GAUSS

Information from GAUSS & GAUSS Career Service

DAAD Postdoc Researchers International Mobility Experience (PRIME), apply by 30 Aug 2022

daad logoIn 2014 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) initiated the programme “Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience” (PRIME) to support the international mobility of postdoctoral researchers by temporary positions at German universities in place of conventional scholarships. The programme has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union (EU/FP7/Marie Curie Actions/COFUND). Funding is provided for 18 months, in which 12 months have to be spent abroad and 6 months (re-integration phase) at a German university. The re-integration phase is mandatory. The German university administrates the salary during the whole funding period.

  • Application deadline:       31 August 2022
  • Selection:                          February 2023
  • Possible starting dates:  1 June to 1 November 2023

Call for applications 2022/2023 (German)
Call for applications 2022/2023 (English)

The application form is available in the application portal. To get to the portal please click on Stipendiendatenbank für Deutsche, fill in Fachrichtung (subject of your research), Zielland (country of the period abroad) and Status “Promovierte” (position), and select the programme.
Please mind the instructions on registering on the portal, choose English as portal language, activate, if necessary, the compatibility view of your browser and choose English as browser language. After registration in the portal, please click on the tab “personal funding“.
Please note that the selection committee will only consider applications that are complete and submitted prior to the given deadline.

Information for applicants/FAQs

Attachments
There are several attachments you need to provide including CV, declaration of the German host university, letter of invitation from the German host, ethics issues checklist and application documents checklist. Please check the webpage for further information and the respective templates.

Choosing the host institutions
The contact to the envisaged foreign host and to the German university must be established by the applicant. To get an overview of recent research topics and international cooperations of German Universities, we recommend GERiT – German Research Institutions, a service provided by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) and DAAD.

Hereafter please find a list of German universities, listed in alphabetical order, which have already nominated a contact person for the P.R.I.M.E. programme:

PRIME contact persons at German universities

Please be aware that other German universities that did not specifically nominate a contact person are equally eligible as host institution for a PRIME fellowship.