Grants Opportunities for Doctoral Students at DAAD in Germany

DAAD has pleased to open an application for the grant program to excellent young academics and scientists; Research Grants– Doctoral Programmes in Germany. This grant supports doctoral projects. It funds doctoral programs at a state or state-recognized institution of higher education or a non-university research institute in Germany, individual projects under the supervision of a university teacher or academic adviser as well as participation in a doctoral study program.

If you win this grant, you will get:

• Depending on the academic level, monthly payments of:
• euros 861- for graduates.
• euros 1,200- for doctoral candidates.
• Payments towards health, accident, and personal liability insurance cover.
• Travel allowance.
• One-off research allowance.
• Under certain circumstances, grant holders completing an uninterrupted stay of over 6 months may receive the following additional benefits:
• monthly rent subsidy.
• monthly allowance for accompanying family members.
• To enable grant holders to improve their language skills, DAAD offers the following services:
• Payment of course fees for the online language course for six months.
• Allowance for a personally chosen German language course during the grant period.
• Reimbursement of the fees for the TestDaF test which has either been taken in the home country after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter or in Germany before the end of the funding period.
• As an alternative to the TestDaF for those who have taken a language course beforehand: the fee for a DSH examination taken during the scholarship period may be reimbursed.

You must follow the following criteria:

1. Applicants should be excellently qualified young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree or Diplom or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree.
2. They should not have graduated any longer than six years before the application deadline.
3. If you are already working on a doctoral degree, you should not have started your degree any longer than three years previously.
4. Applicants who have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline cannot be considered.
5. DAAD scholarships are awarded to applicants wishing to complete a full-time course of study with compulsory attendance in Germany.
6. Distance/e-learning program and part-time program are not eligible.
7. The required language level depends on the applicant's study plans and subject:

• In the arts, social sciences, and in law, at least a good knowledge of German is usually expected.
• For the natural sciences and engineering, proof of good English language skills may also be accepted.

Please note: For applicants from the fields of human medicine, veterinary medicine, and dentistry, other regulations are applicable. Please refer to www.daad.de/extrainfo.

Selection criteria:

You will be selected based on:

• Academic Qualification (documented by: university degree certificates, references, list of publications).
• Academic achievements and duration of studies.
• Quality of the research project (documented by: presentation of the research project, time plan, references, language certificates).
• Additional criteria (Additional knowledge and skills, Involvement in higher education policy issues, etc.).

About DAAD:

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the gateway to the world of German university education and the starting point for education abroad. It encourages and supports study and scientific research in Germany and abroad. Founded in 1925, it is the world's largest funding organization for students and researchers, and its members are German higher education institutions as well as student bodies. Its activities include providing financial grants and scholarships, as well as international scholarships for German universities, promoting German studies and languages ​​abroad. It is also providing advice and advice to decision-makers in developing countries on establishing effective universities, as well as in matters of education and development policy.

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