Scholarships in Germany

For Women in Science is the successful global cooperation of UNESCO and L'Oréal.

We constantly seek applications from qualified researchers regardless of their national origin or citizenship. The working language is English. A command of German is not required for a successful career at CISPA.

The Deutschlandstipendium: What you need to know about the German public-private scholarship.

A career in science is among the most exciting and rewarding experiences. Pursuing a PhD is a challenging task that requires commitment, passion and hard work.

Spend your summer at the University of Greifswald, right next to the Baltic Sea coast!

The International PhD Program for Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy and Sustainable Food Systems (IPPAE) was first accredited in 1992 by the funder, the German Academic Exchange Office (DAAD).

The scholarship programme “Leadership for Africa” (LfA) aims to support the academic qualification and advancement of young refugees and national scholars from Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Mauritania at higher education institutions in Germany.

The Maria Reiche Doctoral Fellowships are specifically for graduate women pursuing doctoral degrees.

Through this fellowship program, tenured faculty (in the rank of professor) at the University of Bonn can invite international postdoctoral fellows for a joint research project on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set forth by the United Nations in its Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. The scientists should research and teach together with a professor from the University of Bonn for one or two semesters.

The aim is to provide funding for doctoral candidates from countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia in order to promote scientific exchange with partners, particularly in regions that have been relatively marginalized in terms of scientific production and to promote international cooperation in the priority regions indicated in the partnership strategy.

For generations, the University of Mannheim has been preparing students to take on leadership roles in business, academia, and society. One of the university’s strengths in this task is its profile, which is characterized by the economic and social sciences.

In the heart of Berlin, MERICS serves as a leading European institution for policy-oriented, impartial, and innovative research on China.

The EPOS programme offers individual scholarships to participants from developing countries so that they may study development-related postgraduate courses at selected universities in Germany.

Mobility Grants of the Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Souteastern Europe.

Graduation in your pocket and now your next goal is a scholarship? Apply today and become part of a unique community! Currently our scholars come from 55 countries of the world. Their subjects are various: law, sciences, music as well as medicine, just to name a few.

Since 2009, the DBU has been awarding fellowships for further qualification in the field of environmental and nature conservation in Germany to young Master's degree and PhD students from Kosovo.

Schöller Fellow for promising early career scholars (including post-doctoral researchers and outstanding Ph.D. students).

Each year, the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School offers scholarships for admitting doctoral students to one of the interdisciplinary graduate classes of the structured doctoral model “Integrated Track”.

The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz is a non-profit institution devoted to academic research that is not part of a university. It is an independent research institute and it has been a member of the Leibniz Associationsince 2012

The Opportunity Mannheim Scholarship of the University of Mannheim Foundation aims to open up opportunities: The scholarship intends to enable students in a weaker financial position to take up or complete their studies.

The ZUKOnnect Fellowships support early career researcher from Africa, Asia and Latin America. ZUKOnnect Call 2025 - to be published in December 2024, deadline mid February 2025

StipendiumPlus: more than just a scholarship, more than just one scholarship opportunity.

In Austauschprogrammen, mit Stipendien gefördert, erleben Christen aus aller Welt unterschiedliche Kulturen und christliche Traditionen. Die Stipendien werden verwaltet durch das Stipendienreferat von Brot für die Welt.

Do you have good to very good grades or academic achievements, are you interested in politics, are you committed and have a liberal, cosmopolitan attitude? Then the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom is the right place for you and you can apply for a scholarship here.