Short-term Grants for Doctoral Candidates

The University of Mannheim is pleased to be able to invite students working on their doctorate to submit applications for doctoral scholarships.

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The University of Mannheim is pleased to be able to invite students working on their doctorate to submit applications for doctoral scholarships with a duration of up to 6 months (short-term grants) funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg (“Landesgraduiertenförderung”, LGF).
The fellowships are awarded to applicants who ideally can offer the prospect of funding subsequent to the fellowship until the expected completion of the doctorate, e.g. through a position at a chair or in a third-party funded project (starting/bridging grants) or who will complete their doctoral projects within the funding period applied for (completion grants).

  • Entitled to apply: Doctoral students officially accepted for a doctorate at a school/ department of the University of Mannheim, regardless of whether they are doing their doctorate at a chair or in a structured doctoral program.
  • Application deadline: 10 June 2022
  • Funding period: Up to 6 months | Start of funding: 1 July 2022 (or later).
  • End of funding: 31 December 2022 at the latest.

The extension of a starting/bridging grant is possible if efforts to obtain funding elsewhere were unsuccessful and the progress of the doctoral project since the last grant is clearly evident (appropriate evidence must be submitted).
The funding ends at the latest at the end of the month in which the disputation/oral defense takes place. Funding up to the disputation/oral defense is possible provided that your dissertation has not yet been submitted at the time of application.

  • Funding conditions: According to the implemented standards of LGF (Satzung der Universität Mannheim zur Durchführung des Landes-graduiertenförderungsgesetzes).
  • Scholarship amount: Euro 1.250,- per month

The application form (listing all required documents) as well as further information can be found online.
The application can be submitted in English or German. For further questions, please contact Ms. Nadine Bradt via e-mail or MS Teams.
Please send your application together with the necessary attachments (if possible, in a single PDF file) until 10 June 2022 only via e-mail to:

University of Mannheim
Division I – Research Services and Quality Management
Attn: Ms. Nadine Bradt
E-mail: bradtmail-verwaltung.uni-mannheim.de

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