Graduate Funding for Doctoral scholarships for Summer Semester 2024 (EXPIRED)

The following documents must be submitted in both written and electronic (PDF) form (one copy each):

• Application form
• Tabular curriculum vitae CV (résumé)
• Legally attested copy of university certificate
• If applicable, list of marks or proof of other academic achievements
• Description of project/concept
• Supervisor’s (professor's) assessment of the fulflment of the funding requirements according to § 2(1) and 2 LGFG, see also no. 5 of the guidelines
• Second assessment from a further member of professorial staff (professor or Privatdozent) that corresponds to the evaluation of first assessment
• Confirmation of supervision by the member of the university community authorised to supervise the doctoral project (Supervision Agreement)
• Confirmation of acceptance as a doctoral candidate (f there is no supervision agreement, the acceptance as a doctoral candidate must be signed by both supervisors)
• Proof of enrolment as a doctoral student
• If applicable, birth certificates of children and request form for family supplement

To apply, please use the form that can be downloaded below.
The doctoral project must be planned in such a way that, if it proceeds according to plan, it can be successfully completed within the standard funding period of three years. At the latest by the halfway point of the standard funding period, it must be determined whether the conditions or requirements associated with the grant have been met and whether the scholarship can continue to be paid until the end of the grant period.

Requirements for the Allocation of a Scholarship are e.g. :

• Successfully completed university degree with well above-average marks that qualifies the student for commencing doctoral studies
• Acceptance as a doctoral candidate at the relevant faculty and academic supervision from two professors at the University of Greifswald, or one of the higher education institutions belonging to the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and enrolment as a doctoral student at the University of Greifswald.
• The planned research project must be expected to make an important contribution to research or contribution to the improvement of the industrial competitiveness of the State.

Funding is not possible, if the applicant or prospective recipient of the scholarship

• has already obtained a doctorate,
• has already received funding for the same project,
• already receives or has already received funding for another doctoral project,
• is currently completing a vocational course or on a traineeship, that is not going to be interrupted,
• is currently employed, unless it is a job that is compatible with the funding and has a very limited workload (at the university: 10 hours/week, outside the university: 5 hours/week).