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MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENROLLED AT UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG

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Application Deadline: 15 October 2024

LOCATION: Germany

With its merit scholarship program, Universität Hamburg supports outstanding international students and doctoral researchers in all subjects and at all degree levels who have been socially committed and actively involved in an international context. The awarding of a merit scholarship allows recipients to concentrate fully on their studies and gives them the opportunity to develop their skills.

ELIGIBILITY:

You are entitled to funding if you:

have been enrolled in your subject at Universität Hamburg for at least 2 semesters and are pursuing a degree (students in 2-year master’s degree programs and doctoral researchers can apply after 1 completed semester);

do not hold German citizenship;

are not eligible for the federal student loan scheme (International students fulfilling the requirements of Section 8 of the German federal training assistance act (Bundesgesetz über individuelle Förderung der Ausbildung, BAföG) cannot be funded)

BENEFIT:

The maximum monthly funding sum is €930.

Merit scholarships are awarded for 2 semesters (total of 12 months). You can reapply for a merit scholarship. The maximum funding duration is 2 years.

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RESEARCH GRANTS IN GERMANY, DAAD

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LOCATION: Germany

The research grant offers the opportunity to realise a research project in Germany. The program supports research stays during a doctorate or in the early postdoc phase.

ELIGIBILITY:

You can apply if you:

are doing your doctorate at a university or research institution outside Germany or

have already completed your doctorate (post-doc, up to 4 years after completing your doctorate)

You cannot apply if you are doing your entire doctorate at a German university.

A research project at a state or state-recognised university or a non-university research institute in Germany that is being carried out in agreement with a scientific supervisor in Germany.

Duration of the funding: Funding is provided for a period of:

doctoral students: 2 to 12 months

postdocs: 2 to 6 months

It is not possible to divide the funding up within the funding period. The realization of research work in different countries outside Germany is not eligible for funding.

Please indicate your desired funding period in the application form. The funding period will be determined by the selection committee during the selection process, taking your work schedule into account.

The scholarship cannot be extended.

BENEFIT:

monthly scholarship payments of 1.300 euros

payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover (see also our important information for scholarship applicants / section F, point 4)

travel allowance

for a funding period of more than six months: research allowance of 460 euros

Under certain circumstances, you can apply for the following additional benefits after start of funding:

monthly rent subsidy, only for a funding period of more than six months (see important information for scholarship applicants, section F, point 9)

monthly allowance for accompanying members of family, only for a funding period of more than six months; please also read our important information for scholarship applicants / section F, point 3

In case of a disability or chronic illness: on application, a subsidy may be provided for justified additional costs, incurred in Germany due to the disability, that are necessary to realise the project in Germany and that are not covered by a third party; whether and to what extent a subsidy will be paid, will be reviewed and determined on an individual basis (see important information for scholarship applicants, section F, point 8)

Green Mobility Top Up (subsidy for climate-friendly travel) or reimbursement of carbon offset payments for air travel

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