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Funding opportunities from the German Academic Exchange Service for the academic year 2024/2025 (www.funding-guide.de)

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25.10.2023 - Article

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides the following funding opportunities for the academic year 2024/2025:

A. Students and graduates

Study Scholarships - Post-graduate Studies in the Field of Architecture
Application deadline: 25 September 2023

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Fields of Fine Art, Design, Visual Communication and Film
Application deadline: 30 November 2023

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Field of the Performing Arts
Application deadline: 2 November 2023

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Music
Application deadline: 28 September 2023

Practical Traineeships for Foreign Students of Natural and Technical Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry (IAESTE)

Application deadline: 2 January 2024

DLR-DAAD Research Fellowship Graduates
Application deadline: 2 January 2024

Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS)
Application deadline: 31 July 2023*

VORsprung: A digital head start for Engineering and Science studies in Germany
Application deadline: 17 July 2023*


B. Doctoral students, post-docs and young researchers

Research Grants – Short-Term Grants
Application deadline: 16 October 2023

Research Grants – Short-Term Grants
Application deadline: 15 March 2024

Research Grants – One-Year Grants for Doctoral Candidates
Application deadline: 16 October 2023

Research Grants – Doctoral Programmes in Germany
Application deadline: 16 October 2023

Research Grants - Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees / Cotutelle
Application deadline: 16 October 2023

DLR-DAAD Research Fellowship Post-Doc
Application deadline: 2 January 2024

DLR-DAAD Research Fellowship PhD
Application deadline: 2 January 2024

Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP)
The application should be submitted directly to the participating German university.


C. University teachers and scientists

Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists
Application deadline: 16 October 2023

Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists
Application deadline: 15 March 2024

DLR-DAAD Research Fellowship Senior Scientists
Application deadline: 2 January 2024


D. Alumni

Reinvitation Programme for Former Scholarship Holders:

Reinvitations 24_1
Application deadline: 16 October 2023

Reinvitations 24_2
Application deadline: 15 March 2024

Reinvitation Programme for former scholarship-holders - Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS / AST):
Application deadline: 29 September 2024


Please note: The application deadlines provided on the DAAD Website have final validity!


*Annually repeated programmes with similar deadline next year

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