STUDY SCHOLARSHIP IN GERMANY

Scholarship / Financial aid: available
Date: the upcoming German academic year (October 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010)
Deadline: November 15, 2008
Open to: highly-qualified graduating seniors, recent graduates and graduate students of all disciplines
Announcement follows:
DESCRIPTION
Study Scholarships are awarded to highly-qualified graduating seniors, recent graduates and graduate students of all disciplines to provide the opportunity to study in Germany, or complete a Master’s degree course and obtain a degree from a German higher education institution. For applicants in artistic fields, click here
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants in all academic fields are welcome to apply. For study in the fields of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, or veterinary medicine, contact DAAD.
If you are a graduating senior (last year of undergraduate studies), you must be enrolled full-time at an accredited university at the time of application. (Those who have already completed an undergraduate degree do not need to be currently enrolled.)
Applicants should be US or Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Foreign nationals must have studied at an accredited US or Canadian university for at least two years by the time of application.
At the time of application, Applicants must not have been resident in Germany for more than one year.
Applicants are requested to have a well-defined study project that makes a stay in Germany essential. Preference will be given to applicants who have been invited by a faculty member at a German university to study at a particular university department.
Applicants in the arts, humanities and social sciences should have a good 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.
Study scholarship holders are required to complete two courses per semester and obtain "Scheine" for them.
DEADLINE
November 15, 2008: for applicants (outside the fields of music, visual arts and performing arts) who wish to study during the upcoming German academic year (October 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010)
DAAD website