Name of the Event: DAAD Prime Fellowship 2024/25
Date: Selection - February 2025
Earliest starting date - 1 June 2025
Last Date of Application: 30 August 2024
Link to Apply:
DAAD PRIME funds the international mobility of postdoctoral researchers with temporary positions at German universities. Postdocs who see their long-term career perspectives in Germany receive funding for an independent research stay abroad, based on temporary employment at a German university. The grant also includes a mandatory return phase for reintegration into the German science system.
The programme aims to provide participants with an important qualification for a continued career in science. The target group are postdoctoral researchers who see their long-term professional career in Germany. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provides the funds for this programme.
Who can apply?
Applicants with above-average qualifications from all faculties may apply. They must have completed their doctorate with excellent results before the start of funding. There are no restrictions regarding nationality and current residency. However, depending on nationality and place of residence, restrictions may apply when choosing the destination country for the stay abroad.
What can be funded?
We provide funding for an 18-month employment contract at a German university to conduct a 12-month research stay abroad with a subsequent return phase to Germany. During your 12 months abroad, you may combine stays at several research institutions in one or several countries. Please indicate all host institutions in the application form.
Duration of funding
We provide support for 18 months: the first 12 months are spent abroad, and the remaining 6 months of the return phase are spent in Germany (funding cycle 12+6). If your science or insurance and residence law require an alternate schedule, other models may be chosen with the approval of DAAD. Integration into the German social security system is a prerequisite for the research stay abroad, therefore funding may have to begin with a 1-month starting phase in Germany (funding cycle 1+12+5). The respective local statutory insurance determines your status.
Support
The DAAD will conclude a grant agreement with the respective German universities covering the costs for the regular salary and the monthly expatriate allowance.
Salary- temporary 18-month employment contract at a German university according to pay scale TV-L EG 13. Your exact pay is determined by the universities based on your previous work experience.
Expatriate allowance- A monthly expatriate allowance for the research stay abroad is based on an area classification of the destination and the gross income of the fellows.
Travel allowance- PRIME Fellows receive the DAAD lump sum travel subsidy for postdoctoral scientists. Spouses (either by marriage or according to German law on civil partnerships) and children are also eligible if they accompany the fellow for at least one month during the research stay abroad. The travel allowance is not part of the grant agreement with the German university but is paid directly by DAAD.
Application procedure:
The application form will be available at the DAAD application portal. To get to the portal please click on 'Stipendiendatenbank für Deutsche' and fill in “Fachrichtung” (subject of your research), “Zielland” (country of the period abroad) and “Programme für” Promovierte and select the programme.
Please mind the instructions on registering on the portal, choose English as the portal language and activate, if necessary, the compatibility view of your browser. Once your portal registration has been completed, you can generate and download the form for the required letter of recommendation.
After entering the applicant data, all other application documents (including the letter of recommendation) may be uploaded to the portal. To upload the documents, all attachments must be available as PDF files. Except for the certificates, all documents must be submitted in English, as the evaluation and selection process is carried out by international reviewers and an international committee. Applications that were sent before the deadline can be updated and supplemented until the deadline.
We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at - prime@daad.de
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