Scholarship Database

For your long-term stay in Germany, you can find information on DAAD funding opportunities for students, graduates, doctoral candidates and university lecturers as well as on offers from other selected funding organisations in the DAAD scholarship database.

Important note for students and researchers from Ukraine:
DAAD scholarship takes time. Most application deadlines for scholarships are between summer and fall. As a rule, funding does not begin until the winter semester of the following year.

Programme Description

The RLF is a political educational organisation closely affiliated with DIE LINKE (The Left Party) which awards scholarships to international students planning to obtain a doctorate or carry out a doctoral research stay in Germany. The sponsorship is based upon the Foundation's political values: social justice and solidarity in particular.

Target Group

particularly gifted international doctoral candidates from any discipline (except for medical disciplines) and type of higher education institution with a promising topic for a doctoral thesis who can identify with and are committed to the democratic socialism and its values

Academic Requirements

admission to a doctoral programme at a state or state-recognised higher education institution in Germany
proof of proficiency in German at a B2 level

Duration

2 years with the option to extend the period twice for 6 months for academic or technical reasons, and up to another year due to illness, disability or parental leave

Scholarship Value

Doctoral candidates receive a grant of 1,450 EUR each month plus a mobility allowance of 100 EUR and, if necessary, health care subsidies.

Application Papers

Further information on the application procedure can be found here.

Application Deadline

1 April and 1 October of each year

Status and / or country of origin not on these lists?

If your status and / or country of origin is not on this list, you cannot apply for this funding programme. In order to only see funding programmes for which you can apply, please select your status and your country of origin in the list of results.