Göttingen International

DAAD Project Funding

Ukraine crisis

Please note the DAAD letter from 25 February 2022 on the Ukraine crisis and its impact on cooperation projects with the Russian Federation and Belarus as well as the follow-up letter from 1 March 2022 (German only). Further information on the impact of Russia's attack on Ukraine is summerized by the DAAD on this website.

Since 9 March 2022, the DAAD recommends all DAAD funded persons to depart from the Russian Federation and to return to Germany.

COVID-19 Pandemic

Latest information from the DAAD about the Corona virus can be found on the DAAD website.

Corona-related information specifically for DAAD funded projects can be found here (German only).

To expand international educational cooperation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers a variety of funding possibilities with different thematic focuses, covering various regions worldwide.

In order to support universities in implementing their own internationalization strategies and to intensify the development and expansion of international university partnerships, the DAAD offers a wide range of initiatives and formats.

Examples of Funded Formats:

With the goal to establish international cooperation and to enable long-term cooperation, the DAAD supports preparatory trips to international partners in developing countries for employees of German universities:

The DAAD offers a variety of funding programmes to support the organisation of international events in Germany and abroad:

The exchange of staff from German universities and their international partners makes a significant contribution to intensifying international relations and shaping sustainable cooperation. For this reason, the DAAD offers a variety of programmes focused on the personnel mobility:

To intensify international cooperation between universities and promote student mobility, the DAAD supports the expansion of transnational teaching and learning opportunities with the following programmes:

Special attention of the DAAD is paid to the development cooperation. Many funding programmes are designed to establish and expand sustainable structures in higher education and science between industrial and developing countries.
Examples of DAAD funding programmes for development cooperation:


Further information regarding DAAD programmes by thematic focus, region and country of cooperation can be found directly on the Websites of the DAAD.

Examples of the projects, funded by DAAD are IMKD-Project liveSciences³ and IVAC: Change of Perspective - Global Learning: Intercultural Experiences and Interdisciplinary Diversity.

More information about DAAD funding opportunities for Postdocs (Incoming and Outgoing) can be found directly on the Postdocs Funding Opportunities Website.

General Advice for Applicants

Please note that DAAD proposals, which require the approval of the presidential board of the university, need to be forwarded to Göttingen International at least 2 weeks before the application deadline. This is necessary in order to review the proposal according to the regulations of the call and to ensure that the approval of the presidential board of the university can be obtained in time.
Furthermore, applicants are requested to add the university's advisory for DAAD higher education programmes as project assistantship. For this, please use the following functional email address daad-hochschulprogramme@uni-goettingen.de.

Advice for Students

Please understand that we cannot advise on DAAD programmes for individual support for students and PhD candidates. Further information regarding funding opportunities can be found in the DAAD scholarship database. If you have any questions about funding programmes for PhD students, please contact the DAAD directly.

Contact:

Jakob Hedderich
Advisor for DAAD Higher Education Programmes

Von-Siebold-Straße 2
Room 1.112
37075 Göttingen

Email: jakob.hedderich@zvw.uni-goettingen.de
Tel.: +49 551/39 21326

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