Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
up to 1,920 euros
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- travel expenses
- other
Description
As part of its Ph.D. programme, the Foundation seeks to promote highly-qualified new academic talent. Only those candidates are considered whose study achievements and exam performances show them to be especially gifted and whose Ph.D. theses can be expected to yield well above-average results. At present, each year about 50 PhD Scholarships are awarded.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Monthly scholarship award: 1,920 euros
Foundation stipend holders working on Ph.D. or research projects with children, will receive a monthly family grant in addition to their scholarship. The family grant is awarded on presentation of the child’s birth certificate and disbursed for children who have not yet turned 18.
• for one child: EUR 480• each further child: EUR 120
Monthly endowment for scholarships abroad: 480 euros
Travel aid: as required
Material aid: as required
Eligibility
- Overall graduation grade (Masters, or for German State Examinations Sek. 11): 1.5 or better (foreign graduation certificates will be assessed separately).
- The applicant must not have been older than 28 years of age at the point in time when they graduated and qualified to take part in a PhD programme.
If an applicant was aged 25 when graduating, then he or she can still apply to the Foundation for a Ph.D. scholarship when aged 35. This age limit shall be extended to take the following situations into account: night school, bringing up children, military service, work experience and other exceptional circumstances.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
Germany
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Master
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Anytime
Applications can only be made in digital form.
Applications must be in English or in German.
Scholarships are awarded independently of the applicant's nationality or location.
The application can be submitted at any time (no deadline).