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Support Programmes for Doctoral Students

Heidelberg University supports doctoral candidates with fellowships and grants for various phases of the doctoral degree process. The Graduate Academy provides information and counselling on funding options for dissertation work through its publication after submission.

For Earning a Doctorate at Heidelberg University

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"Landesgraduiertenförderung"

fellowships

applicants accepted as doctoral candidates at Heidelberg University; funding through the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Various Grants
short-term funding to participate in conferences or workshops or to support themselves during the final phase of their training
Schlieben-Lange-Programm
young women researchers with children

For International Doctoral Candidates in Heidelberg

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Robert and Christine Danziger Scholarship
up-and-coming doctoral students from Africa (primarily from Ghana or other parts of West and Central Africa) in Political Science or Geography with a focus on Geoinformatics
STIBET completion grants from the DAAD for foreign doctoral candidates

for support during the last five months prior to earning a doctorate

For Travel and Stays Abroad

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Scholarships "Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM" for exchange programme participants
doctoral candidates nominated for a Heidelberg University exchange programme
ERASMUS Mundus grants for stays abroad
in the Balkans or Latin America
Governmental grants from the People's Republic of China
studies and research abroad at partner universities in China (PDF)
Scholarships from the Robert E. Schmidt Foundation
studies and research abroad, especially in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal (Ger)
Grants from the DAAD
participants in exchange programmes at partner universities in Central and Eastern Europe (Contact)
Scholarships from Fulbright-Commission
exchange program in the USA

For Individual Subject Areas

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Chemistry: Scholarships from the Dr. Sophie Bernthsen Foundation
highly qualified doctoral candidates, including for transition to career and for academic excursions, on a proposal from the institutes, application is not possible (Contact)
Art History: Scholarships from the Eugen Arnold-Stiftung
German male doctoral candidates in financial need (Contact)
Medicine: Scholarships from the Christine Jung Estate
for medical research projects (Contact)
Medicine: Scholarships from the scholarship fund for young researcers
doctoral candidates at the Medical Faculty Mannheim (Contact)
Physics and Astronomy: Scholarships from the Horst Augst Estate
talented young researchers (Contact)
Theology: Gerhard von Rad grants
doctoral candidates (Contact)

More Information

Die Bedeutung der Promotion

Eine Rede von Rektor Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel im Schloss Hohenheim am 25. Januar 2010 (PDF)

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