Graduate Funding at the University of Greifswald in the Winter Semester 2024/25

The following documents must be submitted in both written and electronic (PDF) form (one copy each):

• Application form (printed and signed)
• Tabular curriculum vitae CV (résumé)
• Legally attested copy of degree certificate
• If applicable, list of marks or proof of other academic achievements
• Description of project/concept
• Supervisor’s (professor's) assessment of the fulflment of the funding requirements § 2(1) and (2) LGFG, see also no. 5 of the guidelines
• Second opinion of another university lecturer (professor or private lecturer), analogous to the first reviewer
• Confirmation of supervision by the member of the university community authorised to supervise the doctoral project (Supervision Agreement)
• Confirmation of acceptance as a doctoral candidate (if there is no supervision agreement, the acceptance as a doctoral candidate must be signed by both supervisors)
• Proof of enrolment as a doctoral student 
• If applicable, birth certificates of children and request form for family supplement

To apply, please use the form that can be downloaded below.
The doctoral project must be planned in such a way that, if it proceeds according to plan, it can be successfully completed within the standard funding period of three years. At the latest by the halfway point of the standard funding period, it must be determined whether the conditions or requirements associated with the grant have been met and whether the scholarship can continue to be paid until the end of the grant period.

Requirements for the allocation of a scholarship:

• Successfully completed university degree with well above-average marks that qualifies the student for commencing doctoral studies
• Acceptance as a doctoral candidate at the relevant faculty (admission to doctoral studies) including enrolment as a doctoral student at the University of Greifswald
• The intended academic project should be expected to make an important contribution to research or to improving the state's competitiveness.

Funding is not possible, if the applicant or prospective recipient of the scholarship

• has already obtained a doctorate,
• has already received funding for the same project,
• already receives or has already received funding for another doctoral project,
• is undergoing training (including studies) or vocational training that is not interrupted,
• is currently employed, unless it is a job that is compatible with the funding and has a very limited workload (at the university: 10 hours/week, outside the university: 5 hours/week).