The Universities of Heidelberg, Basel and Sydney have announced the International Research Award in Global History, to be awarded for the first time in 2015. The award is endowed with up to € 10.000 for the purpose of organizing an international symposium and is aimed to support innovative young researchers in the broad field of Global History. Global History has emerged as an important subdiscipline in the broader field of historical research, encompassing a wide range of methodological and thematic approaches, including transnational, international and world history. The International Research Award in Global History and the award symposium has been initiated jointly by some of the leading researchers in the field. The award will further the work of young, talented researchers by giving them the intellectual freedom and the financial means to bring together scholars from all over the world to engage with a topic of their own choice and design.The aim is to make the scholarly work of the awardee visible in the scientific community and put them in closer contact with established colleagues in their field. Beyond supporting the research and academic networks of the prizewinning scholar, the award symposium will contribute to the field’s ability to critically reflect and intellectually replenish itself. The award also aims to reach out to an academic public beyond the subdiscipline of global history and provide a broader stage for the pioneering research currently undertaken in the field. The International Research Award in Global History is jointly advertised by the Department of History and the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" at Heidelberg University (Roland Wenzlhuemer), the Institute for European Global Studies at the University of Basel (Madeleine Herren-Oesch) and the Laureate Research Program in International History at the University of Sydney (Glenda Sluga). The award jury will be comprized of the organizers, as well as Marcel van der Linden(Amsterdam), Tamson Pietsch (Brunel/Sydney) and Peer Vries (Vienna). Typically, applicants will have recently completed their doctoral studies and be in the early stages of their postdoctoral career in History. However, a doctorate is not a formal requirement. Applicants should submit a cover letter explaining their interest in the award (max. 2 pages), an academic CV and their proposal for the award symposium (detailing the topic, a tentative list of participants and a preliminary budget, max. 5 pages) electronically to susanne.hohler@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de (as one PDF file) by 30 November 2014. Further information