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DAAD is inviting for US and Canadian students to apply for German Studies Research Grant. This grant will be awarded to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students for short-term research (one to two months) in Germany.
The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective.
The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) / German Academic Exchange Service is a private, publicly funded, self governing organization of higher education institutions in Germany
If applicant’s native language is English or German, then they not have to provide proof of knowledge of English or German.
Course Level: The grants are awarded to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students for short-term research (one to two months) in Germany
Study Subject: The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective.
Scholarship Award: Research support ranging in value from $2,000 to $3,000 is available to individual scholarship recipients and is intended to offset living and travel costs during the active research phase. Support cannot be provided for stays in Germany in the context of study abroad programs.
Scholarship can be taken at: Germany
Eligibility:-PhD students in the humanities and social science disciplines in the process of preparing their dissertation proposals on modern German topics may be nominated for the grant by their department and/or principal advisor. Students whose dissertation proposals have already been formally accepted are not eligible for nomination. The intent of the program is to provide an opportunity for short-term exploratory research to determine the viability or to delimit the scope of their proposed dissertations. The program is not intended to supplement or substitute for regular dissertation field work abroad which should lag the short-term research stay by at least one semester. Applicants are expected to have completed two years of college-level German language studies and a minimum of three courses in German Studies (literature, history, politics or other fields) at the time of nomination.
-Grants are restricted to citizens and permanent residents of the US and Canada who are enrolled full time at the university that nominates them.
Nationality: Citizens of the USA and Canada are eligible for this research grant.
College Admission Requirement
Entrance Requirement: Applicants must be enrolled full time at the university.
Test Requirement: No
English Language Requirement: If applicant’s native language is English or German, then they not have to provide proof of knowledge of English or German.
Supporting Material: If possible all parts of the application form should be typewritten otherwise neatly printed. Confidential letters of recommendation and official transcripts should be forwarded in sealed envelopes. Please do not staple any of the application materials.
-A complete application consists of the following parts:
-Completed DAAD application form
-Curriculum vitae (résumé)
-Detailed description of the research project or the pre-dissertation proposal, including a research plan and itinerary
-Budget statement
-List of German language and German Studies courses taken
-Two letters of recommendation, including one from the professor supervising the German Studies curriculum or the research project
-DAAD language evaluation form (“Sprachzeugnis”). This is a mandatory part of the application form and must be completed and signed by a faculty member of the German Department at the applicant’s institution or by an official of a Goethe Institute.
-Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed
How to Apply: All applications must be sent by post.
Application Deadline: The application deadline is November 1, 2016.
via Scholarship Positions 2016 2017 http://ift.tt/1SlcobN
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