DAAD Short-Term Research International Grants in Japan

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Countries: All nationalities
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: The sponsorship will be awarded in any Doctoral Research degree subject offered by the university.
• Admissible Criteria: To be eligible, the applicants must be:
• Excellently-qualified doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists who have completed a Master’s degree or Diplom, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor’s degree at the latest by the time they begin their grant-supported research, or those who have already completed a PhD (postdocs).
• Doctoral candidates who are already doing their doctorate at a German university cannot apply.

Offered Benefits

The successful applicants will be received all the following study benefits:

• Depending on an academic level, monthly payments of
• Euros 861.- for graduates,
• Euros 1,200.- for doctoral candidates and postdocs
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover and travel allowance

Application Process

• How to Apply: The application procedure occurs online through the DAAD portal after the online application procedure has been completed by post to the application address.
• Supporting Documents: You must all the following supporting documents:
• Full curriculum vitae in tabular form (max. 3 pages)
• List of publications (max. 10 pages), if applicable
• A proposal, prepared and formulated by yourself, as well as a description of previous research work (max. 5 pages with max. 3.000 characters without spaces per page plus two pages of graphics if necessary).
• Schedule of planned research work
• Letter confirming supervision by an academic adviser in Germany, which refers to the applicant’s proposal and confirms that the host institute will provide a workplace
• University degree certificate indicating final grade(s): the certificate must be subsequently submitted before the grant-supported research begins if it is not available at the time of application.
• Other documents which support your application (example: certificates of employment, proof of practical training/internships, etc.)
• Depending on the subject certificate of knowledge of German language (onDaF, TestDaF) or English language (IELTS or TOEFL iBT or TEM)