DAAD 2025 Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP)

Applications are now open for the DAAD 2025 Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP). DAAD wants to increase the number of international doctoral candidates in structured graduate schools at German universities.

• Table of Content
• About DAAD
• Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP)
• Aim and Benefits of Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP)
• Requirements for Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP)

Aim and Benefits of Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP)

• Monthly payments of 1,300 euros
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• Travel lump sum (depending on country of origin)
• Annual research allowance of 460 euros

Under certain circumstances, grant holders may receive the following additional benefits:

• Monthly rent subsidy
• Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family (about 200 euros child allowance per child; about 275 euros marriage allowance)

Additionally, the host graduate school can receive an annual material resource and supervision allowance (1000 euros). 

Requirements for Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) Qualification

Excellently-qualified doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree or Diplom, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree at the latest by the time they begin their scholarship – depending on the graduate school.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

GSSP is no programme you can apply for directly!

Only after applying at a participating graduate school (see www.daad.de/gssp for the list of participating graduate school you can apply to and for further information) and being nominated for a scholarship by said graduate school, you are asked to upload your application in the DAAD portal.

For more details, visit DAAD scholarship webpage