George Forster Sustainable Development Scholarship: Supporting Researchers from Developing Countries to Achieve UN Goals
By: Alexander von Humboldt FoundationLast update:
Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
Age
- 18 - 60
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldAll Specialties
Job locationChina, Germany
DegreeBachelors, Master, Phd
Opportunity description
Georg Forster Research Grant for Sustainable Development
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation offers this grant to researchers from developing and emerging countries (see list of countries, PDF) with outstanding qualifications. Applications from women are particularly welcome.
The grant aims to support researchers in achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and provides equal sponsorship to the Humboldt Research Fellowship.
The Foundation focuses on diversity and gender equality, particularly supporting applications from women and from least developed countries as defined by the UN, and welcomes all applications regardless of background, identity, or orientation.
Benefits
- Postdocs: Benefit from research sponsorship in Germany at the beginning of your academic career. The Georg Forster Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers enables you to conduct research in Germany. The monthly fellowship amount is €2,670. Fellowships may last from 6 to 24 months.
- Experience Researchers: You can still apply for research sponsorship in Germany even if you are already well advanced in your academic career. The Georg Forster Research Fellowship for experienced researchers enables you to conduct research in Germany. The monthly fellowship amount is €3,170. Fellowships may last from 6 to 18 months and can be divided into up to three stays within three years.
General Conditions
- In addition to the fellowship amount, you will also receive personal support throughout your sponsorship. You are flexible in determining when you would like to start your fellowship. Before your research fellowship, you and your marital partner will be able to attend an intensive German language course.
- Further financial support, including family benefits for children and marital partners, subsidies for private full health insurance, and allowances for travel expenses, is also available.
Eligibility criteria
- You must be a citizen of a developing or transition country – excluding PR China and India;
- You must have lived and worked in a developing or transition country for at least 12 months within the last 18 months (excluding PR China and India). If you are not living in a country from the list of countries at the time of application, you must additionally have at least a permanent job in one of the countries on the list.
- If you obtained your university entrance qualification and university degree or your university degree and your doctorate in Germany, you can apply if you have lived and worked in one of the developing or transition countries from the list for at least five years and you intend to do so long-term.
- You should confirm that a researcher from an academic institution of your choice in Germany will provide you with a mentoring agreement and written confirmation that research facilities are available and will compile a detailed review for you.
- You can provide two expert reviews.
- Postdocs: Your doctoral supervisor and one other researcher – outside of your institute, if possible – should provide well-grounded information on your qualifications.
- Experienced researchers: The reviews should be provided by important collaborative partners and/or researchers at your institute as well as other institutes – outside your country of origin, if possible.
- Language Skills
- Natural sciences and engineering: You must have a good knowledge of German or English.
- Humanities, social sciences, and medicine: You must have a good knowledge of German if this is necessary for conducting your research successfully. Otherwise, good knowledge of English will suffice.