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Two DAAD Scholarships awarded

Last year, the BGHS successfully applied to the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GGSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and was awarded a total of four scholarships for international doctoral researchers. The first two scholarship holders have been selected in the BGHS' established gender- and diversity-friendly procedure and have just been confirmed by the DAAD. Yukun Sun from China and Anastasiia Serikova from Kazakhstan will start their doctorate at the BGHS in the winter semester 2023/24.

The two young researchers prevailed in the selection process against great international competition. A total of 65 applications were received in response to the call for applications of the BGHS, 25 of which were considered in principle. Based on reviews from potential supervisors, six persons were invited to the selection interview via Zoom, where they presented their research project and discussed it with the selection committee and the potential supervisor. Subsequently, four persons were selected by the BGHS and nominated to the DAAD for funding, of whom the two first-placed will now receive doctoral scholarships.

The call for applications for two more scholarships in the GSSP, which will be awarded for the summer semester 2024, is currently running until the end of April. The call is aimed at international doctoral candidates, especially from developing and emerging countries. The maximum duration of the scholarships is four years. Click here for the call for applications.