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Funding Opportunities For 2022

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Here you can find information on various kinds of funding opportunities for foreign students, graduates and postdocs by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) -the world largest scholarship provider - as well as on funding offered by other selected organisations:

https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/

https://www.daad.or.ke/en/find-funding/

A. Students and Graduates

University Summer Courses in Germany for Foreign Students and Graduates

Application deadline: 1 December each year

Study trips for groups of Foreign Students to Germany (info available only in German language)

Application deadline: 1 February each year for trips from 1. June, 1 May each year for trips from 1.September and 1 November each year for trips from 1. March.

Internships for Foreign Students of Natural and Engineering Sciences as well as Agriculture and Forestry (IAESTE)

DAFI (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative) undergraduate degree scholarship programme for qualified refugee students in their country of asylum

B. Graduates

Leadership for Africa (LfA) programme for bachelor’s degree holders who wish to pursue a master’s degree in Germany. The scholarship is open to applicants from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan.

Application deadline: Please keep checking the DAAD Kenya page, https://www.daad.or.ke/en/, as well as their social media pages. They'll publicize this info once a new call is announced.

Master’s Programme in German Studies at the University of Nairobi

Application deadline: Please keep checking the DAAD Kenya website, https://www.daad.or.ke/en/as well as their social media pages. They'll publicize this information once a new call is announced.

Short-term scholarships for African German students (Master thesis)

Application deadline: two calls per year. More details here.

Study scholarships – Postgraduate studies in the field of Architecture

Application deadline: 30 September 2022

Study scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Fields of Visual Arts, Design, Visual Communication and Film

Application deadline: 30 November 2022

Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Performing Arts

Application deadline: 2 November 2022

Study Scholarships – Postgraduate studies in the Field of Music

Application deadline: 29 September 2022

Helmut-Schmidt-Programme Master’s Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance (PPGG)
The application period for all eight higher education institutions under this programme is from 1 June until 31 July 2022. Please see the call for applications for this programme for more information.

C. PhD, Post-Docs and Junior Scientists

Research grants – One-Year Grants for Doctoral Candidates

Application deadline: 31 October 2022

Research grants – short-term grant

Application deadline: 15 October 2022 for research stays from April the following year and 1 April 2022 for research stays from August

Research grants – PhD in Germany

Application deadline: 1 April, and 15 October 2022

Research grants – Bi-national supervised PhD / Cotutelle

Application deadline: 31 October 2022

German Colonial Rule. Scholarship Programme for Cooperative Research

Application deadline: 31 August 2022

Doctoral scholarships by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes