to $6,000, supports Masters and Ph.D. students studying at
universities in the United States or Canada who require German-language training to pursue their Bach-related scholarship (e.g., through the Middlebury Language Schools, the Goethe Institute in the U.S. or Germany, or a comparable institution). Training in reading German script may also be supported, for example through the German Script Course at the Moravian Archives.

Applicants should send a letter of intent the need for language training, a proposed budget, a curriculum vitae, a letter of support from a faculty advisor, and relevant information about the language training institution and course. If need-based or merit- based financial aid is available from a student’s home university or from the language training institution, applicants to the ABS fund are expected to demonstrate that they have applied for these funds as well. In such cases, the Language Training Fund can supplement other sources of financial aid.

Students may apply for tuition support as well as funding to cover ancillary costs (e.g., travel, housing, etc.). Each grant recipient will also receive a one-year membership in the Society. Awards are made on a rolling basis until the year’s funds are depleted.

Please send application materials as PDFs to vicepresident@americanbachsociety.org.

German-Language Study Grant Recipients:

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2025    Elizabeth Hodgson​

2024    Annika Fabbi

2022    Samuel Teeple

2021    Sashi Ayyangar

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