Scholarship Benefits:

• Scholarship funding, generally granted for a year, should succeed employment immediately. Exceptions will be made for special cases. You may be allowed 4 years of employment plus 3 more years of work (absolute max!) if family-related reasons prevented you from continuing sooner.
• The monthly fellowship amount is EUR 1200. Parenting fellows may be eligible for an additional EUR 154 for childcare. Verification for the latter has to be provided by the applicant.
• Fellowships are granted for one year. Stipends may be extended for an additional year. Completion fellowships cannot be extended!
• If your spouse or husband is fully employed please inquire with the office about funding opportunities.

Eligible Nationalities:

students from all nationalities are eligible for PhD Scholarships at the University of Hamburg.

Eligibility Criteria:

• HmbNFG-scholarships are open to all Hamburg students who meet the requirements. However, students of medicine (UKE) can only apply if their main topic for the doctoral study lies mainly within another faculty, such as medical psychology, pharmacy, biology, chemistry or physics. The standard procedure for students of medicine at the UKE is to write course-related doctoral theses.
• Your university graduation should not date back more than one year. If your final exam is long ago, your chances of receiving a scholarship are reduced. In special cases, we may also consider applicants who graduated up to three years back (absolute max!), for instance, when family-related or health reasons have prevented you from continuing sooner.