ARGELANDER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

Stated amount: 133,206 The funding can cover the following:

1. A travel allowance (depending on country of origin)
2. A scholarship of € 1,500 per month (additional funds for accompanying family members: up to € 300 for a spouse and € 250 per child)
3. A research expense allowance of up to € 300 per month that can be submitted to the International Office after the scholarship has been awarded. Information on applying for the allowance will be provided with your scholarship award. Insurance benefits are not included in the scholarship. Please note that the International Office cannot provide housing for scholarship recipients. Number of Scholarship is the subject to availability, for more please visit official website.

No information available. The application must be submitted by a full-time professor from the University of Bonn. Up to two applications per host/ professor can be considered.The doctoral candidates must submit a signed motivational letter. What does the application include Online form Project description (PDF of max. 8 pages), consisting of:

1. An outline of the research project to be worked on during the person’s stay in Bonn; please write your proposal for a multidisciplinary audience
2. Reasons for the host to invite the doctoral candidate
3. An outline of how the doctoral candidate will be integrated at the host institute (place of work, participation in the institute’s teaching and research activities), and an outline of how the project will be supervised in Bonn
4. Justification by the home university regarding the academic goal of the research stay in Bonn
5. Information on the current status of the doctorate and the planned completion of the doctorate in the home country CV and motivational letter of the doctoral candidate (PDF) A financing plan (please use the following Excel table, download here)

1. Pre-assessment: anonymous by independent experts from the University of Bonn
2. Final decision: a committee made up of representatives from all of University of Bonn’s faculties will discuss the shortlist and select the fellowships.
3. Depending on the requested amounts, up to five projects can be funded
4. Approval rate: 8 proposals, 5 grants Other Info Funding Condition 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. The funding is for a period of at least 3 and not more than 12 months. This funding line is intended to intensify collaborations between scientists in Bonn and their partners in the above- mentioned regions, and expand such collaborations with respect to the promotion of early-career researchers. When the application is submitted, a formal or informal cooperation agreement should already exist between the home institute of the doctoral candidate and the host institute in Bonn. The host researchers in Bonn act as applicants.