Finding Scholarships

Application requirements

What requirements must be met?

• Applicants must hold the official status as a doctoral candidate at a university in Brazil and have been awarded a domestic scholarship from CAPES or from one of the following institutions:
  FACEPE - Pernambuco
  FAPDF - Brasília
  FAPEAL - Alagos
  FAPEAM - Amazonas
  FAPEAP - Amapá
  FAPEG - Goiás
  FAPEMA - Maranhão
  FAPEMIG - Minas Gerais
  FAPERGS - Rio Grande do Sul
  FAPERJ - Rio de Janeiro
  FAPERN - Rio Grande do Norte
  FAPES - Espírito Santo
  FAPESB - Bahia
  FAPESC - Santa Catarina
  FUNDECT - Mato Grosso do Sul
  FAPERO - Rondônia
  FAPT - Tocantis
  Fundacao Araucária - Paraná
  FAPEPI - Piaui
• As a rule, applicants shoud not have graduated any longer than six years before the application deadline. If you are already working on a doctoral degree, your should not have started your degree any longer than three years previously
• Applicants who have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline cannot be considered
• Proof of German or English language skills according to the European Framework of Reference (e.g: TOEFL, IELTS) or TestDaF at the level of B2 or higher must be submitted.

Language skills

• The required language level depends on the applicant's study plans and subject: In the arts, social sciences and in law, at least a good knowledge of German is usually expected. For the natural sciences and engineering, proof of good English language skills may also be accepted if English is spoken at the host institute.
• Please also read our important information for scholarship applicants / section A, point 9.

Application Procedure

Application deadline

October 31, 2024 for a research stay between May 2025 and January 2026

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

Documents to be uploaded to the DAAD portal:

• Online application form
• Full curriculum vitae in tabular form (max. 3 pages)
• List of publications (max. 10 pages), if applicable
• Extensive and detailed description of the research proposal which has been agreed upon with the academic adviser and a description of previous research work (max. 10 pages)
• Schedule of planned research work
• Letter confirming supervision by an academic adviser in Germany, which refers to the applicant's proposal and confirms that the host institute will provide a workplace
• University degree certificate indicating final grade(s): the certificate must be subsequently submitted before the grant-supported research begins if it is not available at the time of application
• Proof of admission to the doctoral thesis or certification of the date on which the exam will be taken before the scholarship starts
• Proof of the scholarship award from CAPES or one of the following institutions:
  FACEPE - Pernambuco
  FAPDF - Brasília
  FAPEAL - Alagos
  FAPEAM - Amazonas
  FAPEAP - Amapá
  FAPEG - Goiás
  FAPEMA - Maranhão
  FAPEMIG - Minas Gerais
  FAPERGS - Rio Grande do Sul
  FAPERJ - Rio de Janeiro
  FAPERN - Rio Grande do Norte
  FAPES - Espírito Santo
  FAPESB - Bahia
  FAPESC - Santa Catarina
  FUNDECT - Mato Grosso do Sul
  FAPERO - Rondônia
  FAPT - Tocantis
  Fundacao Araucária - Paraná
  FAPEPI - Piaui
• Other documents which support your application (example: certificates of employment, proof of placements, etc.)
• Language certificate
• All university certificates on all annual examinations with individual grade(s), incl. explanation of grading system
• German or English translations of documents submitted in the national language
• One recent supporting letter of recommendation (on a DAAD-form) from a university teacher (for doctoral students, from the supervisor of your doctoral thesis) which provides information about your qualifications. Please regard the instructions given on the tab 'Submitting an application'.

Contact and Consulting

Information and advisory centres

DAAD Rio de Janeiro Branch Office
Serviço Alemão de Intercâmbio Acadêmico
Rua Professor Alfredo Gomes, 37 Botafogo
22251-080 Rio de Janeiro
Brasilien
Tel.: +55 (21)/2553-3296
Fax.: +55 (21)/2553-9261
E-Mail.: auxilio@daad.org.br
WWW.: http://www.daad.org.br

More detailed information

http://www.daad.org.br/auxilio

Submitting an application

General information on the application via DAAD portal

Click on 'Application portal' at the bottom of the page to go to the DAAD portal. There you will be provided with an online application form to 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 recommendation form
You can generate the recommendation form in the DAAD Portal as a writable PDF under 'Request recommendation form'. It can only be generated during the application period. Please send it to your university teacher and ask him or her to complete the form in full. When you have received it back, upload it in the portal under 'Letter of Recommendation'.

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

• Prepare application documents
• If necessary, translate documents (unless they are already in German or English).
• Scan paper documents and save in PDF format. You can only upload PDF files to the portal.
• Fill out the application form and upload the 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 application online.

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.