Goethe Research Academy For Early Career Researchers

Starting scholarships for international doctoral candidates

The Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE) awards up to 15 starting scholarships

for international doctoral candidates at Goethe University. The scholarships are funded by the Franz

Adickes Stiftungsfonds. They are open for international doctoral candidates right at the start and in the

early phase of their doctoral project at the university.

International doctoral candidates face special challenges at the start of their doctorate in Frankfurt, namely

considerable costs for mobility, furnishing an apartment, fees at public authorities etc. The scholarships are

intended to facilitate the start of the doctoral project and provide funding for the first few months in

Frankfurt. The scholarship amounts to 1000,- € per month for a period of three months. Only persons with

an international background in the first 12 months of their doctoral project can apply. Grantees of a

scholarship cannot have a full-time or substantial employment – at Goethe University or with another

employer – during the period of the scholarship.1

Applications are possible until March 31 2020 by submission of the following documents:

Completed application form (German Version / English Version)

CV and a copy of the last academic degree (with grades)

Documents on your doctoral project at Goethe University:o either faculty letter of admission as doctoral candidate at Goethe University Frankfurto or specific declaration by supervisor that she / he will supervise your doctoral project

Short proposal of your doctoral project (two DIN A4 pages maximum)

Preliminary funding plan for the entire doctoral project

You can download the application form here: German Version / English Version Download Data Privacy Statement

Please send your complete application documents by E-Mail as one single pdf document to: GRADE Dr. Matthias Köhler koehler@grade.uni-frankfurt.de Phone: +49 (0)69 798-49402

Deadline for applications: March 31, 2020!

1 Small-scale employment is possible if the content and purpose of the employment are clearly different from the scholarship. For details, see FAQ.