Forschungsstipendium

For·schungs·sti·pen·di·um
/ˈfɔɹʃʊŋz.ʃtɪˌpɛndɪʊm/

noun

Any of a certain kind of scholarship or fellowship granted by some German academic Stiftungen to fund or subsidize a specified project of academic research; a research scholarship.

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Meanings

nounForschungsstipendium (plural Forschungsstipendien or (rare) Forschungsstipendia)

plural Forschungsstipendien · plural rare Forschungsstipendia

  1. educationAny of a certain kind of scholarship or fellowship granted by some German academic Stiftungen to fund or subsidize a specified project of academic research; a research scholarship.

    At the November, 2004 SBL Meeting, Prof. Dr. Jörg Frey encouraged me to pursue this line of research and to apply to the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung for a Forschungsstipendium.

    2010, James Anthony Kelhoffer, Persecution, Persuasion and Power: Readiness to Withstand Hardship as a Corroboration of Legitimacy in the New Testament, Acknowledgments, page vii
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    Applicants should furnish proof of independent teaching experience at university level or research work (of at least two years if interested in a ‘Forschungsstipendium’ and at least five years if interested in a ‘Dozentenstipendium’).

    1972 December, A. E. Pitcher, G. L. Walker, W. H. Fleming, editors, 𝒩ℴ𝓉𝒾𝒸ℯ𝓈 of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 19:8, № 142, page 435

    Only in recent times, due to the enlightened attitude of Dr. Paul Raabe, Director of the Herzog August Bibliothek, and the generosity of the Forschungsstipendia have foreign scholars been able to investigate the treasures of that library in a measure commensurate with the complications of the materials.

    1981, Blake Lee Spahr, Problems and Perspectives: A Collection of Essays on German Baroque Literature, page 11

    My reflections on intentionality were nurtured during research visits to Germany in 1989–1990 and 2000–2001, supported by generous Forschungsstipendien from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung.

    2008 April 12, Dale Jacquette, The Philosophy of Mind: The Metaphysics of Consciousness, published 2009, Preface, page xiii

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*forskungu
  2. Old High Germanforskunga
  3. Middle High Germanvorschunge
  4. GermanForschung
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steyp-
  6. Proto-Italic*stips
  7. Latinstips
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pend-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)péndeti
  10. Proto-Italic*pendō
  11. Latinpendō
  12. Latin*stipipendium
  13. Latinstīpendium
  14. GermanStipendium
  15. GermanForschungsstipendium
  16. EnglishForschungsstipendium

Borrowed from German Forschungsstipendium.

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Translations

German Forschungsstipendium
  • Forschungsstipendiumresearch scholarship granted by some German Stiftungen
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