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 Kurt Hansen Fellowship supports teachers, trainee teachers and student teachers in the STEM area (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology).
The Kurt Hansen grant can be used for the following activities:

internships, in Germany or abroad
research projects in STEM education (in Germany or abroad)
further education and training, summer schools, research classes, etc., related to STEM education (in Germany or abroad)
courses on science communication, civic science or equivalent (in Germany or abroad

Candidates show a strong sense of commitment and motivation and submit an innovative international research project, which will be funded individually.

Target Group

Applicants must study or work in Germany.
The following can apply for a grant:

students of pedagogy, trainee teachers or student teachers (Bachelor, Master, PhD) in STEM subjects
young teachers (less than 3 years of teaching experience) with a focus on STEM subjects
teachers at elementary schools and special schools (independent of their professional experience) who want to improve their knowledge and skills in STEM teaching

Duration

Internships may take up to 6 months.
Other activities that may receive funding may take 1 year.

Scholarship Value

individual financial support, but limited to 10,000 EUR per request

Application Papers

Please find the application forms and further information on the application procedure here.

Application Deadline

Please find the updated deadlines for application here.

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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.