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Welcome!

Willkommen!

Sannu da zuwa!

21st February 2017

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

© M

ichael Jord

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Hanna Schlingmann (Mrs.)

DAAD Representative

University of Ibadan

daad.nigeria.ui@gmail.com

www.daad.de

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Successful application for

DAAD

scholarships

CHANGE BY EXCHANGE

Hanna Schlingmann (Mrs.)

DAAD-representative and guest lecturer

University of Ibadan

daad.nigeria.ui@gmail.com

www.daad.de

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• WHY research in Germany?

• WHO is the DAAD?

• WHAT type of funding?

• HOW to successfully apply for DAAD funding?

• WHERE to get further information

Impact of research experience abroad

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Professional advancement

Expanded network

Development of fundamental personality traits

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• Long scientific tradition

• 400 institutions of higher education

• 800 public research institutions

• Well-equipped research facilities

• Worldwide research network

• Highly qualified staff

• First-class services for international

researchers

• 25.000 successfully complete doctoral

process per year, 44% women

Greifswald Rostock

Hamburg

Bremen

Hannover

Berlin

Magdeburg

Halle

Leipzig

Dresden Jena

Nürnberg

München Freiburg

Saarbrücken

Frankfurt a. M.

Dortmund

Münster

Bonn

Göttingen

Heidelberg

Stuttgart

Kiel

Aachen Marburg

Mainz

Karlsruhe

Köln

WHY research in Germany?

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Collaboration with the industry

German research institutions are

a strong partner and open to new

ideas and innovation

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Universities (HEIs)

Pillars of the German research sector

Industrial research Non-university

research institutes

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WHO is the DAAD

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“We must strive to be

cosmopolitan, gather

intercultural experience

and hold the door open

for others.”

Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel,

President of the DAAD

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DAAD is…

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Deutscher

Akademischer

Austausch

Dienst

…a membership institution

of institutions of higher education

239 institutions of higher education

122 student bodies

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Structure and organisation

President

Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel

Headquarters Bonn

Berlin Office Selection Committees

Board of Trustees

General Assembly

Secretary General

Dr. Dorothea Rüland

Vice President

Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee

Regional Offices

Information Centres Universities Student Bodies

Executive

Committee

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DAAD worldwide: Regional Offices, Information Centres

and Lectureships (DAAD-Lektors)

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Buenos Aires Santiago de Chile

São Paulo

Bogotá

Caracas San José

San Francisco

Toronto

Rio de Janeiro

Mexico City

New York

London

Brussels Paris

St. Petersburg

Riga Minsk

Moscow

Kiev Warsaw

Prague

Rome Bucharest

Novosibirsk

Budapest

Madrid

Tunis

Accra Yaoundé

Nairobi

Athens

Belgrade Istanbul

Ankara

Addis Ababa

East Jerusalem

Abu Dhabi

Amman

Yerevan

Erbil

Tbilisi Almaty Baku

Tehran

Bishkek Tashkent

Dushanbe

Islamabad Kabul

Pune Chennai

New Delhi

Tokyo Beijing

Shanghai

Seoul

Taipei City

Hong Kong

Guangzhou

Hanoi

Bangkok Ho Chi Minh City

Kuala Lumpur Singapore

Sydney

Information Centres (ICs)

Regional Offices

Bonn Berlin

Johannesburg

Cairo

Jakarta

Tel Aviv

Kazan

North America : 21

Western Europe and Turkey: 149

Central and Eastern Europe, CIS: 151

Latin America: 36

North Africa and the Middle East: 34

Sub-Saharan Africa: 20

Asia-Pacific: 66

Lectureships (DAAD-Lektors)

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Budget 2014

Federal Ministry for Economic

Cooperation and Development (BMZ):

€ 41 million = 9 %

European Union (EU):

€ 65 million = 15 %

Other funding bodies:

€ 55 million = 13 %

Federal Foreign Office (AA):

€ 177 million = 40 %

Federal Ministry of Education and

Research (BMBF):

€ 103 million = 23 %

€ 441

million Other

EU

BMZ BMBF

AA

Total:

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DAAD budget development over the years

1950 – 2014

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AFRICA STRATEGY

strategic areas of activity 2015 to 2020:

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Qualifying university teachers

Capacity building for research and education

Strengthening universities as effective actors in

promoting societal development

Facilitating access for German universities to the

African continent and disseminating knowledge about

Germany in Africa

Strengthening synergies and co-operations

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The DAAD has funded

1,175,000 Germans

reach out to the world

since 1950.

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The DAAD has introduced

860,000 international

students and researchers to

Germany since 1950.

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Equal opportunities

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DAAD Alumnae Nigeria @ WAFIRA 2014, Ibadan

Nigeria:

female grant holders 18%

www.wafira.org

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Nigeria Benin Togo Ghana Ivory Coast

DAAD Strategy 2020

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EXPERTISE FOR ACADEMIC

COLLABORATION

STRUCTURES FOR

INTERNATIONALISATION

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE

BEST

Three strategic areas of activity

1. Scholarships for the Best

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The DAAD

Ensures that candidates are selected

through a rigorous and fair competitive

process

Enables scholarship holders to study and

conduct research successfully

Promotes equal opportunity

EXPERTISE FOR

ACADEMIC

COLLABORATION

STRUCTURES FOR

INTERNATIONALISATION

SCHOLARSHIPS

FOR THE BEST

Scholarships for the Best

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Many world-famous artists, scientists, literary figures

and political representatives are DAAD alumni.

Harald zur Hausen

Mario Vargas Llosa Wangari Maathai

(† 2011)

Juli Zeh

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University Partnerships Nigeria-Germany (2015)

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Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria

University of Bremen

University of Kassel

University of Heidelberg

University of Ibadan

University of Jena (German as a Foreign

Language)

TU Hamburg-Harburg (Biotechnology,

Process Technology)

Federal University of Technology (FUTO)

BTU Cottbus

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife

Goethe University Frankfurt M. (Geography)

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

University of Würzburg

Modibbo Adama University of Technology

(MAUTECH), Yola

University of Applied Sciences Ingolstadt

(Economics, Engineering Sciences)

Nasarawa State University (NSUK), Keffi

University of Bremen

Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu

Fachhochschule Köln

(Wirtschaftswissenschaften)

Universität Maiduguri

Universität Bayreuth

University of Benin (Soziologie)

Universität Bielefeld

University of Uyo

Universität Bielefeld (Literaturwissens.)

Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti

Universität Hamburg

University of Jos

Universität zu Köln (Afrika.Studien)

DAAD Strategy 2020

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EXPERTISE FOR ACADEMIC

COLLABORATION

STRUCTURES FOR

INTERNATIONALISATION

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE

BEST

Three strategic areas of activity

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1. Undergraduates (!! no full BA programmes)

2. Graduates (!! selected courses)

3. PhD candidates

4. Young Researchers

5. Experienced Researchers

6. Alumni

7. German Studies Students and Researchers

WHAT type of funding?

Programmes in Germany

Programmes in other African Countries

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WHERE to find more information

www.funding-guide.de/en

Programme descriptions

Application procedures, requirements and deadlines

Contact for further enquiries

In-Region and In-Country Scholarship Programme

(Master and PhD)

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Number of awarded scholarships 2013: 11

Centres of Excellence (PhD and Post Doc)

www.african-excellence.org/home/

• Ghanaian-German Centre for Development Studies

University of Ghana, Legon, Accra

• Congolese-German Centre for Microfinance Université Protestante au Congo, Kinshasa

• Tanzanian-German Centre for Legal Studies

University of Dar es Salaam

• Namibian-German Centre for Logistics Namibia University of Science and Technology,

• South African-German Centre Developt. Research

University of the Western Cape , Bellville

• 2014: New Centre with a focus on educational

management and research

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Graduates

FULL Master courses but ONLY for selected courses

EPOS - Development related courses FULL Master Programme Scholarship

Available only for specific courses selected by the DAAD

Value: 750 € per month, travel allowance

Requirements:

• Relevant Bachelor‘s degree

• High academic performance (2nd upper or above)

• Relevant professional experience (2 years)

• Recent academic degree not older than 6 years by the time of application

PPGG - Public Policy and Good Governance A convincing description of the subject-related / personal motivation and the

expected benefit after the return to the home country

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Research Grants in Germany

ALL disciplines

PhD Candidates / Post Doc

a) Doctoral Degrees (Full PhD Programme)

b) Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees

c) Short Term Research Stay (1 – 6 months)

d) Long Term Research Stay (7 – 10 months)

BA 2nd class upper division level and a Master of Arts/ of Science degree

Research proposal must be approved by a host in Germany.

Application Deadline 31 October (online application)

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Research Grants in Germany

ALL disciplines

Experienced Academics

Research Stay 1-3 months Number of awarded scholarships 2013: none

- Application possible once every 3 years

Application deadlines:

1 October for stays as of February of the following year

1 April for stays as of August

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Research Grants in Germany

ALL disciplines

DAAD Alumni

Research Stay 1-3 months - Application possible once every 3 years

Other benefits for DAAD Alumni:

• once a year: book allowance max. 200 €

• scientific and research equipment programme

• Alumni Networks

• Alumni Conferences

Application deadlines:

1 October for stays as of February of the following year

1 April for stays as of August

Value Depending on academic level, monthly payments of:

€ 750.- for graduates,

€ 1,000.- for doctoral candidates

€ 2,000 for assistant teachers, assistant professors, lecturers

€ 2,150 for professors

+ health, accident and personal liability insurance cover

+ Travel allowance

Furthermore, depending on the programme:

+ One-off research allowance

+ monthly rent subsidy

+ monthly allowance for accompanying family members

+ online language course for six months

+ (if necessary) language course (2, 4 or 6 months) in Germany

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HOW to successfully apply for DAAD grants?

DAAD Selection Criteria

• Academic Excellence

• Recommendations

• Established research collaboration

• Convincing and well-planned

research: plausibility and feasibility

• Career-integration: Suitability of research stay into applicant‘s pathway

• Formal requirements: Certified documents, Application Deadline

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Identify professors/lecturers in your area of research

Through publications

Identify a course related to your area of research and the lecturer’s profil

Network: conferences, colleagues, German Alumni

Make genuine contact with a German professor/lecturer

No bulk mails “Dear Sir/Madam” - State the matching areas, be very specific

Stay formal “I am a God fearing…”

Be specific, no phrases like “I know you are a renowned professor”.

Avoid grammatical or typing mistakes

No approach for funding in your first mail

HOW to find a host in Germany

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WHERE to find more information

www.funding-guide.de/en

Programme descriptions

Application procedures, requirements and deadlines

Contact for further enquiries

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WHERE to get further Information

DAAD Website www.daad.de/en

International Programmes

at German Universites www.daad.de/idp

Infos about student life www.study-in.de/en

Links to German Universites www.hochschulkompass.de/en

Research in Germany www.research-in-germany.de/en

Links to Research Institutions www.research-explorer.de/en

Search engine for

Research Institutions www.forschungslandkarte.de/en

Annotated web links www.daad.de/medien/deutschland/nach-

deutschland/downloads/daad_weblinks-

e_aufl7_in_111206_dl.pdf

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Thank you for your attention.

© M

ichael Jord

an

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

German Academic Exchange Service

Kennedyallee 50

53175 Bonn

www.daad.de

Hanna Schlingmann University of Ìbàdàn

daad.nigeria.ui@gmail.com

Jakob Maché Obáfémi Awólówò University

daad.nigeria.oau@gmail.com