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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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Support Institutions – DAAD Projects 2018

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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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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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Eligibility

German Nationals (and equivalent)

German Nationals and Foreigners(including foreign country residents)

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1. DAAD Research Grants – Short and Long Term

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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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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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Research Grants – Basic funding

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€ 1.200

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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 - 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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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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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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Research Grants – IFI for Computer Scientists

2. DAAD Research Grants – IFI

◼ IFI = Internationale Forschungsaufenthalte

für Informatikerinnen und Informatiker

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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


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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RISE

4. DAAD RISE

◼ Research Internships in Science and Engineering

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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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Conference Travel Grants

4. DAAD Conference Travel Grants

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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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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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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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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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DAAD funding –

Scholarship database

www.daad.de

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Stipendiendatenbank

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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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