The PhD scholarships support highly qualified junior academics from the historical sciences with excellent academic standing and brilliant examination results who show unusual promise for their doctoral theses. Applications can be submitted at any time, independent of the candidate's nationality or place of work. Scholarship holders receive a monthly base amount of 1,920 EUR. There are additional benefits, such as allowances for accompanying children or travel stipends, if necessary. Please note that income from employment and scholarship income are mutually exclusive. The funding will be awarded over a period of up to 2 years.
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Summary
- Application DeadlineNot Specified
- Study LevelPhD
- SponsorDAAD
- Eligible CountryAll Countries
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Benefits
- Scholarship base amount: 1,920 EUR per month
- Standard foreign residence allowance: 480 EUR per month
- Travel allowance: as required
- Material costs: as required
- Family allowance, if applicable: 480 EUR for academics with one child, +120 EUR for each additional child
Income from employment and scholarship income are mutually exclusive.
Requirements
- Only applicants who were under 28 years of age when awarded the degree qualifying them for a doctorate are eligible.
- Final grade for the degree (Master's, for state examinations: Sec. II) must be 1.5 or higher. For degrees gained abroad a separate evaluation will take place to assess the applicant's suitability. The final grade for state examinations in law is also evaluated separately.
- The foundation does not award PhD completion grants: follow-up funding of sponsorships by a third party with a grant period of over 1 year will be considered completion grants.
Application Documents
The following documents must be included in an application for a PhD scholarship (in German or English):
- description of the research proposal (max. 8 pages)
- plus bibliography if necessary (in addition to the max. 8 pages)
- at least font size 11 and line spacing 1.5
- please choose a readable font, e.g. Arial 11 pt. or Times New Roman 12 pt.
- time schedule and working plan with information about the necessary travel to archives, libraries and museums or other destinations required for the completion of the dissertation (max. 2 pages)
- detailed cost calculation (estimates if need be) of the probable travel and material costs
- no college or tuition fees
- curriculum vitae in tabular form
- certificate(s) of the university degree qualifying for PhD studies (generally Master certificate; for direct doctorates: seminar attendance certificates; please do not send Bachelor certificates). Please send us copies, references do not have to be attested.
- two expert opinions which provide information on the applicant's qualifications and about the quality of the doctoral project:
- the choice of the referees is up to the applicant
- the second report needs not be compiled by the person who later acts as second examiner for the Ph.D. thesis
- upload via the online recommendation form
- The letters of recommendation should be received promptly with the application; the application can only be discussed when both letters of recommendation are available.
- The Foundation does not contact the authors of the letters of recommendations; you as the applicant must ensure that the letters of recommendations are submitted (promptly).
- possibility to submit more than two letters of recommendation
Please note that the Gerda Henkel Foundation will not contact any referees and the applicants are responsible for requesting the letters of recommendation themselves.
Please do not send the following information:
- High School Leaving certificates
- internship certificates
- seminar grades (only required for direct PhDs)
- employment references
Application Deadline
Not SpecifiedHow To Apply
Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to
DAAD on forms.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de to apply
Electronic Application Form for the Foundation
- 1. Please complete the application form in full.
- 2. The application form can be saved at any time. Using your own personal link, you can return to and edit the form for a period of ten days. However, after this period (10 Days), your data will be deleted from the server.
- 3. Once you have completed the form, you will receive a short summary, which needs to be confirmed in order to be sent to the Foundation electronically.
- 4. During the transmission process your data will be sent to the Foundation in electronic form. Confirmation of receipt will be sent to the e-mail address provided in the application.
Please follow these rules when uploading your application files:
- All documents need to be uploaded as pdf-files.
- Please do not upload protected PDF documents.
- Please do not upload secured PDF documents.
- A single file may not exceed a file size of 6 MB each.
- You cannot upload more than one document per upload field.
- The application can only be sent, if all necessary documents are included.
Please note the following additional information:
- Your data will be stored by the Gerda Henkel Foundation for the purpose of processing your application and will not be passed on to third parties.
- The Gerda Henkel Foundation will be happy to provide you with information about the data that we have stored on your person at any time. If so required, personal data can be changed or deleted.
- This form may only be used to make an application to the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The Foundation reserves the right to delete application data without prior notification, if necessary.
Online recommendation form:
Letters of recommendation must be uploaded via the online recommendation form by their authors with a personal signature. Please do not additionally send the documents by email and/or postal mail.
Contact [email protected] to make an enquiry.
For more informatio, kindly visit Gerda Henkel Foundation scholarship webpage.
