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DAAD Funding Opportunities for Doctoral Students
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Overview
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The DAAD – Who we are and what we do
DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
DAAD Scholarship Database
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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is …
A self-governing organisation
of German universities:
◼ 241 member universities
◼ 103 student unions
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DAAD Objectives
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EXPERTISE FOR
ACADEMIC
COLLABORATION
STRUCTURES FOR
INTERNATIONALISATION
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
THE BEST
Three areas of activity
Support Individuals
▪ Grant scholarships to the best
Support Institutions of Higher
Education
▪ Create structures that promote
internationalisation
Support Politics
▪ Offer expertise for academic
collaboration
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Support Individuals – DAAD Scholarships 2018*
11,165F
56,879G
Western, Middle
and South-
Eastern Europe
2,096F
5,548G
North America
6,497F
3,726G
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
7,302F
2,201G
Middle East, North
Africa
Eastern Europe, Central
Asia and Southern
Caucasus
Asia, Pacific
8,974F
3,126G
7,547F
7,602G
20,099F
2,426G
63,680Foreigners
81,508Germans *including EU
programmes
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DAAD Worldwide – Regional Offices, Information Centres
and Lecturers 2018
North America: 22
Latin America: 33
Sub-Saharan Africa: 23
Asia, Pacific: 60
Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southern
Caucasus: 62
Western, Middle and South-
Eastern Europe: 212
Middle East, North
Africa: 30
15 Regional Offices
57 Information Centres
DAAD Head Office and Berlin Office
447 Lectureships (DAAD-Lektors)
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Budget 2018
Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development (BMZ):
€ 54,9 million = 10 %
European Union (EU):
€ 128 million = 23 %
Other funding bodies:
€ 37,1 million = 7 %
Federal Foreign Office (AA):
€ 197,7 million = 35 %
Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF):
€ 140,7 million = 25 %
€ 558,4
million Other
EU
BMZBMBF
AA
Total:
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Overview
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The DAAD – Who we are and what we do
DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
DAAD Scholarship Database
Research in Europe
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
1. DAAD Research Grants – Short and Long Term
2. DAAD Research Grants – IFI
3. DAAD RISE
4. DAAD Conference and Invited Lectures Travel Grants
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Eligibility
German Nationals (and equivalent)
German Nationals and Foreigners(including foreign country residents)
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
1. DAAD Research Grants – Short and Long Term
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Research Grants – Short and Long Term
Objective: Further academic qualification
◼ Research in libraries, archives, labs, field
◼ All disciplines
◼ All destinations
◼ Short Term: 1-6 months (no extension)
◼ Long Term: 7-12 months (opt for extension)
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Research Grants – Eligibility
◼ Requirement German graduation certificate
or equivalent
◼ plus accepted as a doctoral student
by a German university
◼ not eligible holders of scholarships funded by a
„Begabtenförderungswerk“
◼ partly eligible DFG Graduate Collegiates
◼ please note special regulations for bi-nationally
supervised dissertations
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Research Grants – Basic funding
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€ 1.100
€ 1.350 € 1.100
€ 1.200
€ 1.675
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◼ travel allowance, amount depending on destination
◼ standard insurance (health, life and accident, liability)
◼ monthly allowance
for research and conference participation (€ 102)
◼ for long term scholarships only:
◼ - Tuition fees (limited in amount)
◼ - Family insurance, family allowances
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Research Grants – Extras
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Research Grants - Deadlines
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◼ Deadlines depend on destination
➢ 2 – 3 x per year
➢ Selection board meeting: + 2-4 months
➢ Earliest start + 2-4 months
Allow for 6 months´ approx. time span between
deadline for application and start of scholarship!
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Research Grants – Application documents
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✓DAAD online application form
✓Resumee
✓Research project outline including detailed time schedule
✓Invitation by host institution
✓Two up to date letters of assessment by your German supervisors
✓Latest academic certificate / including transcript of records
✓Language certificate
✓List of publications
✓Diploma thesis abstract (master thesis, state examination thesis)
✓Long term scholarships only: full text version of your thesis
Always check the DAAD database for most recent requirements!
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Research Grants – Selection Criteria
◼ Quality of research project
(originality, topicality, method/s, feasibility)
◼ „Good match“ between project and host institution
◼ Past academic performance
◼ List of publications (all of them - include BA and MA Thesis)
◼ (Personality)
◼ (Extra-curricular activities, intersectoral experiences)
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Research Grants – IFI for Computer Scientists
2. DAAD Research Grants – IFI
◼ IFI = Internationale Forschungsaufenthalte
für Informatikerinnen und Informatiker
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Research Grants – IFI Objective
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Get computer scientists interested in
- a scientific career
- International collaboration
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Research Grants – IFI Target Group and Offer
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➢ Target group:
- master students
- doctoral students
➢ Duration:
➢ 1-6 months (non-expandable)
➢ Destinations:
- research labs worldwide
- including non-university research groups
- and profit oriented research groups
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◼ Basically like DAAD Research Scholarships (cf. above)
◼ Please note - Tuition fees are not refunded
DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Research Grants – IFI Funding
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Research Grants – IFI – Deadline and Procedure
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◼ application any time
◼ duration of selection process – three months
◼ application docs and selection process
basically like DAAD Research Scholarships (cf. above)
◼ www.daad.de/ifi
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
RISE
4. DAAD RISE
◼ Research Internships in Science and Engineering
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
RISE
DAAD RISE Germany
German doctoral students: form
your own research group
-> invite undergraduate students from
the US, Canada, UK and Ireland
www.daad.de/rise-germany
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Conference Travel Grants
4. DAAD Conference Travel Grants
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Conference Travel Grants - Objective
Support for
Objective
Duration
➢ Travels to Conferences or for Invited Talks
➢ Destinations abroad
➢ Destinations in Germany are not supported
➢ “Active participation”
➢ = Presentation of poster, talk or panel
➢ Conferences: maximum 8 days
➢ Invited talks: maximum 10 days
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Conference Travel Grants - Funding
Conference
funding
Invited talks
funding
➢ DAAD travel allowance
➢ Daily allowance for board/accommodation
➢ Flat rate 300 € for fees, incidental costs
➢ DAAD travel allowance
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Conference Travel Grants – Further Figures
Reapplication
Competition
➢ Every 12 months
➢ ~ 5,000 applications per year
➢ Acceptance Rate: ~ 40%
➢ Acc. Rate for invited talks: ~ 10%
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DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
Conference Travel Grants – Further Information
Deadlines
Information
➢ Conferences: 4 months
prior to conference start
➢ Invited talks: 1 month
prior to departure
➢ www.daad.de/kongressreisen
➢ www.daad.de/vortragsreisen
➢ www.daad.de/go/haw-kongressreisen *
(* HAW = University of Applied Sciences)
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Overview
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The DAAD – Who we are and what we do
DAAD Funding for Doctoral Students
DAAD Scholarship Database
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Thank you for your attention.
Tim Maschuw
Section ST43
Research Fellowship Programmes
Tel.: 0228 / 882-8705, E-Mail: [email protected]
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
German Academic Exchange Service
Kennedyallee 50
53175 Bonn
www.daad.de
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