The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers scholarships for post-graduate studies and research to Malaysian nationals for the academic year 2018/2019.

Research Grants – Doctoral Programmes in Germany

DAAD research grants provide young foreign academics and scientists with an opportunity to carry out research and continue their education in Germany. There are funding programmes for various qualification phases and stages in a career. The grants also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues. 

The aim of this grant programme is to support doctoral projects in Germany.

Who can apply?

Excellently-qualified young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree or Diplom, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree at the latest by the time they begin their grant-supported research.

What can be funded?

Doctoral programmes at a state or state-recognised institution of higher education or a non-university research institute in Germany:

• individual projects under the supervision of a university teacher or academic adviser or
• participation in a structured doctoral study programme

Duration of the funding

• a maximum of four years; the length of the grant is decided by a selection committee and depends on the project in question and the applicant's work schedule.
• Grants are initially awarded for a maximum of one year. Extensions depend on whether the selection committee considers the previous award period to have been successfully completed.
• For doctoral projects in Germany that require several years of research, research phases outside Germany can be supported if these are critical for the successful completion of the doctoral degree. Planned stays must be specified in the application in the work and time schedule and should not exceed a quarter of the anticipated total funding period.

Value

• Depending on academic level, monthly payments of:
  • euros 750.- for graduates,
  • euros 1,000.- for doctoral candidates
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• Travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding
• One-off research allowance

Under certain circumstances, grant holders completing an uninterrupted stay of over 6 months may receive the following additional benefits:

• monthly rent subsidy
• monthly allowance for accompanying family members

To enable grant holders to improve their language skills in preparation for their stay in Germany, DAAD offers the following services:

• Payment of course fees for the online language course "Deutsch-Uni Online (DUO)" (www.deutsch-uni.com) for six months after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter
• if necessary: Language course (2, 4 or 6 months) before the start of the research stay; the DAAD decides whether to fund the grant holder's participation and for how long depending on language skills and project. If a language course scholarship is granted and the working language at the host institute is German, participation is compulsory.
• Allowance for a personally chosen German language course during the grant period
• Reimbursement of the fees for the TestDaF test which has either been taken in the home country after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter or in Germany before the end of the funding period
• As an alternative to the TestDaF for scholarship holders who have taken a language course beforehand: the fee for a DSH examination taken during the scholarship period may be reimbursed.

Selection

An independent selection committee consisting of specialist scientists reviews applications. The most important selection criteria:

• a convincing and well-planned research project or course of continuing education
• academic achievements

Additional documents that prove academic suitability or provide information about extracurricular activities will also be considered in the assessment.

What requirements must be met?

• As a rule, applicants should not have graduated any longer than six years before the application deadline. If you are already working on a doctoral degree, you should not have started your degree any longer than three years previously.
• Applicants who have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline cannot be considered.

Language skills

• Applicants are generally expected to be able to prove that they have a basic knowledge of German at the time of application and must prove that they have a good knowledge of English (TOEFL iBT 80 resp. IELTS 6.0), too

Research Grants – Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees

DAAD research grants provide foreign doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists with an opportunity to carry out research and continue their education in Germany. There are funding programmes for various qualification phases and stages in a career. The grants also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

The aim of this programme is to promote doctoral degrees at the home university with integrated research phases in Germany. The doctoral degrees are supervised both by a university teacher at the home university and an academic adviser at the host institute in Germany ("sandwich model"). Based on this flexible, multi-phase funding system, doctoral candidates start their doctoral degree in their home country but subsequently spend research periods in Germany. The doctorate is completed in the home country under the supervision of the German academic adviser.

Who can apply?

Excellently-qualified doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree or Diplom, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree at the latest by the time they begin their grant-supported research.

What can be funded?

Research phases at a state or state-recognised institution of higher education or a non-university research institute in Germany as part of a doctoral programme in the home country: the proposal must be coordinated with the academic advisers at the home university and in Germany.

Duration of the funding

• A total of no more than two years; the length of the grant is decided by a selection committee and depends on the project in question and the applicant's work schedule.
• Grants are initially awarded for up to 12 months. Extensions depend on whether the selection committee considers the previous award period to have been successfully completed.
• Applicants should outline how they plan to divide their time between Germany and the home university and specify plans to visit a third country for the purpose of collecting material in a work and time schedule in their application.
• During stays at their home university, the grant is interrupted.

Value

• Monthly payments for doctoral candidates during the stay in Germany: 1,000 euros.
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• Travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding
• One-off research allowance
• Travel and accommodation expenses according to the German Federal Travel Expenses Law for supervising university teachers for one trip of up to 10 days (The nature of the trips should be specified in the work and time schedule submitted with the application.)
  
  • undertaken by the foreign university teacher to Germany to monitor progress
  • undertaken by the German university teacher to the home university of the scholarship holder to take part in final examinations.

Under certain circumstances, grant holders completing an uninterrupted stay of over 6 months in Germany may receive the following additional benefits:

• monthly rent subsidy
• monthly allowance for accompanying members of family

To enable grant holders to learn German in preparation for their stay in the country, DAAD offers the following services:

• Payment of course fees for the online language course "Deutsch-Uni Online (DUO)" (www.deutsch-uni.com) for six months after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter
• if necessary: Language course (2, 4 or 6 months) before the start of the research stay; the DAAD decides whether to fund the grant holder's participation and for how long depending on language skills and project. If a language course scholarship is granted and the working language at the host institute is German, participation is compulsory.
• Allowance for a personally chosen German language course during the grant period
• Reimbursement of the fees for the TestDaF test which has either been taken in the home country after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter or in Germany before the end of the funding period
• As an alternative to the TestDaF for scholarship holders who have taken a language course beforehand: the fee for a DSH examination taken during the scholarship period may be reimbursed.

Selection

An independent selection committee consisting of specialist scientists reviews applications. The most important selection criteria:

• a convincing and well-planned research project or course of continuing education
• academic achievements

Additional documents that prove academic suitability or provide information about extracurricular activities will also be considered in the assessment.

What requirements must be met?

• No more than six years should pass between the final examinations and the application deadline. Doctoral candidates should not have started their doctoral degree any longer than three years previously.
• Applicants who have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline cannot be considered.

Language skills

• Applicants are generally expected to be able to prove that they have a basic knowledge of German at the time of application and must prove that they have a good knowledge of English (TOEFL iBT 80 resp. IELTS 6.0), too

Application Procedure

• The application procedure occurs online through the DAAD portal. You are also required to send 1 copy/copies of the "Application summary" (PDF file), which is generated in the DAAD portal after the online application procedure has been completed, and other appendices by post to the application address.
• Please note that the access to the application portal only appears while the current application period is running. After the application deadline has expired, the portal for this programme is not available until the next application period.
• The access to the DAAD portal generally opens about 6 weeks before the application deadline at the latest.

Application documents

Certificates, proof of credits, certifications and translations may be scanned in non-certified form and uploaded to the DAAD portal. DAAD's Head Office in Bonn will only request certified copies of the submitted documents in paper form if a grant is awarded!

1. Documents to be uploaded to the DAAD portal (For Research Grants – Doctoral Programmes in Germany)
   • Online application form
   • Full curriculum vitae in tabular form (max. 3 pages)
   • List of publications (max. 10 pages), if applicable
   • Extensive and detailed description of the research proposal and a description of previous research work (max. 10 pages)
   • In the case of individual projects supervised by a university teacher (academic adviser)
     • Letter confirming supervision by a university teacher in Germany (academic adviser)
     • Schedule of planned research work
   • In the case of planned participation in a structured doctoral study programme:
     • Letter of admission to a study programme; this can be subsequently submitted before the grant-supported research begins if it is not available at the time of application.
     • Proof of existing contacts to the coordinator of the doctoral programme in the form of copies of correspondence.
   • Also for all applicants:
     
     • Diploma or degree certificate indicating final grade(s): the certificate must be subsequently submitted before the grant-supported research begins if it is not available at the time of application.
     • Other documents which support your application (example: certificates of employment, proof of placements, etc.)
     • Language Certificate (TestDaF or TOEFL iBT/IELTS)
2. To be submitted by post (For Research Grants – Doctoral Programmes in Germany):
   • The "Application summary", which is generated in the portal in PDF format and which can be printed out after the online application procedure is completed; please send 1 copy/copies to the application address.
   • Two recent references from university teachers which provide information about your qualifications (hand-signed, no digital or scanned signature); please enclose the references in envelopes with each copy of your application. Please regard the instructions given on the tab “Submitting an application“.
3. Documents to be uploaded to the DAAD portal (For Research Grants – Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees)
   • Online application form
   • Full curriculum vitae in tabular form (max. 3 pages)
   • List of publications (max. 10 pages), if applicable
   • Extensive and detailed description of the research proposal which has been agreed upon with both academic advisers – in the home country and in Germany – and a description of previous research work (max. 10 pages)
   • Schedule of planned research work and visits from academic adviser
   • Letter confirming supervision by an academic adviser in Germany, which refers to the applicant's proposal and confirms that the host institute will provide a workplace
   • Proof of permission to take a doctoral degree at the home university
   • University degree certificate indicating final grade(s)
   • Other documents which support your application (example: certificates of employment, proof of placements, etc.)
   • Language Certificate (TestDaF or TOEFL iBT/IELTS)
4. To be submitted by post(For Research Grants – Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees):
   • The "Application summary", which is generated in the portal in PDF format and which can be printed out after the online application procedure is completed; please send 1 copy/copies to the application address;
   • One recent reference from a university teacher which provides information about your qualifications (hand-signed, no digital or scanned signature); please enclose one copy of the reference in a sealed envelope with each copy of your application. Please regard the instructions given on the tab “Submitting an application“.

Application Deadline

Application Deadline: 15 October 2018

Application Location

DAAD Information Centre Kuala Lumpur
Lot 20-01, Letter Box No. 33,
Level 20, 
Menara Hap Seng 2
Plaza Hap Seng No. 1 Jalan P. Ramlee
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel.: +60 (3)/92 3519 44
E-Mail.: [email protected]
WWW.: http://ic.daad.de/kualalumpur

Source: http://ic.daad.de/kualalumpur/en/26865/index.html