DAAD Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Research Grants 2023

Eligibility Criteria

Depending on the nature of your project, you can apply for:

• Bi-national supervision based on the “sandwich model”. You can apply if you have earned a Master’s degree or Diplom (or in exceptional cases a Bachelor’s degree) at the latest at the start of the funding period.
•  ”Cotutelle model”. You can apply if you have been admitted to a doctoral programme at the latest at the start of the funding period.

Offered Benefits

• In option A, a doctorate with bi-national supervision based on the “sandwich model”, research stays at a state or state-recognised institution of higher education or a non-university research institute in Germany (as part of a doctoral programme in the home country) are funded.
• In option A, a doctorate based on the “Cotutelle model”, research stays at a state or state-recognised institution of higher education in Germany are funded. These allow doctoral students to complete a doctoral thesis which is supervised and carried out bi-nationally on the basis of an individually concluded cooperation agreement.

Benefits:

• Monthly payments for doctoral candidates during the stay in Germany: 1,200 euros. Please note that no scholarship payments are made during stays at your home university.
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• Travel allowances for up to three outward and return journeys unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source.
• A research allowance
• Travel and accommodation expenses according to the German Federal Travel Expenses Law for your supervising university teachers for one trip of up to 10 days

Application Process