Free WorldCafé: Tips for Scholarships for Promotion in Berlin!

Free WorldCafé: Tips for Scholarships for Promotion in Berlin!

The Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School for Literary Science Studies (FSGS) at Free University Berlin invites interested parties to a virtual “Worldcafé: Paths to the PhD - Which foundation suits me?” a. The event takes place in 2025 and offers a comprehensive overview of funding programs by German foundations for researchers. The aim is to enable a dialogue between interested parties and foundation representatives to share information on application procedures, selection criteria and various types of support. According to the Freie Universität Berlin Germany. Registration is not required, participation is free of charge.

The start of the series of events begins on June 3, 2025 with an information event for doctoral financing. Afterwards there are several appointments that deal with scholarships such as the DAAD or the Study Foundation of the German People. The exact dates are as follows:

• 10. June 2025: DAAD, Elsa-Neumann scholarship, Study Foundation of the German People, Foundation of the German Economy
• 17. June 2025: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Hans-Böckler-Foundation, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation
• 24. June 2025: Avicenna Studienwerk, Cusanuswerk, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk, Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
• 1. July 2025: Friedrich-Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Gerda Henkel Foundation, Hanns-Seidel Foundation, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

scholarship options for doctoral students

The possibilities for promotion and their financing are diverse. The DAAD database regularly updates information about research grants for doctoral students. However, applications are only possible via desktop computers. The program aims to promote research stays abroad during the doctorate in Germany. Stays abroad are possible from 1 to 12 months, but can also be divided. Among other things, doctoral students at German universities, including universities of applied sciences with doctoral law, as well as a cooperative doctoral doctor and international applicants are entitled to apply.

The scholarship services include monthly scholarship rates, travel grants as well as grants for research and congress costs. In addition, special grants for tuition fees or language courses can be requested. The application period for 2025 extends over several deadlines, whereby the applications are examined by a commission from university lecturers. Criteria such as scientific qualifications, the quality of the research project and motivation play a crucial role. Further details can be found on the website of daad

additional scholarship offers

In addition, doctoral scholarships can be requested from the first phase of doctoral thesis. A distinction is made between topic -bound and non -topic -bound funding. Researchers have better chances of a scholarship in subject -bound scholarships, since the application rate is usually lower. The scholarships also offer financial support for printing costs, travel expenses and congresses. According to Mystipendium , 20 percent of all scholarships are reserved especially for doctoral students, which makes the relevance and necessity of such programs clear.

The FSGS, which was founded in 2007 as part of the Excellence Initiative, offers a structured doctoral program and has networked internationally. Since 2019 she has been taking over the doctoral training of the Cluster of Excellence "Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in A Global Perspective". This combination of local and international funding opportunities creates comprehensive support for doctoral students and promotes the scientific dialogue across borders.