Translation Funding

Call for Submissions

Through the “Geisteswissenschaften International” award, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the collecting society VG Wort, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany promote the translation into English of outstanding works from the fields of humanities and social sciences that are significant in the German scientific community. The award includes financial support for the cost of translation. The goal of this translation funding is to contribute to the worldwide dissemination of humanities research from Germany and, at the same time, to preserve German as a scientific language and the primary publication language for works from the humanities. The number of licenses sold to the English-speaking market should be increased, which is why these partners will offer 600,000 Euros every year starting in 2008.

Publishers can submit innovative and outstanding publications from the fields of humanities and social science for this award. Up-to-date publications are preferred. The winning publication should be released by an English-language publisher. An independent selection committee chosen by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the collecting society VG Wort, the Federal Foreign Office, and the Börsenverein will choose which titles to support from the existing applications.

Register online at www.geisteswissenschaften-international.de.

Each application must include:

• Completed application form
• Reasons for the application with statements about the scientific significance of the work in national and international context, details about the author, and information about the work’s potential market
• Existing reviews and expert opinions
• Possible (option) license contract
• Five copies of the German publication

Applications can be submitted through 31 January 2010 to the German Publishers and Booksellers Association. A further submission round will follow in summer 2010.

Submit applications to:
Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V.
Geisteswissenschaften International
Grosser Hirschgraben 17-21
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

For further information, please contact:
Anke Simon
Phone: +49 69/1306-599
Email: simon@boev.de