Provider:
Government of Germany
Handler:
DAAD
Study Level:
Doctorate
Degree and Research
Deadline:
September – October
every year.
Summary:
Research
grants provide young foreign academics and scientists with an opportunity to
carry out a research project or a course of continuing education and training
at a German higher education institution or non-university research institute.
Research grants can be used to carry out:
•
Research projects at a German higher education institution for the purpose of
gaining a doctorate in the home country.
•
Research projects at a German university for the purpose of gaining a doctorate
in Germany; for projects of these kinds, we would particularly refer to the
structured doctoral study programmes, such as Research Training Groups or
Doctoral Research Groups, International Postgraduate Programmes, Graduate
Schools, Max Planck Research Schools, etc.
•
Research projects or continuing education and training, but without aiming for
a formal degree/qualification.
Field of Study:
See the
official website and the country-specific websites for more information.
Nations Covered:
Doctoral
Candidates and Young Academics and Scientists from developing countries.
Type of Scholarship:
It’s a full scholarship.
•
Depending on the award holder’s academic level, the DAAD will pay a monthly
award of 750 euros (graduates holding a first degree) or 1,000 euros (doctoral
candidates). As a rule, the scholarship additionally includes certain payments
towards health insurance cover in Germany. Furthermore, the DAAD generally will
pay an appropriate flat-rate travel allowance, unless these costs are covered
by the home country or by another funding source.
• Award
holders completing a stay of more than six months receive a study and research
allowance plus, where appropriate, a rent subsidy and family allowance. Funding
for attendance of a language course is decided on a case-by-case basis.
• When
award holders take doctoral programmes run under the “DAAD Sandwich Model”,
then the award may include the travel expenses of an academic supervisor – as
long as this was already applied for in the first application.
Eligibility:
•
Applications for DAAD research grants are open to excellently-qualified
university graduates who hold a Diploma or Master’s degree at the time they
commence the grant-supported research and, in exceptional cases, graduates
holding a Bachelor’s degree or already holding a doctorate/PhD (post-docs).
• It is
required that doctoral candidates wishing to take a doctorate/PhD in their home
country will already have been admitted to an appropriate course at their home
university.
• Besides
previous study achievements, the most important selection criterion is a
convincing and well-planned research or continuing education and training
project to be completed during the stay in Germany and which has been
coordinated and agreed with an academic supervisor at the chosen German host
institute.
• German
language skills are generally required, although the required level also
depends on the applicant’s project and topic, as well as on the available
opportunities for learning German in the applicant’s home country.
• At the
time of application, generally no more than six years should have passed since
the graduate gained the last degree; in the case of doctoral students, no more
than three years should have passed since starting the doctoral process; and in
the case of postdocs, no more than four years should have passed since gaining
the doctorate. Depending on the country of origin of applicants, for example,
special conditions prevailing in the home country education system, etc.,
exceptions are possible.
•
Applicants, who have been resident in Germany for longer than one year at the
time of application, cannot be considered.
Website:
Note: Please always visit
the respective website of the scholarship for comprehensive information. In
areas you don’t understand, contact the relevant Contact Person via email on
the scholarship website. You may as well contact us, but we may not have the complete
information like the scholarship providers. Thank you.
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