Applicants who wish to pursue their Ph.D. degree in any field and interest to do a specific research project in Germany, go through, this program supports you financially to studying in a perfect place with a qualified instructor and positive environment, so apply and be one of the best scholars of this program.

Important dates:

• Deadline: May 27, 2020
• Start of the program: December 2020

Benefits of the program:

It is a fully-funded program which the below expenses will be covered by:

Postdoctoral research:

• Monthly payment: 2300 Euro
• Family grants will be available according to the child’s birth certificate and disbursed for children who are under 18 years
• For one child: 400 Euro
• For two children: 500 Euro
• For three or more children: + 100 Euro
• Monthly endowment for scholarships abroad: 575 Euro

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Scholarship for after postdoctoral lecture qualification:

• Monthly payment: 3100 Euro
• Family grants will be available according to the child’s birth certificate and disbursed for children who are under 18 years
• For one child: 400 Euro
• For two-child: 500 Euro
• For three or more children: + 100 Euro
• Monthly endowment for scholarships abroad: 775 Euro

If appropriate:

• Travel expenses abroad

If required

• Travel expenses
• Material expenses

Level of study: Ph.D. and Research Project

Duration: 2 years

Required documents:

• Research proposal Maximum 8 pages the details below must include:
  • Plus bibliography if necessary
  • Font size 11, line spacing 1.5
  • The topic of your proposal must be different than the topic of your Ph.D. monograph.
• Timetable and working plan with information about the necessary travel to archives, libraries, and museums or other destinations
• Mentioned the cost of materials clearly.
• CV and list of publications
• Copies of Masters, Ph.D., Professorship’s certificate and transcripts
• One or more recommendation letter must be signed by the author and send to info@gerda-henkel-stiftung.de
• Two pages of your monograph/ collection
• Cost of your publication
• The manuscript on which the calculations have been made on CD-ROM

how to apply:

• Fill the online application form
• All of your document must be in pdf format
• The size of your single documents must not be more than 6 MB

Note: only the recommendation letter should be sent by email.

For further information about the program follow the link of Gerda Hinkel Stiftung Website

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