Finding Scholarships

Overview

Objective

• the programme aims to foster strong, internationally oriented higher education systems in Latin America with the capacity to contribute to sustainable development.
• training future academic and professional leaders,
• qualified professionals’ involvement in the solution of development-related problems in Latin America
• graduates strengthening education and research in Latin America
• structural strengthening and regional networking of partner institutions and partner universities

Who can apply?

University graduates from the following countries who have a master degree:
Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Venezuela

What can be funded?

• Ph.D. studies in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional San Juan
• Ph.D. studies in Electronic Control Systems at the Universidad Nacional San Juan

Duration of the funding

4 years, usually starting in March

Value

• Monthly Scholarship: 850 EUR (monthly)
• Travel allowance: The flat rate travel allowance will be specified in the Letter of Award. (beginning and end of scholarship)
• Study and research allowance: 920 EUR (one-time)
• Printing allowance: 800 EUR (one-time)
• Health insurance: up to 75 EUR or equivalent in local currency

The call for applications for the scholarship program is subject to the final provision of funds by the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development).

Selection

As a first step, all applicants must submit a complete application for the programme via the DAAD Portal.

Please be aware of the DAAD’s application deadline as well as the National University of San Juan’s deadline.

The application process for DAAD scholarships contains the following steps:

1. Register on the DAAD portal
2. Log in to the portal
3. Carefully read the instructions on how to apply in the portal
4. Submit your application via the portal

Remember to check that your application is complete and meets DAAD requirements before submitting! Otherwise your application cannot be considered.

DAAD will conduct a formal review of the applications received via the DAAD portal only, according to the DAAD criteria.

In addition to this first step, applicants must at the same time/as a second step apply for admission at the National University San Juan using the contact details and procedure prescribed by the institution. The institution sets its own deadline for the admission process. Please inform yourself in plenty of time about the application process at the host institution.

In a final selection organized by the DAAD, applications that have met both the admission requirements at the host university (and the university's rank in the pre-selection) and the DAAD's formal criteria are evaluated by an independent selection committee (international university teachers and experts from German and foreign universities as well as alumni). The independent selection committee evaluates the applications based on the submitted documents, tak-ing into consideration the pre-selection ranking of the institution. Areas evaluated include academic performance and quality, extracurricular activities, mo-tivation, and relevance of the research topic (if applicable).

The DAAD reserves the right of final selection.

Please note that all short-listed applicants may be asked to participate in a multi-wave monitoring survey to gather data on different academic and career development aspects. Participation is voluntary.

The application process contains two steps. Please be aware of the DAAD application deadline for pre-selected candidates as well as the Universidad Nacional San Juan deadline.

Further information

For further information on application requirements and the application procedure, please refer to the Call for Scholarship Applications.

Scholarship holders in the framework of research based Master programmes are also encouraged to apply for a short-term research stay in Germany for 2 up to 6 months.

The short-term research scholarship includes:

• a monthly scholarship payment for living costs
• health/accident/personal liability insurance
• a flat-rate travel allowance

Scholarship holders are also invited to apply for different Summer Schools in Germany (four weeks)

Further Information about the Universidad Nacional San Juan
http://www.unsj.edu.ar/

Further Information about the Doctoral program in Electrical Engineering
https://iee-unsjconicet.org/doctorado_ingenieria_electrica/

Doctoral program in Electronic Control Systems
http://www.inaut.unsj.edu.ar/posgrado/becas