STEM Scholarships

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03.03.2026 Applications submitted through other channels or to other authorities will not be considered. The DAAD portal closes at 24.00 hours. Central European Time (CET or CEST) on the last (deadline) application day.

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The next deadline for nominations of the candidates at the ministry can be found here . Please note that the application deadline at the higher education institution that is relevant for applicants is some time before the deadline for the nomination at the ministry. Further information can be obtained directly at the respective higher education institution. Application requirements Application Requirements General requirements for refugees: entitled to asylum or recognised refugee for no longer than 4 years by the start of funding. The maximum duration of constant residence in Germany must not be longer than 5 years by the start of funding. Follow-up applications need a separate explanatory statement. Students: enrolled at a public higher education institution in the State of Hessen high academic achievements PhD students: accepted as a PhD student and supervised at a public higher education institution in Hessen high academic achievements Researchers: guarantee of a research or teaching placement at a public higher education institution in Hessen a supporting statement from the same public higher education institution in Hessen exceptional achievements in research and/or teaching Researchers at Risk: HessenFonds funding is also available to highly qualified researchers (including PhD students) who are threatened by persecution in their home countries. Researchers at risk need to be nominated by a university or university of applied sciences in the state of Hessen. Contact Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Kunst und Kultur Wiesbaden Germany Weblink Please also take note of our important scholarship information . Please select your status and your country to enable you to submit an application Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermudas Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China, PR Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatani Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Guayana Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong (CN) Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, the Republic of Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao (CN) Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territories Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) Tahiti Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand The Dutch Antilles Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe „Country“ is the country in which you are living and from which you are applying. If you come from another country, please contact us to find out whether you are eligible for the programme of your choice. More Information Undergraduates Graduates Doctoral candidates/PhD students Postdoctoral researchers Faculty Graduates are people who already have at least one first academic degree, e.g. Bachelor. Your status and/or country is not in the list? If your status and/or country is not included in the list, you cannot apply for this scholarship programme. To ensure that only scholarship programmes for which you are eligible to apply are shown, please select your status and your country in the results list (left-hand column). Copy this link: Copy this link: daad.de/go/en/stipa10000575 Print as PDF