Apply for Postdoctoral Fellowship for Developing Countries 2024

The German Egyptian Mobility Programme for Scientific Exchange and Excellence Development GE-SEED is a fund that supports the exchange of scientific visits between Egyptian and German research teams. Application Deadline: 19th December, 2017 Eligible Countries: Egypt To be taken at (country): Germany Type: The programme is aimed at Master's students, doctoral candidates and young postdocs. Eligibility: For the German and Egyptian sides this program is open for public and private universities and research centers. Applicants from both sides should be affiliated to any of the above mentioned entities. A concrete and sound research proposal must be submitted. The Pl should be a Ph.D. holder. On the Egyptian side, only Egyptian researchers are eligible for a mobility grant to Germany. Also, the researchers must be affiliated to an institution which has an Egyptian legal identity. Parallel applications of teams, team members or PIs during the same funding period are not permitted. In cases where a team/team member has been previously awarded a GE-SEED grant, he/she may apply for a new grant through the GE-SEED Program only after the completion of his/her previously funded project. In this case a report of the success of the previous project has to be submitted together with the new application. Quality of the project is one of the main criteria for accepting a project, but involvement of young scientists will be given preference if applicable. All relevant documents must be submitted (such as ethical committee approval). Egyptian Team members are required to handle their own security clearance While the technical responsibility of the research project would remain at the German and Egyptian entities, the financial responsibility of the program would remain at the DAAD and STDF for the German and Egyptian sides, respectively. The following types of proposals shall not be considered: Already existing collaborative projects where travel and living expenses are financed by some other source of funding. Purely individual visits, training program(s), or study purposes Organisation of Seminars / Workshops or participation in a Conference / Congress. Also, the following items/expenses are not covered by this funding program: Purchase of equipment, infrastructure, workspaces and office machines etc. Project-related incidental costs (for example: bench fees, staff or running costs, costs for computer time, materials purchases, documentation, photocopying, printing, domestic travel, consumables or other expenses) Number of Awardees: Not specified Value of Scholarship: Grants will be offered only towards travel and living costs within the framework of a well-defined and approved research project. For the Egyptian PI, the STDF will bear the travel cost (including overseas medical insurance) between the place of work of the scientists/students in Egypt and the place of work in Germany. It is expected that primary financing for the collaborative research project, including personnel costs, is already available or will be obtained from other sources of funding. The total funding requested from the Egyptian and the German side, respectively, must not exceed 15.000 EURO per project per year Duration of Scholarship: Mobility grants will be awarded within the framework of a research project running for a duration of up to two years. Total duration of visits by senior scientists should not exceed 1 month per year, whereas total duration of visits by junior scientists should be within the range of 3 to 6 months per year, the table in the funding section explains the allowances according to the duration of stay. In all cases, the mutual visits of the academics / scientists should be justified in terms of number, duration, expenses and purpose of visit. How to Apply: Proposals in a prescribed format are to be submitted by the German PI to the DAAD, Bonn Portal (https://portal.daad.de/irj/portal), and by the Egyptian PI to STDF, Egypt (www.stdf.org.eg). Only applications submitted by the two PIs with all necessary documents will be considered. Proposals will be evaluated by DAAD and STDF on the basis of scientific merit, need for co-operation and the composition of project teams. The final decision will be made jointly by the two parties. Visit Scholarship Webpage for details Award Provider: This programme is co-financed by the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) in Egypt and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Germany.

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