Support Measures
The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences provides support measures and scholarships for PhD students of social sciences. As of now you can apply for a language revision grant or for a family-friendly completion grant.
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:
| Fördermaßnahme | Dauer | Bewerbung bis | Förderhöhe | Zielgruppe |
| language revision grant | In 2019 | June 15, 2019 | up to 500 € (lector) | international PhD students who completed their dissertation and need assistance with language revision, or who are still in the writing process and need writing advisory sessions |
| family-oriented completion grant | max. 6 months | June 15, 2019 | 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 |
| inclusion for female PhD students | flexible | flexible | „Biographiezirkel“ and expert talks | female PhD students with disabilities or chronic diseases, PhD supervisors, experts and multipliers improving inclusion (see GGG news |
| emergency grant | max. 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 forum | flexible | flexible | max. 500 € / semester for networking and expertise | networking and expertise for PhD students working on similar topics |
| PraxisForscher | max. 6 months | flexible | max. 50 % TV-L E13 | PhD students who want to conduct hands-on research in a regional enterprise in Southern Lower Saxony (via SNIC) |