Objective

This programme offers you the opportunity to network amongst colleagues and exchange experience in the framework of short-term research stays in Germany. The scholarships are funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

Who can apply?

University teachers and established academics and scientists who have usually completed a doctoral degree and work at a university or research institute in their home country can apply.

Duration of the funding

• Funding is provided for one to three months. Please indicate in your application how long you wish to receive funding.
• The grant is non-renewable.
• Please note in your time planning that the funded stays should be completed by January 2025 at the latest.

Value

• Monthly payments of
  2,000 euros for assistant teachers, assistant professors and lecturers,
  2,150 euros for professors
• Travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding.
• Green Mobility Top Up (Support for climate-friendly travel) or partial reimbursement of carbon offset payments for air travel

Please note: Health insurance coverage is mandatory in Germany. If you do not have a corresponding home health insurance, you will be insured by the DAAD. The costs will be deducted from the scholarship payment.

Application documents

Documents to be uploaded to the DAAD portal:

• Online application form
• Full curriculum vitae in tabular form (max. 3 pages)
• List of academic publications (max. 3 pages)
• Comprehensive statement about research project (max. 10 pages). Please also read our important information for scholarship applicants / section B, point 2.
• Time schedule and itinerary (host institutes / academic hosts) of the planned research stay (to be uploaded under ‘time schedule’ in the DAAD portal)
• Confirmation from the academic host in Germany; the confirmation must refer to your project and guarantee that the host institute in Germany will provide you with a workplace.

NOTE: The application procedure occurs online through the DAAD portal.
Please note that the access to the application portal only appears while the current application period is running.

Application deadline

10th October 2023
Selection decision will be taken in February 2024, start of the funding usually in May 2024.

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Contacts

• Interested students can contact jennifer.spence@utp. ac.pa cc [email protected] 
• Phone: 560-3201
• Attention in person at the International Relations Office from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.
• Find us on social networks as @dri_utp