Current Calls
Calls for Proposals and DAAD Project Funding
As part of the DAAD’s calls for proposals, funding is available for international projects in a variety of programs. For your convenience, we have listed the most important programs below.
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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) announces a call for submissions for the “Fundamental Academic Values Award”. The award is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). By awarding three prizes for research publications (EUR 7,000, 6,000 and 5,000), the DAAD aims to contribute to the advocacy of fundamental academic values, to promote important research in this area and to further stimulate the discussion about these values.
The call for submissions addresses early career scientists who have made an outstanding scientific contribution towards the preservation and advocacy of fundamental academic values in the EHEA.
Admissible candidates are graduates holding a master’s or doctoral degree whose completion should date back a maximum of five years1. The call is open to scientists of all academic fields and all nationalities.Applications have to be based on a scientific publication showing a clear connection to fundamental values in higher education, meaning that work on fundamental rights in other fields cannot be considered. Any type of publication is formally permissible (e.g. articles in journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, anthology articles, entire theses / books, etc.).
At the time of the application deadline, the relevant publication should not be older than five years.
Application deadline: 20.05.2024
Call for proposal and more information: Fundamental_Academic_Values_Award_Call_2024 (pdf)
DAAD website
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The programme’s short and medium-term goals are to structurally improve teaching, research and higher education management at the partner institutions, to stabilise existing cooperation structures among the higher education institutions involved, and to establish new structures in a sustainable manner.
Funding is provided for the development and revision of teaching/learning materials relevant to the implementation of the project, the organization of events, further and advanced training and project-related visits; the realization of target group-oriented public relations work and the implementation of relevant research.
Application deadline: 28.06.2024
Call for proposal: DAAD website (German)
Please find more information about the SDG Program
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The program offers university lecturers and experienced researchers the opportunity to network with colleagues and exchange experiences during a short research stay.
Application deadline: 15.07.2024
Call for proposal: DAAD website (German)
Contact the International Office for more information: Desirée Kampmeier -
The aim is to substantially increase the quantity and quality of stays in Germany by SP/DL scholarship holders and to provide further training for Master's and doctoral students on specialist and interdisciplinary topics.
Funding is provided for continuing education programs, usually lasting a total of four weeks, for scholarship holders (master's and doctoral students) of the SP/DL program from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.Application deadline: 15.07.2024
Call for proposal: DAAD website (German)
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Institutional Partnerships Worldwide (GIP) programme uses Federal Foreign Office funds to promote cooperation between institutes that offer German studies and/or German as a foreign language at German higher education institutions and at their partner institutes abroad.
The long-term impacts are, firstly, for cross-regional partnerships between German and one or more foreign institutions to be established and for higher education institutions in Germany to intensify relations with their partner regions, thereby forming networks. Furthermore, the programme aims to support the maintenance and expansion of the teaching of German language and culture in the target regions and promote the development of innovative, demand-oriented and socially relevant formats in research and teaching.
The programme also aims to contribute to increasing the appeal of the subject of German Studies and German in other countries. Finally, German Language, Literature and Culture: Institutional Partnerships (GIP) seek to contribute to the communication of language, culture and literature from Germany to other countries and promote cultural exchange.
The following programme objectives (outcomes) are derived from these impacts:- Partner institutes offer practically oriented and socially relevant degree programmes that meet local needs and reflect the academic state of the art.
- In the field of German Studies / German as a Foreign Language (DaF), contemporary content is researched using current and innovative research methods and taught according to current didactic standards.
- Joint research/teaching projects are pursued and/or publications are produced.
- Doctoral candidates successfully complete their doctorates at the partner institutes abroad and in Germany.
Application deadline: 12.08.2024
Call for proposal: DAAD website (German)
Contact the International Office for more information: Desirée Kampmeier -
The aim of the program is to initiate or intensify binational partnership research activities between a German and a foreign university or research institution by promoting mobility and short-term stays for exchange at participating partner institutions for research purposes.
For the purposes of these programs, young academics are defined as junior researchers currently completing their doctorate degree as well as academics at the outset of their academic careers who completed their doctorate no more than five years ago.
Application deadline: country-specific requirements
Call for proposal: DAAD website
