Support Measures
The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG) provides funding and scholarships for PhD students of social sciences. In the beginning of 2018 you can apply for a family oriented finishing grant, the finishing grant and Research Assistantships for international PhD students, the Team-Teaching program and several grants with flexible application dates.
Further up-to-date information can be found on the GGG homepage at: www.ggg.uni-goettingen.de/GGG-sponsorship.
More detailed information will be presented online. The following funding options are available in the upcoming months:
Funding Measure |
Duration |
Application Deadline |
Funding Amount |
Target Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family-oriented Finishing Grant | 4 – 6 months | 15.01.2018 | €1,200 per month plus child benefit | PhD students caring for children or relatives in need of care and thus needing more time to complete their PhD thesis |
| Finishing Grant | 3 – 6 Monate | 15.01.2018 | €1,200 per month plus child benefit where required | international PhD students in need of financing in order to complete their PhD thesis |
| Research Assistantships | 3 months à 20h | 15.01.2018 | €308 pre-tax x 3 months academic assistant | international PhD students who carry out a three-monthly research project |
| Team-Teaching (in English) | 1 semester | 31.01.2018 | tandem and qualification | PhD students who start teaching in higher education |
| Emergency Grant | 4 – 6 months | 2018 | €1,200 per month plus child benefit where required | PhD students who get in unpredictable financial need they are not responsible for and need support to continue their PhD thesis |
| PhD students’ forum | flexible | flexible | depends on the expenses | PhD students wishing to network profes-sionally |
| Praxisforscher*in | max. 6 months | flexible | max. 50% TV-L E13 | PhD students who want to conduct practical research in a regional enterprise in Southern Lower Saxony (via SNIC) |
| Forum Praxismodule | Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2019 | flexible | networking and qualification | PhD students wishing to exchange views on the topic of connection of science and professional practice |
| Alumni-group ”Science and Practice” | starting Jan. 2018 | flexible | networking and expertise | PhD students wishing to exchange views on the topic of career paths outside of academia with other PhD students and alumni |