Call for Applications: DAAD Research Grants for postgraduate study in Germany

Ednah Carrick October 18, 2024

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Call for Applications: DAAD Research Grants for postgraduate study in Germany

Overview

DAAD Research grants are for young scientists and academics wishing to improve their academic qualifications with a doctoral degree in Germany. The DAAD Research grants are also for doctoral candidates and young scientists and academics whose doctoral degrees are supervised both by a university teacher at the home university and an academic adviser at the host institute in Germany.

Get your DAAD scholarship for a doctorate in Germany now! The application deadlines for the following DAAD programmes are approaching for many countries of origin:

Doctoral Programmes in Germany: Funding for a doctoral project at a state or state-recognised institution of higher education or a non-university research institute in Germany
Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees / Cotutelle: Bi-national doctoral degree at your home university and at a university in Germany

The DAAD German Academic Exchange Service is the world’s largest funding organisation for the international exchange of students and researchers.

Value

monthly scholarship payments of 1.300 euros
payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover (see also important information for scholarship applicants )
travel allowance
for a funding period of more than six months: research allowance of 460 euros

Under certain circumstances, you can apply for the following additional benefits after start of funding:

Green Mobility Top Up (subsidy for climate-friendly travel) or reimbursement of carbon offset payments for air travel
monthly rent subsidy, only for a funding period of more than six months (see important information for scholarship applicants)
monthly allowance for accompanying members of family, only for a funding period of more than six months; please also read the important information for scholarship applicants
In case of a disability or chronic illness: on application, a subsidy may be provided for justified additional costs, incurred in Germany due to the disability, that are necessary to realise the project in Germany and that are not covered by a third party; whether and to what extent a subsidy will be paid, will be reviewed and determined on an individual basis important information for scholarship applicants