Amount: Monthly payments for doctoral candidates during the stay in Germany: 1.400 euros. Please note that no scholarship payments are made during stays at your home university. Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover Travel allowances for up to three outward and return journeys unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source. A research allowance of € 460 Travel and accommodation expenses according to the German Federal Travel Expenses Law for your supervising university teachers for one trip of up to 10 days - to Germany to monitor progress, - to your home university to take part in final examinations. Please indicate the trips in the time schedule (see 'Application documents') when applying. Under certain circumstances, you can apply for the following additional benefits for uninterrupted stays of over 6 months in Germany after start of funding: monthly rent subsidy (please read the important scholarship information / section F, point 9) monthly allowance for accompanying members of family. Please also read our important information for scholarship applicants / section F, point 3. In case of a disability or chronic illness: on application, a subsidy may be provided for justified additional costs incurred abroad that are necessary to realise the project in Germany and that are not covered by a third party; whether and to what extent a subsidy will be paid, will be reviewed and determined on an individual basis (see important information for scholarship applicants , section F, point 8) To enable grant holders to learn German in preparation for their stay in Germany, DAAD offers the following services: Payment of course fees for an online language course 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 funding period Reimbursement of the fee for a TestDaF or DSH test, which you can take either in your home country after you have received your Letter of Award or in Germany during the funding period Benefits from third parties are partially credited towards the DAAD scholarship. Information on this can be found in the important scholarship information in section F, point 6.

Payout: Paid to the college or financial aid office

This award may be renewable.