Scholarship for PhD Student from abroad

The Hans Böckler Foundation (HBS) supports outstanding international doctoral students with the Ute and György Széll doctoral scholarship of € 1,450 per month for a period of 6 months. You can also receive an annual travel allowance of €1,300. 

+++ next deadline 28th of February 2024 +++

This Scholarship shall permit outstanding international PhD-students in Social Sciences and Humanities a six months-stay not only at a German university or research institute, but also at a foundation or archive. There is no limit of age.

We expect applicants to be politically, culturally, and socially engaged and to have an active interest in the core values of the Hans Böckler Foundation.

The scholarship includes a monthly stipend of EUR 1450 for living expenses and an annual allowance of EUR 1300 for travel expenses.
 

Requirements

  • Enrollment in a PhD programme in the fields of Social Sciences or Humanities
  • A description of your doctoral project in form of a research plan (3 pages), including the context of your further career development
  • A research paper outlining the topic, questions, methodology and goals of your research in Germany (3 pages)
  • An invitation letter from your host PhD supervisor in Germany, who is responsible for the on-site support and integration into the local and national research contexts in Germany
  • An assessment by the PhD-supervisor at your home institution
  • Your CV in table form
  • Your Diploma that entitles you to pursue a doctorate
  • Application form (explanation and download below)

Please include these documents with your application.

Application deadlines are:

February 28th
July 30th

Application form

Please save, print out, sign and send it to the Hans Böckler Foundation by post. In addition, you can also send us the signed PDF file and the other documents by email to: bewerbung[at]boeckler.de.

For reasons of data protection, we recommend using encrypted documents.
 

Procedure

The announcements and the application procedure will be handled by the HBS. The applications sent to the HBS will be formally approved there.

The pre-selection of the applicants will be carried out by the HBS department of study promotion with the participation of Ute and György Széll. The final decision will be taken by the HBS PhD-committee. The funds are provided by the Ute und György Széll Foundation within the HBS. This international scholarship project is limited for five years (2022-2027).

Application: https://www.boeckler.de/data/application_form_Szell_international_PhD_scholarship.pdf