Funding Guide 2021-2022 For Academic Mobility between the UK/Ireland and Germany 1 2 CONTENTS
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 4
Information for Applicants 6
Studying in Germany Programmes 8
Research in Germany Programmes 14
Other Mobility Programmes 19
DAAD Networking Programmes 26
Information and Useful Addresses about Studying in Germany 30
3 THE GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE (DAAD)
About the DAAD
First established in 1925 and re-founded in 1950, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the German national agency for the support of international academic cooperation. It relies on federal funds to offer a wide range of scholarships and grants for the international exchange of students, academics and researchers helping to build ties between academic institutions around the world. The DAAD head office is based in Bonn, Germany. Along with a number of DAAD information centres worldwide, there are branch offices in Amman, Berlin, Bogotá, Brussels, Beijing, Cairo, Hanoi, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Moscow, Nairobi, New Delhi, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Tunis and Warsaw.
The DAAD London team also initiates The DAAD a variety of projects and networking London Branch opportunities that support the exchange between the German, the British and the The London office of the German Academic Irish cultures. To name a few: the German Exchange Service was first established in 1927 Language Competition organised in and reopened after the war in 1952, being the collaboration with the Institute of Modern oldest of the 17 branches of the organisation Languages Research (IMLR) at the School for outside of Germany. The DAAD team in Advanced Study London aims at promoting London acts as the first point of contact for the German language among students in the inquiries regarding DAAD programmes for UK and Ireland. Each competition round has students and researchers based in the United focused on different topics that challenged Kingdom and Ireland, providing information the students to be creative with the German about German universities, application to language. Nothing bonds more than football: DAAD programmes and further funding The Sauerkraut Cup is the sporting fixture opportunities. The DAAD London Branch promoted by the DAAD London. Small teams also promotes a variety of other mobility of students from German Departments in programmes that support exchange between the UK and Ireland compete in a very local German lecturers and senior academics football championship to win the legendary based in the UK and Ireland. “Sauerkraut Cup”.
4 Two DAAD Centres for German and European with established world-class researchers, Studies are based in the UK. The Institute and they also welcome visits by German for German Studies at the University of scholars. Other project funding grants Birmingham and the DAAD-University of to UK universities have been offered via Cambridge Research Hub for German Studies the Promoting German Studies in the UK enable academics to establish collaborations programme. Finally, the DAAD London with fellow researchers at German branch keeps in contact with the staff of universities. The two research centres the German departments at UK and Irish promote international collaborations, they universities by organising the annual Heads offer an important networking opportunity of German meeting. giving postgraduates the chance to engage
For more information about the DAAD London’s activities and news, please check the website www.daad.org.uk regularly, subscribe to the DAAD London Newsletter www.daad.org.uk/newsletter and follow us on social media DAAD.UKandIreland DAAD_UK_Ireland.
We help to build links between academic institutions around the world.
5 INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS
How to Apply for a DAAD Scholarship
The DAAD grants described in this students and academic staff which are brochure are available to academic offered for applicants based in the UK or in staff and students in Ireland and the Ireland. Please be aware that the full list of United Kingdom for study and research grants available at the German Academic in Germany. Exchange Service is accessible online on our Scholarship Database. The Scholarship Moreover, a variety of mobility programmes Database also includes programmes and also ensure academic exchange from funding opportunities that are offered by Germany to the United Kingdom or Ireland. other affiliated organisations. This brochure contains an overview of the most important funding opportunities for
6 Before applying for a DAAD Scholarship n F inally, submit your application via the prospective students and researchers should: online DAAD-Portal, which is accessible at all times after first registration. You can n G et an overview of available grants and check the progress of your application scholarships by browsing through our and receive feedback at any time through Scholarship Database the DAAD-Portal. Generally, applications www.daad.org.uk>Find open approximately 6-8 weeks prior to Funding>Scholarship Database the deadlines. n G et advice: get in touch with the DAAD The selection process for allocating the London office branch for any questions DAAD Scholarships is organised by the DAAD about the programmes offered. London team for applicants coming from the UK and Ireland. A group of carefully sourced n R eview the programmes and carefully experts and professionals of a variety of check all the requirements and academic subjects review the applications prerequisites listed as essential on our and as an independent selection panel, they website. strive to allocate grants fairly. n P ut together your application collecting Due to the emergency caused by COVID-19, all necessary documents listed in the some of the programmes listed may not take Scholarship Database. Do you have place in the academic year 2021-2022. Before questions about the documents? Have a applying to a scholarship programme, make look at the FAQs on our website sure to check our website for updates. w ww.daad.org.uk>Find Funding>FAQ Scholarships and Grants or get in touch with us directly: [email protected].
7 STUDYING IN GERMANY PROGRAMMES
DAAD Scholarships for Undergraduate Students
RISE Germany – Research prove that they will still be fully enrolled Internships in Science & upon their return to their home university in North America, the UK or Ireland. Engineering For most positions knowledge of German is RISE is a summer placement programme not required. for undergraduate students from the UK Value and Ireland, the United States and Canada in the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, A monthly rate of EUR 750, health-, accident- Earth Sciences and Engineering or a closely and private liability insurance, a lump sum related field. It offers unique opportunities towards international travel costs, a lump for undergraduate students to work with sum of EUR 160 for travel within Germany, research groups at universities and top a three-day meeting of all RISE scholars in research institutions across Germany for a Germany in July. period of 2 to 3 months during the summer. Applications RISE interns are matched with doctoral Applications are to be completed online at: students whom they assist and who serve as www.daad.de/rise-germany their mentors. All participants receive grants from the DAAD to help cover living expenses, Application Period while partner universities and research 1 November 2020 to 15 December 2020 for institutes provide housing assistance. placements in summer 2021.
Requirements Further Information Applications are open to undergraduate Contact: [email protected] students majoring in the fields of science and engineering as well as in computer More information and application: science. Applicants must have completed www.daad.de/rise-germany at least two years of undergraduate study. Seniors or fourth-year students must
8 University Summer Courses for Value Foreign Students and Graduates EUR 950 which contributes towards course fees and accommodation. Every year, German universities offer a broad range of three to four week-long summer Applications language courses to foreign students and Applications must be submitted via the graduates. The University Summer Courses DAAD-Portal, all documents required are aim to help students and graduates to listed in the Scholarship Database. improve their knowledge of German and their cultural knowledge of the country. In Application Period addition to intensive language teaching, 15 September 2020 to 1 December 2020. this programme offers an extensive extra- Further Information curricular programme and critical insights into literary, cultural, political, and economic Contact: [email protected] aspects of modern Germany. For a full overview of language courses available: www.daad.de/hsk-kursliste or Requirements www.summerschools-in-germany.de Applications are open to students in full-time Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree programmes More information on the programme: in any subject area. Students from the UK and www.daad.org.uk>Find Ireland who wish to apply need to be able to Funding>Scholarship prove adequate knowledge of German for the Database>University Summer Courses course selected at the time of application, as all courses are exclusively taught in German.
9 DAAD Scholarships for Graduate and Postgraduate Students
Study Scholarships – Value Master Studies for All EUR 861 per month, health, accident and Academic Disciplines personal liability insurance cover and a travel allowance. This competitive scholarship provides funds for highly qualified graduate students to enrol Applications in postgraduate study and/or to conduct Applications must be submitted via the research at any German university, university DAAD-Portal, all documents required are of applied sciences, research institute, music listed in the Scholarship Database. academy or art college for up to two years, Application Deadlines depending on the length of the chosen course. 30 September 2020, for Postgraduate Studies Requirements in the Field of Architecture. Graduates must have completed a first 1 October 2020, for Postgraduate Studies in degree (Bachelor or comparable academic the Field of Music. degree) by the time they commence their scholarship-supported study programme. 30 October 2020, for Postgraduate Studies in Additionally, applicants need to be able to the Field of Performing Arts. prove their German language knowledge, 30 November 2020, for Postgraduate Studies especially if their chosen course is taught in the Fields of Fine Art, Design, Visual in German. As the number of grants is very Communication and Film. limited, applicants with very good academic results are prioritised. 18 January 2021, for all other academic subjects. The selection process for applications in the fields of architecture, performing arts, music Further Information and fine arts/design/visual communication and Contact: [email protected] film is organised by the DAAD Headquarters More information on the programme: in Bonn, Germany. Requirements for these www.daad.org.uk>Find subjects may differ in comparison to other Funding>Scholarship Database> subjects; please refer to the full list of Study Scholarships requirements in the Scholarship Database.
10 RISE Professional – Value Research Internships in A monthly scholarship of EUR 850 for Science and Engineering Master’s students, EUR 1,200 for PhD students, health, accident and liability RISE Professional offers summer research insurance, a three-day meeting of all internships of three months to Master’s and RISE Professional scholars in Germany, a PhD students from the UK, Ireland, North lump sum for travelling within Germany, America and Canada at companies and research a lump sum towards international travel institutions with strong relations to Germany. costs, for those who plan to attend an RISE Professional is funded by the German accompanying language course in Germany, Federal Foreign Office and the programme the DAAD will cover 70% of course-fees is open to students of Biology, Chemistry, (max. EUR 500). Physics, Earth Sciences, Engineering, or a closely related field. All participants receive a Applications scholarship from the DAAD and an additional The application is to be completed online at: stipend from their host company/institution www.daad.de/rise-professional. to help cover living expenses. Application Period Requirements 1 November 2020 to 15 December 2020 for Master’s students and PhD students from placements in summer or autumn 2021. British and Irish Universities can apply. Further information They must be fully enrolled at the time of the internship in the fields of science or Contact: [email protected] engineering. Undergraduate students who More information on the programme: are RISE Germany alumni are also welcome www.daad.de/rise-professional to apply. German language requirements vary according to the internship placement.
11 Scholarships by other Funding Organisations
Other funding opportunities are available at specific universities in the UK only. The following two universities, in collaboration with the DAAD, offer their students the following funding opportunities:
University of Cambridge: Applications The Kurt Hahn Trust Fellowship Applications should be addressed to the relevant university contacts and not to Requirements the DAAD. Application documents and Grants are available for both outstanding deadlines are published on the website students from Cambridge who wish indicated below. to continue their study at a German university and exceptional students of Further Information German nationality who want to pursue Contact: [email protected] graduate studies at the University of More information on the programme: Cambridge. Successful applicants are able www.iso.admin.cam.ac.uk/grants-and- to demonstrate evidence of a higher than scholarships/kurt-hahn-trust average level of engagement, breadth of interest, and social awareness. Applicants are only eligible for a Kurt Hahn Scholarship once in their lifetime; unsuccessful applicants may reapply for funding in subsequent years. 12 University of Oxford: Candidates will normally be expected to The Theodor Heuss Fellowship show a reasonable proficiency in German, but a further grant may be made available to financed by the Alexander von those who do not speak German, to enable Humboldt Foundation them to attend a language course before the Requirements beginning of their stay.
This Fellowship is intended for researchers Applications at doctoral level who want to carry out Applications should be addressed to the research in a field of their choice at a German relevant university contacts and not to university or research institution. Applicants the DAAD. Application documents and of all nationalities may apply, but they deadlines are published on the website must be registered for a doctoral degree indicated below. Please note that applicants at the University of Oxford or must have are advised to contact their proposed completed an Oxford doctoral degree within host institution before submitting their the last 12 months and now be carrying out application. a post-doctoral research project at Oxford.
Further Information Contact: [email protected]
More information on the programme: www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/international/scholarships-exchanges/german
13 RESEARCH IN GERMANY PROGRAMMES
DAAD Funding for PhD Students, Postdocs and Junior Academics
Research Grants – postdocs. Possible additional payments Short-Term Grants can be received towards health, accident, and liability insurance cover, as well as a Research grants are offered to enable well- travel allowance. advanced PhD students and junior scholars to carry out dissertation or post-doctoral Applications research at libraries, archives, institutes, or Applications are to be submitted via the laboratories in Germany for a period of one DAAD-Portal. The DAAD expects applicants to six months. to have already contacted an academic supervisor at their proposed German host Requirements institution for support. Applicants from Applicants should not have graduated from third countries or German applicants who an undergraduate degree programme any live in a foreign country are asked to get in longer than six years before the application touch with the DAAD London branch office deadline. Those already holding a doctoral before they submit an application to discuss degree should not have completed the possible special application requirements. doctorate more than four years ago. Doctoral candidates should not have started Application Deadlines their doctoral degree any longer than three 14 September 2020 for visits starting years previously. Adequate knowledge of between 1 January and 15 June 2021. the German language is required to carry 15 February 2021 for visits starting between out the proposed research unless it is to be 1 July and 15 December 2021. conducted in English. Applicants who have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 Further Information months at the application deadline cannot Contact: [email protected] be considered. More information on the programme: Value www.daad.org.uk>Find Depending on academic level, monthly Funding>Scholarship payments of EUR 861 for graduates, Database>Research Grants-Short Term EUR 1,200 for doctoral candidates and
14 Research Grants – Value One Year Grants Depending on academic level, monthly payments of EUR 861 for graduates, EUR These grants provide funding for doctoral 1,200 for doctoral candidates. Possible other students to conduct research at any payments can be received towards health, German university, university of applied accident, and liability insurance cover, as well sciences, research institute, music as a travel allowance, unless these expenses academy or art college for any duration of are covered by the home country or another between seven months and one academic source of funding. year. The stay at a German institution of higher education should be for the Applications undertaking of PhD or postdoctoral work. Applications are to be submitted via the Requirements DAAD-Portal. The DAAD expects applicants to have already contacted an academic Applicants should not have graduated supervisor at their proposed German host from an undergraduate degree institution for support. An acceptance letter programme any longer than six years from such a supervisor should be submitted before the application deadline. Doctoral along with the other application documents. candidates should not have started their doctoral degree any longer than three Application Deadline years previously. Adequate knowledge of 18 January 2021. the German language is required in order to carry out the proposed research unless Further Information it is to be conducted in English. Applicants Contact: [email protected] who have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application More information on the programme: deadline cannot be considered. www.daad.org.uk>Find Funding>Scholarship Database>Research Grants - One Year
15 DLR-DAAD Research Value Fellowship Programme Depending on the length of the scholarship applied for the value of the grant is between The DLR, the German National Research EUR 1,760 to EUR 2,760 per month. Possible Centre for Aeronautics and Space, carries additional payments are a travel allowance, out extensive research and development health insurance and family allowances. projects in the areas of aeronautics, space, transportation, and energy. DLR-DAAD Applications Fellowships offer outstanding scientists Current offers and details on how to and researchers the opportunity to conduct submit the applications are published on research at one or more of the DLR institutes www.daad.de/dlr. in Germany. DLR-DAAD Fellowships are awarded on an individual basis. These grants Application Period are jointly offered by the DLR and the DAAD. New fellowship offers are published throughout the year. If an application deadline Requirements exists, it is mentioned in the current offers. This programme is intended for highly qualified foreign doctoral and postdoctoral Further Information students as well as senior scientists. Each Contact: [email protected] fellowship vacancy announcement will have specific qualification requirements and terms More information on the programme: of the visit. Please refer to the Scholarship www.daad.de/dlr Database for a full list of requirements.
16 Research Grants – Bi-nationally years previously. Applicants who have Supervised Doctoral Degrees/ been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the time of the application Cotutelle Degree deadline cannot be considered. Bi-nationally supervised doctoral degrees provide doctoral candidates, Value young academics, and scientists with the The value of the grant is of EUR 1,200 per opportunity to take part in an international month, additional payments can include research project between the home health, accident, and liability insurance university and a university in Germany. This cover, a travel allowance, unless these programme currently offers two different expenses are covered by the home country types of funding schemes. The first option or another source of funding. Under certain is a bi-nationally supervised doctoral circumstances, grant holders completing degree, a doctorate which is supervised an uninterrupted stay of over 6 months in by an additional professor at a university Germany may receive a monthly rent subsidy in Germany, but the degree is awarded and a monthly allowance for accompanying by the home university only. The second members of family. option is a doctorate following the Cotutelle Applications scheme, which is awarded by the home and the German university, that has a previous The application procedure occurs online institutional agreement to jointly award the through the DAAD-Portal. PhD title. Application Deadline Requirements 18 January 2021. Bi-nationally supervised Doctoral Further information Degrees/Cotutelle Degree are awarded to highly qualified doctoral candidates Contact: [email protected] and graduates who have admission to a More information on the programme: doctoral programme at the time they begin www.daad.org.uk>Find their grant-supported research. Doctoral Funding>Scholarship candidates should not have started their Database>Research Grants - Cotutelle doctoral degree any longer than three
17 DAAD Funding for Senior Academics
Research Stays for University Applications Academics and Scientists Applications are welcome from senior academics employed at a British or Irish Awards are available to academics for short- institution of higher education or research term visits of up to 3 months to universities, institute. Applicants should generally hold research institutes, libraries, and archives a doctorate, work in a higher education in Germany. Grants are awarded for specific institution, or have research experience after research projects; research stays at state/ their PhD or equivalent. Recent publications state-recognised institutions of higher or a research record in the proposed field education or non-university research are required. Former holders of a DAAD one- institutes in Germany. A research stay year grant can also apply while employed can also take place across several host outside of academia, provided that at least institutions. three years have passed since their last Requirements DAAD Scholarship. Applicants must work at a university or Application Deadlines institute of higher education in their home 14 September 2020 for visits starting country and their PhD exam should be older between 1 January and 15 June 2021. than 4 years. The proposed research project must be coordinated with an academic host 15 February 2021 for visits starting between institute in Germany, where the applicant 1 July and 15 December 2021. must be provided with a workplace. Other special requirements may apply. Please Further information check the Scholarship Database for more Contact: [email protected] information. More information on the programme: Value www.daad.org.uk>Find- Funding>Scholarship The value of the grant is between EUR 2,000 Database>Research Stays to EUR 2,150 per month, depending on the position covered. Grant holders will also receive a travel allowance unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding.
18 OTHER MOBILITY PROGRAMMES
Short-Term Lectureship to the Value UK & Ireland The DAAD provides the guest lecturer with a stipend for housing, living expenses, The Short-Term Lectureship provides transportation, and the shipment of financial support for hosting German teaching materials and personal luggage. professors and lecturers for short-term teaching engagements at universities in Applications Ireland and the United Kingdom. It aims to Applications are submitted through the promote activity in specialised fields or acts DAAD-Portal. as a stimulus for teaching and research. By facilitating teaching, German lecturers share Application Deadline their knowledge, skills and experiences with Applications are accepted on a rolling basis students, the faculty and on campus. The and reviewed four times a year. They must Programme is open to all disciplines for be submitted at least ten weeks prior to lectureships of four weeks to six months. the planned lectureship, to be reviewed. Selection dates are published on the DAAD Requirements Germany website below. The British or Irish host institution must commit to providing a monetary honorarium Further Information per month to the guest lecturer, as well as Contact: Please forward any questions to office space with IT equipment, support [email protected], the DAAD facilities and assistance with housing, London team will be happy to forward it either in the provision of faculty housing or to the relevant contact in Bonn. assistance with finding an external housing opportunity. More Information on the programme: www.daad.de/dozenten> kurzzeitdozenturen
19 Visiting Professorship the salary scheme for university scholars Programme and civil servants in Germany. Additional funding can be provided for travel, luggage, (Gastdozentenprogramm) and health insurance. This programme serves to strengthen the internationalisation of German higher Applications education by welcoming Irish and British Candidates must secure an invitation from professors to German higher education a German host institution prior to the institutions in order for them to contribute application for funding, and teach courses their topical expertise and teaching integrated into the regular curriculum. methods. The programme is open to all Application Period disciplines and subjects. 1 October 2020 to 15 January 2021 for visits Requirements beginning during the winter semester 2021. Highly qualified scholars in all academic 1 April 2021 to 15 July 2021 for visits beginning disciplines who hold a doctorate degree during the summer semester 2022. or similar and have an affiliation with a higher education institution in the UK/ Further Information Ireland are eligible. Contact: Ms. Dana Lehnen, [email protected] Value The German host institution receives the More information on the programme: DAAD funding and the visiting professor www.daad.de/gastdozenten is paid by the host university according to
20 Study Visits by Groups of Value Foreign Students EUR 50 per person per night.
University teaching staff can apply for a grant Applications to go to Germany with a group of students University teachers ideally accompanying (undergraduate, masters or PhD candidates). the group of students can find all the Study visits aim to establish and maintain application documents in the Scholarship contacts between German and foreign Database and have to send all documents universities, and they provide participants to the DAAD London directly. Students or with subject-specific knowledge, subject- groups of students cannot apply directly to related tours and informative meetings. the DAAD; the university teacher or professor This programme’s goal is also to promote submitting an application is responsible for meetings with German students, academics selecting participants. and scientists and offers participants an insight into economic, political, and cultural Application Deadlines life in Germany. 1 February of each year for trips after 1 June.
Requirements 1 May of each year for trips after 1 September. Successful applications need to present 1 November of each year for trips after a full programme, including visits to 1 March. two German universities or institutes of Further Information higher education and a relevant cultural programme for the evenings and weekends. For inquiries and to submit applications: Visits should last between 7-12 days and [email protected] consist of a maximum of 15 non-German More information on the programme: students studying at an Irish or UK university www.daad.org.uk>Find accompanied by one academic staff Funding>Scholarship Database member. >Study Visits
21 22 Centre Stage Deutsch Value (formerly Writers in Residence) To visit one venue GBP 500; in Ireland EUR 570. To visit two venues GBP 750; in Ireland The programme provides funds to bring EUR 850. To visit three venues or more GBP writers, artists, performers, filmmakers, 950; in Ireland EUR 1,070. and other creatives working in and with the German language to one or more British Applications and Irish universities. The aim is to give Applications are accepted throughout the students a chance to meet them within year. Funding is competitive, limited, and the context of their academic course. The dependent upon the annual allocation visiting artists should also become involved for this scheme. Applicants are therefore in teaching classes and extracurricular encouraged to submit their applications at activities by including a number of readings/ least 8 weeks ahead of the planned arrival of performances/workshops in German. the visiting artist/creative in question. University departments/lecturers are responsible for contacting the author/ Further Information artist/performer/filmmaker and organising Contact: Sandra Deichsel, the visit. [email protected]
GHS-DAAD grants for German a confirmed offer for a postgraduate language courses in Germany programme of study in the UK or Ireland. All applicants must also be members of These grants, which are jointly funded by the the GHS. German History Society (GHS) and the DAAD, enable postgraduate students of History Value at British and Irish universities to attend EUR 850 contribution towards travel summer language courses in Germany. This expenses, accommodation, and course fees programme offers students the opportunity for a three-to-four-week German language to enhance their German language skills course at a German university. according to their academic profile and research needs. Successful applicants are Application Deadline able to choose an appropriate German 1 January of each year. language course and level of tuition from the broad range of summer courses offered Further Information by German universities, all of which must be More Information on becoming a member applied for separately. of the GHS and application documents: www.germanhistorysociety.org/ Requirements postgraduates The grant is open to all students who Full list of language summer courses are already undertaking a programme of available in Germany: postgraduate study in History in the UK or www.daad.de/sommerkurse Ireland and all students who are holding
23 the placement of a lectureship with the host The DAAD-Lecturer university, for recruiting lecturers and for Programme providing any further assistance, for example providing advice on working/living in the UK, The programme provides funds for the or on organising seminars and events. placement of German university teachers Application Deadline for universities at British or Irish universities, primarily in German language and related studies, but Applications from UK or Irish universities are also in German law, politics, and history. accepted throughout the year. Applicants The lectureship is allocated based on an who are interested in working as a DAAD- application by the academic department of a Lecturer at a British or Irish university are British or Irish university and is dependent on encouraged to consult the DAAD website the funding and guidelines available from the where available lectureship posts are German Foreign Office. The individual lecturer published every September/October and remains in the department for a minimum of March/April each year. two years and a maximum of five academic Further Information years. They teach a maximum of 12 hours per week of German studies or a maximum Contact: lektorate-sprachassistenzen@ of 8 hours per week of law, politics, history daad.org.uk during term time. The lecturers are employed More information and available lectureship and paid by the host university in the UK or posts: www.daad.de Ireland and are additionally funded by the >ausland>lehren>lektoren programm DAAD. The DAAD is responsible for arranging 24 DAAD-Language Application Deadline for universities 7 September 2020 for the academic year Assistant Programme 2021/2022.
The programme provides one-year Application Deadline for applicants scholarships for European nationals with Applicants who are interested in taking a degree from a German university to gain up a DAAD language assistant post at a experience in teaching German as a foreign British or Irish university are encouraged language at a British or Irish university. The to consult the DAAD website at the link assistantships are allocated to a university below where available positions are based on an application by the academic published September/October and March/ department of a British or Irish university April each year. and depending on the funding available. The assistant remains in a department for Further Information 9 - 10 months and their teaching duties Contact: lektorate-sprachassistenzen@ should not exceed 8 hours per week, the daad.org.uk post is completely funded by the DAAD. More information and available language A DAAD-Lecturer or senior member of staff assistant positions: will act as a mentor for the assistant and www.daad.de >ausland>lehren> further professional development activities sprachassistentenprogramm offered by the university to the assistant are welcome.
25 DAAD NETWORKING PROGRAMMES
DAAD Alumni UK and Ireland
The end of a funding period is the beginning of a long-lasting relationship between the DAAD London and all DAAD Alumni in Ireland and in the UK. By sharing their expertise and their network contacts, Alumni play an important role in deepening partnerships in all working fields. They are therefore a vital source of knowledge and new ideas. The DAAD London office strives to maintain and strengthen these relationships and offers a selection of services and opportunities to all DAAD Alumni in the UK and in Ireland.
26 Information, Communication and Individual Funding Networking Individual grants are available for DAAD To be able to connect with each other Alumni, for example for the following and keep in touch, the DAAD offers a variety two cases: of services: n Grants for Alumni Events: The DAAD may n The online Alumni Service Area helps fund alumni events that support the Alumni keep their contact information topical exchange and the networking updated, to register for and receive the and cooperation both among alumni and Alumni Newsletter and sign up for LETTER, with scientific, political, social, cultural, the DAAD Alumni magazine published on a and economic institutions. These events monthly basis. should extend and actively involve the alumni’s competencies for developing n The online Alumni Events Calendar is a list solutions for global challenges, promote of Alumni events happening worldwide. the relationship of alumni with the DAAD The events are organised, initiated and with Germany and support the sharing or funded by DAAD Alumni or partner of experiences with the next generations of organisations of the DAAD such as the scholarship holders. Goethe-Institut, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the German Federal n Re-Invitation Programme: The DAAD offers Foreign Office. former research scholarship holders the chance to conduct research or take up n There are more than 160 DAAD Alumni employment in Germany for up to three associations worldwide. The online Alumni months and maintain their academic and Associations section gives an overview of professional contacts. DAAD Alumni Networks and clubs. All funding opportunities available for All services described above, and more DAAD Alumni can be found under: details can be found under www.daad. de>alumni>information-communication- www.daad.de>alumni>funding- networking programmes-for-daad-alumni
Contact: For any questions and inquiries or project/ event proposal regarding opportunities for DAAD Alumni from the UK and Ireland: [email protected]
Alumni play an important role in deepening partnerships in all working fields.
27 Alumniportal Deutschland
Born as a collaboration between the German Academic Exchange Service, the Goethe-Institut and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the UK Network of German Alumniportal Deutschland is an online Academics social network that aims at connecting all Germany-Alumni in the world. With The ‘UK Network of German Academics’ is a more than 170.000 members, the network of German scientists and researchers portal helps students, researchers, of all disciplines working at leading research companies, and organisations to institutions in the UK. Initiated by the keep in touch with fellow Germany- DAAD London, and in collaboration with Alumni. The free membership to the the German Embassy in London, this portal grants accesses to a variety of networking opportunity helps its more than online resources for digital learning 750 members to connect with one another, and opportunities to network. facilitates mobility and helps to establish A wide offer of events and webinars help cooperation in the British and/ or European the Alumni to stay connected, reach out higher education context. The DAAD London for support or offer opportunities to periodically informs network members about other members of the community. career and funding opportunities and recent developments in science policy in Germany. The DAAD London encourages all students and researchers from the UK For any questions regarding the network and Ireland who have been to Germany or about how to become a member, please to study, work, or research to visit contact Silke Böttcher, boettcher@daad. www.alumniportal-deutschland.org. org.uk
For any inquiries and questions about becoming a member of the worldwide Germany-Alumni network, please contact [email protected]
28 DAAD Young Ambassadors n are willing to represent the DAAD at a study fair and to organize at least one event per The DAAD Young Ambassadors Programme is semester on your campus. a unique and exciting two-semester volunteer opportunity for Bachelor and Master students What does the role of a Young at British and Irish universities. Their goal is Ambassador entail? to promote study and research in Germany During the academic year, a DAAD Young at their home universities and colleges by Ambassador promotes study in Germany by sharing about their first-hand experience in n working with their university’s study the country. abroad office and volunteering at study With the support and training of the abroad fairs DAAD Team in London, the DAAD Young n organising classroom visits, info sessions, Ambassadors are involved in liaising with science or poetry slams, video blogs, their universities’ study abroad offices, webinars and other fun events they come volunteering at fairs, organising classroom up with to share about their experiences visits, info sessions, fun events, and answering in Germany and answer fellow students’ their fellow students’ questions. The DAAD questions Young Ambassadors Programme is also an n using brochures, giveaways, and event opportunity to expand one’s own network funding provided by the DAAD to spread through the opportunity of connecting the word for their events. and sharing experiences with other Young Ambassadors throughout Ireland and the UK. This role will allow you to: n put your newfound knowledge, gained How to become a Young Ambassador? through your experience abroad, to use by You are eligible for the programme if you: sharing it with others n are a Bachelor or Master student at a n be an active part of the DAAD´s global university in Ireland or the UK network of Alumni and Ambassadors n have recently studied or done research at a n connect with other DAAD Young German university, or have been an intern Ambassadors who share similar in Germany, Young Ambassadors do not experiences and future goals necessarily have to be DAAD Alumni n improve your public speaking, n are available to promote study in Germany organisational and networking skills. on your campus during the academic year To subscribe and for further information n like to speak enthusiastically about your relating to the DAAD Young Ambassadors experiences in Germany in front of groups Programme please contact: Silke Böttcher, [email protected]
DAAD Young Ambassadors Programme is an opportunity to expand your network and share experiences with other universities.
29 INFORMATION AND USEFUL ADDRESSES ABOUT STUDYING IN GERMANY
Moreover, the website also gives more Studying and practical information about moving to Research in Germany Germany or applying to a specific programme. The website is curated by the DAAD and Study in Germany - inquiries should be first sent to the DAAD Land of Ideas regional office in London:scholarships@
Study in Germany - Land of daad.org.uk Ideas is the official campaign The DAAD London team will be happy to by the Federal Government of Germany for forward relevant inquiries to the website’s Germany as a study destination. The aim editorial team. of the campaign is to raise awareness of www.research-in-germany.de Germany as an excellent location for higher education studies and to boost the number PhD Germany Database of highly qualified international students The PhD Germany Database includes all at German higher education institutions. current open PhD positions at German Along with important information about research institutions and universities. The list studying in Germany, this website also gives is curated and updated by the DAAD directly. practical advice about living in Germany and presents a number of online resources to For any questions regarding the content keep prospective students up-to-date with of this website, please forward your the political, social and cultural situation inquiry to the DAAD London team: of the country. For any questions regarding [email protected]. the content of this website, please forward www.phdgermany.de your inquiry to the DAAD London team: . [email protected] Higher Education Compass www.study-in-germany.de The Higher Education Compass is a perfect tool to navigate the German university and Research in Germany research institutions landscape. Curated by the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), The Research in Germany this database helps students to find courses portal is the main point and programmes at universities in Germany. of information for any Universities work closely with the editors of the prospective student or researcher who website to keep the listings of courses and all wants to continue their degrees in Germany. relevant information up-to-date. Information General information about research and about administrative processes to study in funding opportunities, the latest science Germany is also included on the website. and research news from Germany and a www.hochschulkompass.de variety of events are presented on the portal. 30 Academics.com Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung Academics.com is the leading job market and Sonnenstraße 171 career coach for all those who are looking 44137 Dortmund for scientific and research-related tasks in www.hochschulstart.de Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Listings of jobs offers at all levels of experience Central Office for Foreign Education help students, researchers, professors to Zentralstelle für ausländisches find positions based on their academic Bildungswesen (ZAB) background and expertise. im Sekretariat der Kultusministerkonferenz www.academics.com Graurheindorfer Straße 157 53117 Bonn University Ranking www.kmk.org/zab Anabin Database: www.anabin.kmk.org in Germany UK NARIC Find official university rankings in Germany Centre for Professional Qualifications on the following two websites: UK NARIC www.che-ranking.de Suffolk House www.ranking.zeit.de 68-70 Suffolk Road Cheltenham GL50 2ED Foreign Students’ www.naric.org.uk
Support in Germany Application Services for International and the UK Students (uni-assist) uni-assist e.V. German National Association for 11507 Berlin Student Affairs www.uni-assist.de Deutsches Studentenwerk DSW Monbijouplatz 11 10178 Berlin www.studentenwerke.de
31 German Language in Further Funding the UK and Ireland Bodies
The Goethe-Institut In Germany In Ireland Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 37 Merrion Square Jean-Paul-Str. 12 Dublin 2 53173 Bonn D02 XK52 www.humboldt-foundation.de www.goethe.de/dublin Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Berlin Office In the UK WissenschaftsForum 50 Princes Gate Markgrafenstr. 37 Exhibition Rd 10117 Berlin London SW7 2PH www.goethe.de/london British Chamber of Commerce in Germany Foundation (BCCG) BCCG Foundation 3 Park Circus c/o British Chamber of Commerce in Glasgow G3 6AX Germany e.V. www.goethe.de/glasgow Friedrichstr. 140 10117 Berlin TestDaF www.bccg.de (German as a Foreign Language Test) g.a.s.t. e. V. German Research Foundation (DFG) c/o TestDaF-Institut Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. Universitätsstrasse 134 Kennedyallee 40 D-44799 Bochum 53175 Bonn www.testdaf.de DFG Berlin Office WissenschaftsForum DUO Deutsch-Uni Online Markgrafenstraße 37 Deutsch-Uni Online 10117 Berlin Schönfeldstr. 13a www.dfg.de 80539 München www.deutsch-uni.com EURAXESS Germany German Aerospace Centre (DLR) DLR Project Management Agency European and International Cooperation Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1 53227 Bonn www.euraxess.de
32 Foundations associated with In the UK and Ireland Christian Faith German Historical Institute London (DHIL) n Cusanuswerk e.V 17 Bloomsbury Square Geschäftsstelle London WC1A 2NJ Baumschulallee 5 www.ghil.ac.uk 53115 Bonn www.cusanuswerk.de The British Academy n Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst 10-11 Carlton House Terrace Iserlohner Straße 25 London SW1Y 5AH 58239 Schwerte www.britac.ac.uk www.evstudienwerk.de The Leverhulme Trust Foundations associated with 1 Pemberton Row Political Parties London EC4A 3BG n Desiderius Erasmus Foundation www.leverhulme.ac.uk (associated with the AfD) www.erasmus-stiftung.de The Royal Society n Friedrich Ebert Foundation 6-9 Carlton House Terrace (associated with the SPD) London SW1Y 5AG www.fes.de n Friedrich Naumann Foundation for www.royalsociety.org Freedom (associated with the FDP) The National Agency for Erasmus + www.freiheit.org in the UK and Ireland n Hanns Seidel Foundation In Ireland (associated with the CSU) www.hss.de Léargas n Heinrich Böll Foundation (associated with King’s Inns House Bündnis ‘90/DIE GRÜNEN) Parnell Street www.boell.de Dublin 1, D01 A3Y8 n Konrad Adenauer Foundation www.leargas.ie (associated with the CDU) www.kas.de The Higher Education Authority (HEA) n Rosa Luxemburg Foundation 3 Shelbourne Buildings, Crampton Avenue, (associated with Die Linke) Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, www.rosalux.de Dublin 4, DO4 C2Y6 www.eurireland.ie The Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives In the UK Studienstiftung des The UK National Agency Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin A partnership between the British Council Niederkirchnerstr. 5 and Ecorys UK D-10117 Berlin [email protected] [email protected] www.parlament-berlin. de>Studienstiftung www.erasmusplus.org.uk 33 Addresses for The British Council British Council Customer Service UK Placements in Bridgewater House 58 Whitworth Street Germany Manchester, M1 6BB www.britishcouncil.org AIESEC AIESEC UK Office British - German - Irish Networking Allia Future Business Centre Opportunities 18-20 London Lane In Germany London E8 3PR The German-British Society www.aiesec.co.uk Geschäftsstelle Berlin Pariser Platz 6 AIESEC Ireland Office 10117 Berlin 1 Grand Canal Square www.debrige.de Dublin D02 FF61 www.aiesec.org Leibniz Association Leibniz-Gemeinschaft Chausseestraße 111 IAESTE 10115 Berlin IAESTE Ireland www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de Léargas King’s Inns House Parnell Street In the UK and Ireland Dublin 1, D01 A3Y8 German-British Chamber of Industry www.leargas.ie/programmes/iaeste and Commerce Mecklenburg House IAESTE UK 16 Buckingham Gate British Council Customer Service UK London SW1E 6LB Bridgewater House www.grossbritannien.ahk.de 58 Whitworth Street Manchester, M1 6BB www.britishcouncil.org/iaeste German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Ireland International Placement Services Deutsch-Irische Industrie- & Handelskammer (Zentrale Auslands- und 5 Fitzwilliam Street Upper Fachvermittlung - ZAV) Dublin 2, Ireland Villemomblerstr. 76 www.german-irish.ie 53123 Bonn www.arbeitsagentur.de
34 The British-German Association In the UK 34 Belgrave Square German Embassy London London SW1X 8QB 23 Belgrave Square www.britishgermanassociation.org London SW1X 8PZ www.uk.diplo.de German Embassies in the UK and Ireland German Embassy Dublin German Consulate General 31 Trimleston Avenue 16 Eglinton Crescent Booterstown, Blackrock Edinburgh EH12 5DG Dublin A94 TX94 www.uk.diplo.de www.dublin.diplo.de
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