The Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature promotes the teaching and research of modern German literature and supports collaboration among American students/scholars and German speaking writers, critics, scholars and students in this field. Founded in 1984 by its former director, Paul Michael Lützeler, it is the only center of its kind in the US. The Center is part of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature welcomes applications for its summer research grant for work with contemporary German literature.