Finding Scholarships

Application requirements

What requirements must be met?

The last qualifying degree should have been obtained not more than six years ago. Candidates should have passed their Bachelor studies with at least “second class upper division”, their Master’s studies with at least B+ (or equivalent).

Language skills

English

Application Procedure

Application deadline

31 October 2022
Selection date in January 2023 for funding starting from October 2023

Application deadlines are updated at least once a year. In most cases, they are in the same period as the previous year. You can find the current dates here.

Application documents

1.To be submitted to the DAAD Portal:

• Curriculum Vitae (use the Europass specimen form at http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu)
• List of publications, if any
• Description of academic and personal reasons for your planned project in Germany (letter of motivation: 1-2 pages), taking account of the following question: What do you hope to gain from your project in Germany (personally, professionally, for your career)?
• Ph.D. proposal (maximum 10 pages)
• Abstract of the proposal on one page (please include name and title of the proposal)
• Detailed work plan including time schedule covering the whole period of the scholarship
• Confirmation from a German Professor stating that he/she will supervise the applicant for his/ her Ph.D. thesis (in English)
• OR Admission/Eligibility letter from structured PhD Programme
• Master’s certificate
• Transcripts for each Year
• Bachelor’s certificate
• Transcripts for each Year
• A/O-level certificate
• Confirmation of funding for research during field studies

2. To be sent to the DAAD office in Nairobi:

• 2 original references of academic referees (in English; on recommendation forms, available on the online portal)

To be sent via email to the DAAD in Nairobi (bengelstorff@daad.de):

• Ph.D. proposal as word file

Application location

DAAD Regional Office for Africa

Postal Address:
P.O Box 14050-00800
Nairobi, Kenya

Physical Address:
Upper Hill Close, 3rd floor, Madison Insurance House,
Upper Hill, Community Area,
Nairobi, Kenya

Please note

• Your application is only valid if you submit all the required documents to the DAAD portal on time.
• For submitting references by post, the postmark date serves as proof that they have been dispatched on time.
• The DAAD portal closes at 24.00 hrs. (CET or CEST) on the last application day.
• Incomplete applications cannot be considered. You are responsible for ensuring that your applications are complete.
• The application documents remain with the DAAD. Your personal data is saved by the DAAD in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and with the EU Data Protection Regulation insofar as this data is needed to process the application.

Contact and Consulting

Information and advisory centres

DAAD Regional Office for Africa

Postal Address:
P.O Box 14050-00800
Nairobi, Kenya

Physical Address:
Upper Hill Close, 3rd floor, Madison Insurance House,
Upper Hill, Community Area,
Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: +254 20 27 29 741; 771 444 111, 733 929 929, 780 001 363
E-Mail: info.nairobi@daad.de
Website: www.nairobi.or.ke
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DAADNairobi

More detailed information

• DAAD website section "PhD studies and research"
• Website ”Research in Germany”
• Website ”GERiT – German Research Institutions"
• DAAD website ”Important information for DAAD scholarship applicants”

Submitting an application

General information on the application via DAAD portal

You can access the DAAD portal by clicking "Application portal" at the end of the page. Here you will find an online application form in which you can enter your application data.

This is what you have to do:

1. Register in the DAAD portal (Read notes about registering in the portal >>)

2. Request references
The form, which has to be completed by a referee, has to be generated in the DAAD portal in the section "Request reference" after registration and downloaded. Please send the form by e-mail to your referee and ask for the completed reference form to be returned to you in a sealed envelope. In each case, please provide your referee with the application address thus enabling him/her to send the recommendation letter there direct.

Please note that the form for completion by a referee can only be generated during the application period (from about 6 weeks before the application deadline).
Please generate one form for each referee.
The reference is confidential and may not be viewed by you!

3. Applying online in the DAAD portal (Read notes on applying in the portal >>)

• Download and complete the online application form
• Prepare application documents
• If necessary, translate documents (unless they are already in German or English).
• Scan paper documents (except references) and save in PDF format. Please note that you can only upload PDF files to the portal.
• Upload the completed application form and the other application documents to the portal in PDF format. Translations, if applicable, should be uploaded together with the document issued in the original language.
• Submit the uploaded application documents online.

4. Sending application documents by post
References must be sent in the unopened envelope to the application location.

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Information for applicants from non-EU countries:
Please remember to specify the exact contents of your postal consignment in the documents for the customs authorities, e.g. "Application for a scholarship with application documents, a reference and a DVD with work samples (no commercial goods, no merchandise value, no insurable value)".

Please note:
If you have any technical questions or problems your local information and advice centres could not help you with, please do not hesitate to contact portal@daad.de via e-mail.
Please consider possible processing times of your request when you are planning your application.

Currently you cannot apply for this programme. Please note the application deadline specified under the Application procedure tab.