Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development offers five Georg Forster Research Award for developing countries
students. The students of developing countries (excluding People’s Republic of
China and India) can apply for this Research Award. Women researcher is
encouraged to apply. The applicants must have had their main residence and
place of work in one of these countries for at least five years at the time of
their nomination. The award covers total amount of EUR 60,000. Selection
criteria are academic achievements. Send complete application by post.
Development offers five Georg Forster Research Award for developing countries
students. The students of developing countries (excluding People’s Republic of
China and India) can apply for this Research Award. Women researcher is
encouraged to apply. The applicants must have had their main residence and
place of work in one of these countries for at least five years at the time of
their nomination. The award covers total amount of EUR 60,000. Selection
criteria are academic achievements. Send complete application by post.
Study Subject(s): The
research award is provided to learn all courses offered by the university.
Course Level: This scholarship is available for pursuing research
programme.
Scholarship Provider: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development
Scholarship can be taken at: Germany
research award is provided to learn all courses offered by the university.
Course Level: This scholarship is available for pursuing research
programme.
Scholarship Provider: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development
Scholarship can be taken at: Germany
Eligibility:
-Nominees
must be nationals of a developing or transition country (excluding People’s
Republic of China and India; cf. detailed list of countries).
-Furthermore, at the time of nomination, they must have had their main
residence and place of work in one of these countries for at least five years.
-The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly encourages the nomination
of qualified female researchers.
must be nationals of a developing or transition country (excluding People’s
Republic of China and India; cf. detailed list of countries).
-Furthermore, at the time of nomination, they must have had their main
residence and place of work in one of these countries for at least five years.
-The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly encourages the nomination
of qualified female researchers.
Scholarship Open for Students of Following
Countries: The students of Afghanistan, Ecuador, Macedonia, Samoa
Albania, Egypt, Madagascar, Sao Tomé, Príncipe Algeria, El Salvador, Malawi,
Senegal, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Malaysia, Serbia, Antigua and Barbuda,
Eritrea, Maldives, Seychelles, Argentina, Ethiopia, Mali, Sierra Leone,
Armenia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Azerbaijan, Fiji, Mauritania,
Somalia, Mauritius, South Africa, Mexico, South Sudan, Bangladesh, Gabon,
Micronesia, Fed. States, Sri Lanka, Belarus, Gambia, Moldova, Rep. St. Kitts
and Nevis, Belize, Georgia, Montenegro, St. Lucia, Benin, Ghana, Morocco, St.
Vincent, Bhutan, Grenada Mongolia, the Grenadines, Bolivia, Guatemala,
Mozambique, Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Guinea, Myanmar, Suriname, Botswana,
Guinea-Bissau, Swaziland, Brazil, Guyana, Syria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Namibia, Tajikistan, Haiti, Nauru, Tanzania, Honduras, Nepal, Thailand,
Nicaragua, Timor-Leste Cambodia, Indonesia, Niger, Togo, Cameroon, Iran,
Nigeria, Tonga, Cape Verde, Iraq Niue Tunisia, Central African Republic,
Turkey, Chad, Jamaica, Turkmenistan, Chile , Jordan, Tuvalu, Colombia,
Pakistan, Comoros, Kazakhstan, Palestinian territories, Congo, Dem. Rep. of
Kenya, Palau, Uganda, Congo, Rep. of the Kiribati, Panama, Ukraine, Cook
Islands, Korea, Dem. PR of Papua New Guinea, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Kosovo,
Paraguay, Uzbekistan, Cote d’Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Peru, Cuba, Philippines,
Vanuatu, Laos, Venezuela, Lesotho, Rwanda, Vietnam, Dominica, Lebanon,
Dominican Republic, Liberia, Djibouti, Libya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe can apply
for this scholarship.
Countries: The students of Afghanistan, Ecuador, Macedonia, Samoa
Albania, Egypt, Madagascar, Sao Tomé, Príncipe Algeria, El Salvador, Malawi,
Senegal, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Malaysia, Serbia, Antigua and Barbuda,
Eritrea, Maldives, Seychelles, Argentina, Ethiopia, Mali, Sierra Leone,
Armenia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Azerbaijan, Fiji, Mauritania,
Somalia, Mauritius, South Africa, Mexico, South Sudan, Bangladesh, Gabon,
Micronesia, Fed. States, Sri Lanka, Belarus, Gambia, Moldova, Rep. St. Kitts
and Nevis, Belize, Georgia, Montenegro, St. Lucia, Benin, Ghana, Morocco, St.
Vincent, Bhutan, Grenada Mongolia, the Grenadines, Bolivia, Guatemala,
Mozambique, Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Guinea, Myanmar, Suriname, Botswana,
Guinea-Bissau, Swaziland, Brazil, Guyana, Syria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Namibia, Tajikistan, Haiti, Nauru, Tanzania, Honduras, Nepal, Thailand,
Nicaragua, Timor-Leste Cambodia, Indonesia, Niger, Togo, Cameroon, Iran,
Nigeria, Tonga, Cape Verde, Iraq Niue Tunisia, Central African Republic,
Turkey, Chad, Jamaica, Turkmenistan, Chile , Jordan, Tuvalu, Colombia,
Pakistan, Comoros, Kazakhstan, Palestinian territories, Congo, Dem. Rep. of
Kenya, Palau, Uganda, Congo, Rep. of the Kiribati, Panama, Ukraine, Cook
Islands, Korea, Dem. PR of Papua New Guinea, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Kosovo,
Paraguay, Uzbekistan, Cote d’Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Peru, Cuba, Philippines,
Vanuatu, Laos, Venezuela, Lesotho, Rwanda, Vietnam, Dominica, Lebanon,
Dominican Republic, Liberia, Djibouti, Libya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe can apply
for this scholarship.
Scholarship Description: The Georg Forster Research Award is granted in recognition of a
researcher’s entire achievements to date to academics of all disciplines whose
fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant
impact on their own discipline and beyond and who are expected to continue
developing research-based solutions to the specific challenges facing
transition and developing countries.
researcher’s entire achievements to date to academics of all disciplines whose
fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant
impact on their own discipline and beyond and who are expected to continue
developing research-based solutions to the specific challenges facing
transition and developing countries.
Number of awards offered: In 2013, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is granting up to four
Georg Forster Research Awards.
Georg Forster Research Awards.
Duration of award(s): The project duration of about six to twelve months may be divided into
segments.
segments.
What does it cover? The award amount totals EUR 60,000. In Germany, research awards are
generally exempt from income tax under German tax law.
generally exempt from income tax under German tax law.
Selection Criteria: The Selection Committee makes its decision solely on the basis of the
nominees’ academic qualifications and the relevance of their research to the
development of their own countries.
nominees’ academic qualifications and the relevance of their research to the
development of their own countries.
Notification: Nominees
will be notified about the Selection Committee’s decision immediately after the
meeting.
will be notified about the Selection Committee’s decision immediately after the
meeting.
How to Apply: The mode of
applying is by post.
To make a nomination, please use only the current nomination documents, which
can be downloaded from the Humboldt Foundation’s website: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de.
Please visit the Guidelines for completing the nomination on the Humboldt
Foundation’s website for further information on the selection procedure.
applying is by post.
To make a nomination, please use only the current nomination documents, which
can be downloaded from the Humboldt Foundation’s website: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de.
Please visit the Guidelines for completing the nomination on the Humboldt
Foundation’s website for further information on the selection procedure.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application closing date is 15th May 2013.