Support Measures
The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG) provides funding and scholarships for PhD students from the social sciences’ faculties. In 2018 you can apply e.g. for Praxismodule, Research Assistantships and for support concerning a PhD students’ forum.
Further up-to-date information can be found on GGG’s homepage at: www.ggg.uni-goettingen.de/GGG-sponsorship.
The following funding options are available in the upcoming months:
funding measure
|
duration |
deadline |
funding amount
|
target group
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praxismodule | 6-12 months | June 3, 2018 | €1.000 / month | GGG PhD students in their first year, with secure financing for three years, who want to connect their doctoral studies with professional practice by doing a research project with a professional partner |
| Family oriented finishing grant | 4-6 months | June 30, 2018 | €1.200 / 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 months | June 30, 2018 | €1.000 / month | International PhD students in need of financing in order to complete their PhD thesis |
| Research assistantships | 3 months à 20h | June 30, 2018 | €400 pre-tax x 3 months academic assistant | International PhD students who carry out a three-monthly research project |
| Emergency grant | 4-6 months | flexible | €1.200 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 | max. €500 / semester | PhD students wishing to network professionally |
| PraxisForscher | 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 | Feb 2018 – Dec 2019 | flexible | networking and qualification | PhD students wishing to exchange views on the connection of science and professional practice |
| Alumni group ”Science and Practice” | start Feb 2018 | flexible | networking and expertise | PhD students wishing to exchange views on career paths outside of academia with other PhD students and alumni |