Gilman-DAAD Germany Scholarships 2027

As part of a cooperation with the U.S. Department of State and the Insitute of International Education (IIE) within the „Benjamin A Gilman International Scholarship Program“ DAAD provides up to 40 additional Gilman-DAAD Scholarships per year for U.S. undergraduate students to study and/or intern in Germany. Only US Pell Grant recipients are eligible to participate (Pell Grants are federal scholarships for low-income students). The program supports a wider effort to increase and diversify international student mobility among German and U.S. higher education institutions.

The "Gilman-DAAD Germany Scholarships" are funded by the Federal Foreign Office.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineOctober 1, 2026
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorDAAD
• School to study
• Course to study
• Eligible CountryUnited States

Benefits

• Funding of up to USD $ 5.000 depending on each scholar’s financial need (determined by IIE)
• health-, accident- and private liability insurance
• Meeting for Gilman-DAAD Germany Scholarship Holders in Germany (if applicable)

Requirements

To be eligible for the Gilman-DAAD Germany Scholarship, applicants must meet all of the eligibility requirements for a regular Gilman Scholarship as stated under https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility/.
In addition, applicants

• must be matriculated full-time in a degree program in a U.S. accredited college or university and still be matriculated upon completion of their education abroad program, and
• must have completed their second year of study at the time of departure. If students are matriculated at a community college, they must demonstrate that they will be transferring into a four-year (Bachelor’s) degree program after completing their education abroad program, and
• must participate in a program that fits the program eligibility as described below.
• Students who have received a Gilman Scholarship funded by ECA in the past or who are receiving Gilman funding at the time of application are not eligible for application for a Gilman-DAAD Germany Scholarship.

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2026 Fully Funded Humboldt Research Fellowship
2026 Eutopia PhD Co-tutelle Call

Application Deadline

October 1, 2026

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to DAAD on www2.daad.de to apply

• The application for the scholarship will be officially announced twice a year in mid-January and mid-August at https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/. Application deadline dates shall be March and October. For further information and the application please visit the official Gilman website as stated above.