DAAD 2025 Research Grants - Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees

Appllcations are now open for the DAAD 2025 Research Grants - Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees. This programme offers you the opportunity to do a bi-national doctoral degree at your home university and at a university in Germany.

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• About DAAD
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• Aim and Benefits of https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=&origin=&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=&page=1&detail=57507783
• Requirements for https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=&origin=&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=&page=1&detail=57507783 Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=&origin=&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=&page=1&detail=57507783

Aim and Benefits of https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=&origin=&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=&page=1&detail=57507783

• Monthly payments for doctoral candidates during the stay in Germany: 1,300 euros. Please note that no scholarship payments are made during stays at your home university.
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• Travel allowances for up to three outward and return journeys unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source.
• A research allowance of € 460
• Travel and accommodation expenses according to the German Federal Travel Expenses Law for your supervising university teachers for one trip of up to 10 days
  - to Germany to monitor progress,
  - to your home university to take part in final examinations.
  Please indicate the trips in the time schedule (see 'Application documents') when applying.

Requirements for https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=&origin=&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=&page=1&detail=57507783 Qualification

Depending on the nature of your project, you can apply for:

1. Bi-national supervision based on the 'sandwich model'. You can apply if you have earned a Master’s degree or Diplom (or in exceptional cases a Bachelor’s degree) at the latest at the start of the funding period.
2. 'Cotutelle model'. You can apply if you have been admitted to a doctoral programme at the latest at the start of the funding period.

What can be funded?

• In option a), a doctorate with bi-national supervision based on the 'sandwich model', research stays at a state or state-recognised institution of higher education or a non-university research institute in Germany (as part of a doctoral programme in the home country) are funded.
• In option b) a doctorate based on the 'Cotutelle model', research stays at a state or state-recognised institution of higher education in Germany are funded. These allow doctoral students to complete a doctoral thesis which is supervised and carried out bi-nationally on the basis of an individually concluded cooperation agreement.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit DAAD scholarship webpage