Phd Scholarships Scholarship Name Who can apply? Deadline rate of scholarship documents application link Research Grants Doctoral Programmes in Germany DAAD Research Grants One Year Grants DAAD Research Grants Short Term Grants DAAD Excellently qualified young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree Excellently qualified doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree or Diplom, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree at the latest by the time they begin their grantsupported research, or those who have already completed a PhD (postdocs). Excellently qualified doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree or Diplom, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree at the latest by the time they begin their grantsupported research, or those who have already completed a PhD (postdocs).doctoral candidates who are already doing their doctorate at a German university cannot apply. 01 09 18 01 09 18 monthly payments of: 750 for graduates, 1,000 for doctoral candidates monthly payments of: 750 for graduates, 1,000 for doctoral candidates 01 09 18 1,000 well planned research project or course of continuing education,academic achievements,toefl with at least 550 or IELTS with at least 6.5) well planned research project or course of continuing education,academic achievements,toefl with at least 550 or IELTS with at least 6.5) a convincing and well planned research project or course of continuing education academic achievements Additional documents that prove academic suitability or provide information about extracurricular activities will also be considered in the assessment. daad.de/go/en/stipa57 135739 daad.de/go/en/stipa57 140602 daad.de/go/en/stipa57 140602
Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists DAAD Study Visits by Groups of Foreign Students DAAD Research Grants Bi nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees DAAD University teachers and established academics and scientists who have usually completed a doctoral degree and work at a university or research institute in their home country. University teachers from a foreign university are eligible to apply Excellently qualified doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree or Diplom, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree at the latest by the time they begin their grantsupported research 01 09 18 1 February, 1 May, 1 November Monthly payments of 2,000 for assistant teachers, assistant professors and lecturers, 2,150 for professors A flat rate allowance of 50 per person per day is paid as a contribution towards travel and accommodation expenses 01 09 18 1,000 Applicants must work at a university or institute of higher education in their home country. The research project must be coordinated with an academic host institute in Germany. The applicant must be provided with a workplace Students must be registered at a foreign university and have completed at least one semester. Language skills Students in a group should have the same level of proficiency in the chosen programme language (English or German). TOEFL with at least 550 or IELTS with at least 6.5 a convincing and well planned research project or course of continuing education academic achievements Additional documents that prove academic suitability or provide information about extracurricular activities will also be considered in the assessment daad.de/go/en/stipa50 015456 000016 daad.de/go/en/stipa57 135740
Study Visits for Academics Artists and Architects DAAD Baden Württemberg Foundation: The Baden Württemberg STIPENDIUM for University Students University teachers from the following disciplines: Architecture (Interior Design, Monument Conservation, Urban Planning/Urban Development, Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning) Fine Art, Film, Design/Visual Communication Performing Arts (Drama, Direction, Musicals, Dance, Performance Studies, Choreography, etc.) Music The programme is intended for highly qualified undergraduates, graduates and doctoral candidates from all disciplines at institutions of higher education in Baden Wuerttemberg and their partner institutions abroad. 01 09 18 Application deadlines are set by the single institutions of higher education usually 31 March of each year. 2,000 for assistant teachers, assistant professors and lecturers, 2,150 for professors 500 to 1,500 academic achievements and recent publications which must be documented in the curriculum vitae and a list of publicationsapplicants,must teach at an institute of higher education in their home country. The research project must be coordinated with the cooperation partner in Germany Beside an excellent academic record, selection criteria include the applicants' social and intercultural skills daad.de/go/en/stipa50 110016 000178
DLR/DAAD Research Fellowship Programme DAAD highly qualified foreign doctoral and postdoctoral students as well as senior scientists. DLR DAAD Fellowships are defined and awarded on an individual basis. Each fellowship announcement will indicate the specific qualification requirements and terms of visit. If an application deadline exists, it is mentioned in the current offers. www.daad.de/ dlr Doctoral Students (Doctorate in Germany): monthly instalment of 1,365 Postdoctoral Students (Research in Germany): 2,000 /month Senior Scientists (Research in Germany): 2,300 /month outstanding study or research achievements, Type A: have completed their studies or research with a university degree in the last six years, Type B: have completed their studies with a PhD in the last two years, Type C: applicants must be working in higher education or at a research institute; positions are open to outstandingly qualified academics and scientists who should generally hold a doctorate/ Ph.D., have to submit an appropriate language certificate (see list of required documents), not be of German nationality daad.de/go/en/stipa50 019749
Leibniz DAAD Research Fellowships DAAD Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds: PhD Fellowships Recent international postdocs who have completed their studies with a PhD or equivalent qualification no more than two years ago. Applicants must neither hold German nationality nor have resided in Germany for the last 6 months before the application deadline outstanding European junior scientists who want to do research within or outside Europe. The applicant must have obtained a first vocational higher education degree (i.e. a BSc) within the four years prior to the application deadline. 8 March 2018 2000 1 February, 1 June and 1 October of each year 1,550 /month At the time of the application deadline, applicants must neither hold German nationality nor have resided in Germany more than the last six months prior to the application deadline. Applicants should be able to prove their outstanding academic or research achievements, have completed their PhD or equivalent qualification in 2016 or later (Applications may be submitted before completion of the PhD. However, the PhD must be completed before the start of the funding period), pursue a project for which the respective Leibniz Institute can offer an adequate infrastructure and scientific environment and have excellent knowledge of English (knowledge of German is welcome) under 27 years of age excellent academic record ambitious doctoral project in the field of natural sciences, designed to make a relevant contribution to the future development in basic biomedical research Candidates should not have been working on the project daad.de/go/en/stipa54 654913 000164
for more than 6 months at the time of application. Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds: Travel Grants PhD students or medical students pursuing an experimental doctoral thesis in basic research in biomedicine Postdocs who are pursuing an experimental project in basic research in biomedicine Graduates who have applied for an experimental PhD project in basic research in biomedicine, but who have not yet worked with their potential PhD supervisors 6 weeks before a planned departure. standard sum to cover travel expenses, accommodation costs and any tuition fees, if applicable doctoral, MD and postdoctoral students who pursue experimental projects in basic biomedical research and who wish to learn methods relevant to their current research. the grant finances the participation in practical training courses or short term research stays in other laboratories. open to all Europeans and to non Europeans working in Europe to go to institutes or courses worldwide. Non Europeans working outside Europe can apply for stays in Europe. Travel grants are awarded for up to three months and encompass a flatrate contribution which may cover the expenses for travel, lodging, and course fees. 000148
Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD): Scholarship Program 1 Friedrich Ebert Foundation: Scholarship for International Doctoral Students Friedrich Naumann Foundation: Scholarship for Doctoral Students post graduates with excellent academic merit or academics who already have work experience from developing or transition countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East or Latin America planning to do postgraduate studies or carry out a research project in Germany applications are accepted from anybody who has been unconditionally accepted for a doctorate at a German institution of higher education except in the field of medicine. young people committed to the political ideas of the German liberal party and willing to take responsibility. Candidates come from any discipline at universities of applied sciences or highereducation institutions in Germany and have very good to outstanding school and academic records. please request from the individual partner committees Applications may be submitted at any time. Closing dates for application are 30 April and 31 October of each year. 1,000 /month 1,000 /month up to 1,200 /month plus a contribution to health insurance higher education degree and already gained work experience in your home country, have a knowledge of the German language prior to your stay in Germany. The KAAD may finance the costs for a German language course of up to six months in Germany. outstanding school or academic merit (where required: first graded proofs of academic achievement) promising research proposal social and political involvement and commitment to the values of social democracy responsible, motivated, reliable individuals willing to get involved with the Foundation's network unconditional admission to a doctoral programme or enrolment for a post graduate course 000168 000126 000145
Gerda Henkel Foundation: Doctoral Scholarships German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU): Doctoral Scholarship Programme Hanns Seidel Foundation: PhD scholarships highly qualified, particularly gifted junior academics from the historical sciences with excellent academic standing Research projects in the following subject areas are given funding priority>archaeology,historical sciences,historical islamic studies,history of art,history of law,prehistory and early history,history of science highly qualified junior researchers carrying out doctoral theses which clearly address relevant environmental or nature protection issues and whose work contributes to developing solutions for these challenges highly qualified doctoral candidates from EU member states or with the legal status of German educational nationals (as per BAföG 8) from all disciplines who complete promising doctoral theses and are committed to the Applications may be submitted at any time. 01.10.2017 15.01.2018 15 January and 15 July of each year 1,400 /month 1,500 /month 1,350 /month applicants who were under 28 years of age when awarded the degree qualifying them for a doctorate are eligible. Final grade for the degree (Master's, for state examinations: Sec. II) must be 1.5 or higher. For degrees gained abroad a separate evaluation will take place to assess the applicant's suitability. The final grade for state examinations in law is also evaluated separately. The foundation does not award PhD completion grants: follow up funding of sponsorships by a third party with a grant period of over 1 year or grants covering a period of less than one year will be considered completion grants. academics qualified for doctoral studies and with an above average degree (overall grade good or very good; law: at least fully satisfactory) admission to post graduate studies at a state or staterecognized higher education institution in Germany and proof of first deliverables of the project or at least 000165 000127 000132
Foundation's Christian social values complete bibliographic information Hans Böckler Foundation: PhD scholarship Heinrich Böll Foundation: PhD scholarship Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research: PhD Programme Herzog August Bibliothek: Doctoral Fellowships gifted doctoral candidates from any discipline who propose a promising doctoral project particularly gifted doctoral candidates from any discipline and all types of higher education institutions completing promising doctoral dissertations who can identify with and actively support green ideas graduates of any nationality who wish to obtain a doctorate in the fields of cancer research particularly qualified junior scholars and researchers from all areas of historical study or musicologists from Germany and abroad, whose research is centred on the Herzog August Library during the stay Application deadlines are 1 February, 1 June and 1 October of every year. 1 March and 1 September of each year Application deadlines are generally 5 January for the winter application and 31 May for the summer application of each year. 1 April and 1 October of each year 1,350 /month 1,350 /month Sponsorship funding corresponds to national/international standards in this field 1,100 /Month admission to post graduate studies at a state or staterecognized institution of higher education in Germany admission to post graduate studies at a state or staterecognized institution of higher education in Germany Master of Science (MSc) or academic equivalent doctoral candidates from all areas of historical study or musicology 000134 000113 000141 000144
Institutions of Higher Education in Hesse: Doctoral Scholarships Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS): International Scholarships Ministry for Education, Science and Culture of Mecklenburg West Pomerania: PhD Scholarships and Caspar David Friedrich Scholarships (CDF) Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden Württemberg: PhD Scholarships qualified young academics with a doctoral project at a university in Hesse. committed students, graduates and doctoral candidates from any subject or nation, who can relate to and stand up for the goals of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation graduates of outstanding academic merit who have been admitted to a doctoral programme and are mentored by a PhD advisor (professor or similar) at a higher education institution in Mecklenburg West Pomerania artists with a higher education degree who wish to carry out an artistic development project at a higher education institution in Mecklenburg West Pomerania post graduates of outstanding academic merit who are admitted to a doctoral programme and supervised by a PhD advisor (professor or similar) at a Baden Württemberg highereducation institution artists with a higher education degree planning to carry out an artistic development project http://www.ka s.de/wf/de/71. 5162/ Calls for application and deadlines for doctoral projects of the Mecklenburg West Pomerania institutions of higher education are announced on the single institutions' websites doctoral projects are announced on the single institutions' websites. 920 /month 1,100 1,500 particularly qualified junior scholars and researchers admission to a doctoral programme at a highereducation institution in Hesse Candidates have successfully completed a higher education programme in their country of origin higher education degree for the CDF scholarships and admission to a doctoral programme for the PhD scholarships higher education degree (artistic development project) or admission to doctoral studies (doctoral programme) 000103 000108 000107 000180
Munich Aerospace: Doctoral Scholarships Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: Grant Programme Rhineland Palatinate Scholarship Foundation: PhD Scholarships graduates with a degree in a subject related to aeronautics and space travel wishing to obtain a doctoral degree at the Technical University Munich (TUM) or the University of the German Armed Forces (UniBw) and do research in one of the key projects currently in progress:autonomous flights,safety in orbit,geodetic,earth observation,advanced aerospace,communications and navigation,aviation management freely chosen topics in connection with industrial cooperation Graduates, doctoral candidates and post doctoral researchers whose research projects are related to the institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation students who earned an outstanding academic degree and wish to embark on a doctoral programme at a Rhineland Palatinate higher education institution Applications may be submitted at any time Application deadlines differ and may be requested at the individual institutions Applications will be accepted exclusively within the admission period; detailed information on the deadlines is available at the highereducation 1,575 /month 1,200 /month up to 1,300 /month admission to a doctoral programme at the Technical University Munich or the University of the German Armed Forces in a subject related to aeronautics and space travel a first higher education degree at least admission to a doctoral programme 000231 000092 000106
institution of your choice. Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: PhD Scholarships for Foreign Doctoral Students Support for doctoral candidates Universität Hamburg: Merit Scholarships for International Students particularly gifted international doctoral candidates from any discipline and type of highereducation institution with a promising topic for a doctoral thesis who can identify with and are committed to the democratic socialism and its values junior researchers from Germany and abroad with a highereducation degree who have been admitted to a doctoral programme at a state or staterecognized German highereducation institution international students and postgraduates at Hamburg university demonstrating good to excellent academic performance winter semester: 15 April of the same year summer semester: 15 October of the previous year 15. Januar 2018 opens. deadline is 7. May 2018 um 23:59 Uhr. 15 April and 15 October of each year 1,000 1,350 /month 650 /month, 4 DAAD STIBET doctoral scholarship worth 1,000 /month admission to doctoral studies at a state or state recognized higher education institution in Germany or abroad higher education degree and admission to a doctoral programme in Germany international students who have been studying at Hamburg university for at least two semesters 000220 000150 000187