DAAD Graduate Study Scholarship in the Arts
Note: For awards pertaining to other fields, please see DAAD Graduate Study Scholarship; the application deadline differs from below.
Architecture
Music
Performing Arts
Fine Art, Design, Visual Communication, Film
https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/graduate-opportunities/study-scholarship/
Architecture application period: August 2022 to September 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Music application period: August 2022 to September 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Performing Arts application period: August 2022 to November 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Fine Art, Design, Visual Communication and Film application period: August 2022 to November 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Eligibility requirements:
- U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents
- Students in their last year of undergraduate studies at an accredited U.S. or Canadian university
- Recent BA/BS or MA/MS graduates (6 years)
- Graduate students enrolled full-time at an accredited U.S. or Canadian university
- Students who are in the first year of Master's programs in Germany may apply to fund their second year
- By the time of application deadline, applicants may not have been living in Germany for more than 15 months
Foreign nationals are eligible if they have been full-time students at an accredited - US or Canadian University for at least two years at the time of application
Applicants in the humanities and social sciences should have a strong command of German - Applicants may not hold a DAAD grant and a grant from another German or German-American organization/German-Canadian organization concurrently for the same project. Prior recipients of a DAAD grant should contact DAAD New York before applying to determine their eligibility status.
Application process: online
- Signed application form
- Supplemental materials - Please read the guidelines for submitting supplemental materials that are posted on the application website.
- C.V. (Tabular form, your name should appear on each page max 3 pages)
- Study proposal (1-3 pages)
- Evidence of contact with German institution
- DAAD language evaluation - form available online (Sprachzeugnis)
- Transcripts
Hard copy:
- Letter of recommendation (1; in a sealed envelope)
- Work samples
- Cover sheet to application (generated as PDF after online application is complete)
Hard copy materials to be sent to:
DAAD- German Academic Exchange Service
ST23
Kennedyallee 50
53175 Bonn, Germany
Notification: Recipients will be notified via email mid April.
Faculty representative: Keith Raether
Contact: https://www.daad.org/page/contact/