Support Measures
The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences provides support measures and scholarships for PhD students of social sciences. You can apply for financial support of international PhD students, the mentoring program KaWirMento and for support concerning a PhD students’ forum.
Further up-to-date information can be found at: www.ggg.uni-goettingen.de/GGG-sponsorship
More detailed information will be presented online.
NEW: The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) permitted some more grants for 2018! International PhD students can apply for a Finishing Grant and a Language Revision Grant until 31.08.2018.
The following funding options are available in the upcoming months:
| support measure | duration | application deadline | funding amount | target group |
| language revision or writing advisory sessions | in 2018 | 31.08.18 | up to €500 | International PhD students whriting their thesis in another than their mother tongue who want to improve their dissertation linguistically |
| finishing grant | in 2018 | 31.08.18 | 2 months €1.200 each | International PhD students who need support to finalize their thesis |
| KaWirMento | 1 year | 15.11.2018 | mentoring and peer group | PhD students and early postdocs aiming at a career in business |
| emergency grant | 4 – 6 months | flexible | €1.200 / month plus child benefit if 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 topic of connection of science and professional practice |
| Alumni-group ”Science and Practice” | starting in February 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 |