Individual scholarships

Students, doctoral candidates, researchers, and staff at KIT can apply for a variety of individual scholarships. These grants support stays abroad for study, research, teaching, or professional development.

Study and Research Abroad

KIT stands for openness and international academic exchange. The International Affairs Office (DE INTL) offers a wiede range of opportunities for global cooperation and networking, supporting students, researchers and staff in gaining international experience.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the world's largest funding organization for international academic exchange. Its work goes far beyond scholarships: it offers a variety of programs supporting study and research stays in developing coutries. You can find a comprehensive overview in the DAAD scholarship database.

DE INTL is the point of contact for third-party funding applications related to DAAD programs.

 

Opportunities for KIT Students

International experience is a key qualification for future leaders. During your studies at KIT, you have access to a wide range of options for studying or doing an internship abroad, or even combining both through the Erasmus program, various EU mobility schemes, or the KIT exchange program.

In addition, there are further funding opportunities such as the Graduation Grant Program, as well as helpful information and guidance on how to organize a stay abroad.

 

Opportunities for KIT Researchers

Exchanges in teaching and research are central to KIT's mission. In addition to various mobility opportunities and resources provided by the International Scholars & Welcome Office (IScO), the ERASMUS teaching mobility program enables academic staff to go abroad for teaching assignments, often in combination with short-term research stays.

Further details about the ERASMUS program, as well as teaching, research and professional developement opportunities abroad can be found through the International Scholars & Welcome Office (IScO), the KIT International Strategy Fund or the International Affairs Office (INTL).

 

Opportunities for KIT Staff

Internalization is also becoming increasingly important for KIT's administrative and technical staff. The ERASMUS+ staff mobility program offers employees the chance to gain international experience through professional training and development abroad.

 

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Bessel Research Award

Academics from abroad, regardless of their discipline or nationality, may be nominated for a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, provided that they have received their doctoral degree within the past 18 years. The award amount totals 45,000 EUR. [More] [PDF] [For nominators]

Georg Forster Research Award

Academics from developing and transition countries (excluding People's Republic of China and India) of all disciplines may be nominated for a Georg Forster Research Award. The objective of the Georg Forster Research Award is to honor the recipients’ life’s work to date. The award amount totals EUR 60,000. [More] [PDF] [For nominators] [For expert reviewers]

Konrad Adenauer Research Award for Canadian Researchers

The award honors researchers from Canada whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and beyond, whose personality and research contribute to the academic and cultural exchange between the Federal Republic of Germany and Canada, and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge academic achievements in the future. The award amount totals EUR 60,000. [More] [PDF]

Contact: Oliver Kaas

Das Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES) an der Universität Haifa in Israel schreibt in diesem Semester diverse Stellen für Praktika, Promotionsstipendien und Postdocs sowie Studienplätze für den Master-Studiengang Modern German and European Studies aus.

Kontakt: Oliver Schmidt

Der DAAD bietet mit Lehramt.International zwei neue Stipendienprogramme, die Lehramtsstudierenden, aber auch Absolventinnen und Absolventen von Lehramtsstudiengängen helfen, Schule und Unterricht in einem anderen Land zu erfahren. Ausgehend von den Erfahrungen in der Pilotphase im ersten Jahr wurden die Bewerbungsmodalitäten angepasst. [Mehr]

Das Programm fördert die Mobilität und kurzzeitige Forschungsaufenthalte zum Austausch von Projektteilnehmerinnen und -teilnehmern der beteiligten Partnerinstitutionen, insbesondere des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses. Für Australien, Frankreich (PROCOPE und PROCOPE PLUS), Hongkong, Kanada, Kolumbien, Kroatien, Polen, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Taiwan, Tschechien, Ungarn hat die Ausschreibung bereits begonnen, weitere Länder folgen. Achtung: PPP China und PPP Italien werden bis auf Weiteres nicht mehr ausgeschrieben. Bei PPP Argentinien verzögert sich die Ausschreibung. [Mehr]

Das Johann Gottfried Herder-Programm unterstützt und vermittelt den Einsatz von im Ruhestand befindlichen Hochschullehrkräften deutscher Hochschulen an Hochschulen im Ausland. Es richtet sich an Interessierte aller Fachrichtungen, die Interesse an einem längerfristigen (mindestens einsemestrigen) Lehraufenthalt an einer Gasthochschule haben, insbesondere an denjenigen ausländischen Hochschulen, mit denen DAAD-Projekte oder konsolidierte Kooperationsbeziehungen mit deutschen Hochschulen bestehen. [More]