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German Egyptian Research Short-Term Scholarship Program (GERSS)

The German Egyptian Research Short term Scholarship GERSS is a program, jointly funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR) and the German Academic Exchange Service, (DAAD) in order to finance short term scholarships for young Egyptian scientists in Germany. The target group of the program are researchers enrolled in MSc, PhD programs and Post-Doctoral candidates. The scholarships may be awarded for a period from three to six months.
The scholarship shall enable advanced graduate students and young scientists to pursue part of their master’s, doctoral or post-doctoral research in a specific research project at German universities, archives, libraries or research institutes.
It’s worth to mention that GERSS Program is announced once a year, as the call for application of GERSS for the academic year 2020 will be opened on the 15th of October 2019, and the deadline will be on 30th November 2019.
The application should be submitted online through the DAAD portal and 1 hard copy of the application summary should be submitted by post to the DAAD regional office Cairo in Zamalek.

For inquiries, please contact Ms. Heba Ahmed (E-Mail): gerss@daadcairo.org