Possibilities for PhD Students
State graduate stipends are awarded by some universities.
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The DFG funds interdisciplinary graduate students who are involved in research. At the moment, about 300 graduate schools are established at universities and their institutions.
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Further information: www.dfg.de
Amongst other things, the DAAD grants subventions for printing publication to its scholarship holders.
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Further information: www.daad.de
The 10 German Begabtenförderungswerke award stipends that are co-founded by public sources. Length of funding: 1 year, extendable by 1 or 2 years if warranted.
Requirements should be inquired from the respective institutions as they are very different.
• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (www.kas.de)
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (www.fes.de)
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (www.fnst.de)
• Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (www.hss.de)
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (www.boell.de)
• Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (www.studienstiftung.de)
• Cusanuswerk (www.cusanuswerk.de)
• Evangelisches Studienwerk (www.evstudienwerk.de)
• Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (www.boeckler.de)
• Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft – Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann (www.sdw.org)
You can find private foundations or research funding agencies at www.stiftungsindex.de and/or in the book „Geld fürs Studium und die Doktorarbeit" by Dieter Hermann and Angela Verse-Herman, Eichborn Verlag.
Areas of funding:
Requirements:
Supported are:
Further information: www.dfg.de
The VG Wort science fund grants subventions to printing costs.
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The decision about funding your work is made by a committee of publishers and scientists.
Further information: www.vgwort.de