DAAD ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships for international Postdocs 2025

The ERA Fellowships – Green Hydrogen programme, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is complemented by comprehensive networking measures and the establishment of four working groups. Fellows will continue to be involved in those after the end of the funding period and thus will both receive and offer long-term support from and to the German research and innovation location for green hydrogen.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Interview Process
• Application Documents
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Study LevelPostdoctoral Fellowships
• SponsorDAAD
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

The fellowship covers

• a monthly fellowship instalment of 2,800 Euros
• payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• a lump sum towards international travel costs

Under certain circumstances, fellowship holders may receive the following additional benefits:

• In the case of a disability or chronic illness: subsidy for additional costs which result from the disability or chronic illness and are not covered by other funding providers: Further information
• Green Mobility Top Up (Support for climate-friendly travel) or reimburse-ment of carbon offset payments for air travel
• Grant for participation in a congress

Requirements

• PostDocs who are interested in any topics related to Green Hydrogen (GH2) 
• As a rule, applicants should not have completed their PhD any longer than six years before the application deadline.
• Your application cannot be considered, if you have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline.

Selection Process

The selection committees are composed according to subject and, if applicable, regional criteria. The committee members are appointed by the DAAD Executive Board and are primarily researchers from German universities and research institutions. They evaluate the applications and decide on the awarding of the fellowships. DAAD staff members organize the meeting but have no voting rights.
The selection criteria are:

• Academic qualification
• Quality of the research project

Application Documents

• Online application form.
• Full curriculum vitae in tabular form (max. 3 pages).
• List of publications (max. 10 pages), if applicable.
• Letter of motivation (1-3 pages).
• A proposal, prepared and formulated by yourself, as well as a description of previous research work (max. 10 pages in total).
• Schedule of planned research work.
• Confirmation from the academic host in Germany.

Check also:
2026 Fully Funded Humboldt Research Fellowship
2026 Konrad Adenauer Foundation Scholarship

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to DAAD on mydaad.b2clogin.com to apply

1. Register in the DAAD portal (Read notes about registering in the portal >>)
2. Request recommendation form
3. Applying online in the DAAD portal (Read notes on applying in the portal >>)

Contact:

• E-Mail: [email protected]

For more information, kindly visit DAAD scholarship portal.