Graduate Funding at the University of Greifswald

Important: The call for applications for scholarships for winter semester 2025/26 begins on 06 June 2025! Application deadline is 05 August 2025.

Every semester, the University of Greifswald awards scholarships to particularly highly-qualified junior academics preparing to do their doctorates.
The basis for this is provided by the Landesgraduiertenförderungsgesetz (Act on State Graduate Funding - LGFG M-V) of 20 November 2008, effective as of 18 December 2008, and the Landesgrauiertenförderungsverordnung (Ordinance on State Graduate Funding - LGFVO M-V) of 23 March 2010, effective as of 01 April 2010, and the University of Greifswald’s Senate’s ruling of 19 May 2010.

The scholarships are awarded subject to the availability of state budgetary funds and corporate budgetary funds.

In accordance with § 8 I LGFG M-V, the Grant Commission comprises:

1. Head of the university or a deputy appointed by him/her to chair the Commission
2. at least two professors
3. a research assistant or other member of academic staff
4. one graduate student

The members shall be elected by the senate of the university; the term of office shall be two years for the members listed under nos. 2 and 3, and one year for the member listed under no. 4.

The current members are:

Prof. Schneider, Pro-Rector for Research, Digitisation and Transfer
Prof. Schumacher, Faculty of Arts and Humanities (deputy: Prof. Beck)
Prof. Münzenberg, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (deputy: Prof. Haberzettl)
Prof. Soretz, Faculty of Law and Economics (deputy: N.N.)
Prof. Krüger, Faculty of Medicine (deputy: Prof. Krey)
Prof. Rosenstock, Faculty of Theology (deputy: Prof. Assel)
Dr. Mia Bengtsson, postdoctoral fellow (deputy: Maria Moynihan)
Fabian Fleßner, student member (deputy: N.N.)