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Funding Opportunities For 2021
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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/
or
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 2020
Study trips for groups of Foreign Students to Germany
Application deadline: 1 February for trips from 1. June 2021, 1 May for trips from 1.September 2021 and 1 November for trips from 1. March 2021
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: 23 October 2020
Master’s Programme in German Studies at the University of Nairobi
Application deadline: 4 May 2020
Short-term scholarships for African German students (Master thesis)
Application deadline: 15 October 2020
Study scholarships – Master / Postgraduate studies in the field of Architecture
Application deadline: 30 September 2020
Application deadline: 30 November 2020
Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Performing Arts
Application deadline: 30 October 2020
Study Scholarships – Postgraduate studies in the Field of Music
Application deadline: 1 October 2020
C. PhD, Post-Docs and Junior Scientists
Research grants – One-Year Grants for Doctoral Candidates
Application deadline: 30 October 2020
Research grants – short-term grant
Application deadline: 15 October 2020 for research stays from April 2021 and 1 April 2021 for research stays from August
Research grants – PhD in Germany
Application deadline: 30 October 2020
Research grants – Bi-national supervised PhD / Cotutelle
Application deadline: 30 October 2020
German Colonial Rule. Scholarship Programme for Cooperative Research
Application deadline: 31 August 2021
Doctoral scholarships by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
D. Professors and Researchers
Bilateral exchange of scientists
Application deadline: anytime, but not less than 3 months before the start of the intended research stay.
Research stays for Professors and Researchers
Application deadline: 15 October 2020 for research stays from April 2021 and 1 April 2021 for research stays from August 2021.
E. Alumni
Re-invitation of former scholars
Application deadline: 15 October 2020 for research stays from April 2021 and 1 April 2021 for research stays from August 2021.
F. In-Country / In-Region Programme
Master or PhD Scholarships at different universities and research institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
G. Others
Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) in Germany
DLR-DAAD Research Fellowship Programme
International Couching Courses (ITK) by Leipzig University for postgraduate coaches and physical education teachers from developing countries
43rd International German Athletics Association Track & Field Coaching Course 2021.