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German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship
Introduction
The German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD) annually offers fellowships (research and
sandwich-model) to the Government of India for Indian nationals. These
fellowships are meant for advanced studies and research at universities
and research institutes in the Federal Republic of Germany and, as a
rule, not for obtaining degrees.
Essential prerequisites
for both research and sandwich model
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Candidates must
possess a Master's degree with a first class at Master's or
Bachelor's level.
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Candidates must be
residing in India at the time of application.
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Candidates must have
recent-dated letters of placement from a German professor. Scholars
should get confirmation in writing that their research plan is
feasible at the selected German university / institute and that they
would get placement for the duration of at least one year to carry
out research there. The confirmation should not be older than 6
months.
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Candidates in the
fields of Humanities and Social Sciences must have a good knowledge
of the German Language.
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Application must be
routed through proper channel.
Prerequisites for
research fellowships
These fellowships are open
only to those who are working as teachers in Indian universities or
recognized institutes of university standard, Indian Institutes of
Technology, and to scientists in CSIR laboratories and at research
institutes of national importance.
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Besides the
abovementioned core qualifications, candidates must have at least
two years of teaching or research experience
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Candidates should not
be more than 32 years of age on 1st October of the year in which the
fellowship begins.
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Preference will be
given to candidates who are permanently employed and whose employers
undertake to reemploy them on return. Exceptions will be considered
on an individual basis.
The purpose of these
fellowships is to enable young scholars, scientists and university
teachers to broaden their knowledge in their fields, to give them an
opportunity to carry out research in Germany, and to familiarize
themselves with current methods of research there.
Prerequisites for
fellowships under the Sandwich Model scheme
The Sandwich Model is a
multi-phased fellowship scheme which allows scholars who are registered
for their PhD at an Indian university / institute to carry out research
for their thesis alternately in India and in Germany under the
supervision of an Indian as well as a German guide according to a
schedule previously drafted out in consultation with them.
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Candidates should not
be more than 36 years of age on 1st October of the year in which the
fellowship begins
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Candidates must be
registered for their PhD degree in India and should have already
started working on their thesis. The doctorate degree is awarded by
the Indian university / institute exclusively.
Duration
Both types of fellowships
are awarded initially for a period of one year and extendable upto
another 12 months, upon application, and are preceded by a four months
German Language course at a Goethe Institute in Germany.
Note
The fellowships are
offered in fields earmarked in consultation with the Government of India
(Department of Education; Ministry of Human Resource Development;
Council of Scientific and industrial Research; University Grants
Commission). These Government of India agencies announce the offer
sometime in July / August and invite applications. Application form are
available from them once the offer has been announced.
The subject Medicine is
not included under this programme.
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