General overview of GFA scholarships and allowances

General requirements

• Eligible for applying are doctoral candidates, who are members of the GFA (until completing the doctoral examination process by receiving the degree certificate, but no longer than a year after the oral defense).
• PhD students have to submit a certificate of enrolment valid for the period of the event.
• Only members of the University of Göttingen are eligible for application.
• Timely submission of the application
• Complete application documents (including statement/report of the professor if applicable)
• Compliance with the obligation to submit annual progress reports to the Thesis Committee

Application deadlines

• 15^th January -> earliest possible start of funding: 1^st March
• 15^th March -> earliest possible start of funding: 1^st May
• 15^th May -> earliest possible start of funding: 1^st July
• 15^th July -> earliest possible start of funding: 1^st September
• 15^th September -> earliest possible start of funding: 1^st November
• 15^th November -> earliest possible start of funding: 1^st January of the following year