These study scholarships aim to provide foreign applicants from the fields of Fine Art, Design, Film, Music, Architecture as well as Performing Arts (Drama, Direction, Dance, Choreography, etc.) with an opportunity to complete a course of extension studies, without gaining a formal degree or qualification, at a German state (public) or state-recognised higher education institution.
Duration:
• Study scholarships are generally awarded for one academic year.
• In individual cases and upon application, scholarships may be extended.
Value:
• The DAAD will pay a monthly scholarship of 750 EUR. As a rule, the scholarship additionally includes certain payments towards health insurance cover in Germany.
• In addition, the DAAD generally will pay an appropriate flat-rate travel allowance, unless these costs are covered by the home country or by another funding source.
• Furthermore, the DAAD will pay a study allowance and, where appropriate, a rent subsidy and family allowance.
Requirements:
• As a rule, scholarships for attendance of a course of extension studies are awarded to applicants who have exhausted the training possibilities available to them in their home country and have - as far as possible - concluded these studies with an appropriate degree.
• No more than six years should generally have passed between the time when they gained their degree and the time of this application.
• Applicants who have been resident in Germany for longer than one year at the time of application cannot be considered.
Application papers:
Detailed information on the application papers which need to be submitted can be found on the Application Form for "Research Grants and Study Scholarships (http://ic.daad.de/sydney/downloads/application_form_research_grant_study_scholar_en_de.pdf)"
In addition, a leaflet for the fields of Fine Art, Design and Film (http://ic.daad.de/sydney/E-Hinw-BK_10.pdf) as well as a leaflet for the fields of Performing Arts (http://ic.daad.de/sydney/E-Hinw-DK_10.pdf) and a leaflet for Music (http://ic.daad.de/sydney/E-Hinw-Mus_10.pdf) provide information on aspects such as the work samples (portfolio) which applicants need to submit.
Application address and deadlines:
Applications for stays in the following year have to be submitted by 30 September to the DAAD Information Centre in Sydney:
Dr. Andreas Jaeger
Director of the DAAD Information Centre
c/o Goethe-Institut Sydney
90 Ocean Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025, Australia
Tel: (+61-2) 8356 8345 (usually Mondays and Thursdays)
Fax: (+61-2) 8356 8314
Email: daad.australia@gmail.com