Fully Funded PhD Scholarships from DAAD in Germany

DAAD offers a number of fully funded Phd scholarships which will award for a period between 7 and a maximum of 24 months. This program offers you the opportunity to do a bi-national doctoral degree at your home university and at a university in Germany, as well as, you can choose from the following two possible options:

• Doctorate with bi-national supervision "sandwich model”:
• Your doctoral project is supervised by a university teacher both at your home university and at the host institute in Germany.
• You start your doctoral degree in your home country which is followed by research trips to Germany.
• Your home university awards the doctoral degree.
• Doctorate following the “Cotutelle” procedure:
• This is based on an individual cooperation agreement which is concluded individually for your doctoral project by the participating universities. 
• After you have successfully completed your doctorate, the German university, and your home university award the doctoral degree jointly.

If you get this scholarship, you will have:

• Monthly payments during the stay in Germany: 1,200 euros.
• Health, accident, and personal liability insurance cover.
• Travel allowances for up to three outward and return journeys unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source.
• A research allowance.
• Travel and accommodation expenses for your supervising university teachers for one trip of up to 10 days:
• to Germany to monitor the progress.
• to your home university to take part in final examinations.
• Payment of course fees for an online language course after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter.
• Allowance for the German language course during the funding period.
• Reimbursement of the fee for a TestDaF or DSH test.
• Under certain circumstances, grant holders completing an uninterrupted stay of over 6 months in Germany may receive the following additional benefits:
• monthly rent subsidy.
• monthly allowance for accompanying members of the family. 
• subsidy for additional costs which result from the disability or chronic illness. 

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Depending on the nature of your project, you should follow the following criteria:

• Sandwich model
• You can apply if you have earned a Master’s degree or diploma (or in exceptional cases a Bachelor’s degree) at the latest at the start of the funding period.
• Grants are initially awarded for up to 12 months.
•  Extensions depend on whether the selection committee considers the previous award period to have been successfully completed.
• Cotutelle model
• You can apply if you have been admitted to a doctoral program at the latest at the start of the funding period.
• Grants are initially awarded for up to 18 months; there is the possibility for an extension of the scholarship for up to 6 months.
• You should outline in your study plan and time schedule how you intend to divide your time between Germany and your home university.
• The length of the funding period is determined by a selection committee and depends on your project and study plan.
• For English: TOEFL iBT min. 79, IELTS min. 6,5.

Selection Process:

Your application will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Qualification and Academic achievements
• Quality of research project
• Your potential (Career prospects, Motivation, Activities, and Civic Engagement)

About DAAD:

The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation. Founded in 1925, the DAAD is the world's largest funding organization for the students and researchers. Its members are German institutions of Higher Education as well as student bodies. It's activities include the awarding of grants and scholarship but also the internationalision of German universities, the promotion of German studies and language abroad and assisting and advising decision makers in developing countries on establishing effective universites as well as on matters of education and development policy.

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