DAAD - Branch Office Cairo
Field studies during the scholarship
Is it possible to do field study within the GERLS program outside Germany?
In the context of the German Egyptian Long term Scholarship Program (GERLS) abroad field studies needed by GERLS candidates during their residence in Germany could be funded on the following conditions:
1. The candidate is kindly asked to inform the pre-selection committee about the needed field study for his/her research. Accordingly, the pre-selection committee will have to approve the necessity of the field studies taking place during the time of the scholarship. However, if the candidate decided after the pre-selection to include a field study for his/her research, a member of the pre-selection committee has to be consulted and provides DAAD with the committee decision in writing.
2. An official letter signed by the GERLS candidate's German supervisor indicating his/her approval on the necessity of the field study for the research should be submitted to DAAD.
3. Within the full PhD program the duration of the field study abroad should not exceed a quarter of the entire scholarship duration, however the field study can not exceed the duration of 12 months. For candidates who require more than one field study trip the duration of all field study trips should not exceed the above mentioned limit. A total of 3 funded months (that includes the full scholarship rate and other subsidies) will be paid for the field study trip, whether it was used during one field trip or several trips. If the duration of the entire field study trip/trips will take more than 3 months, then neither the scholarship rate nor the subsidies will be further provided to the candidate. As for the travel allowance it will be provided only for one field study trip, whether it was used to travel to the candidate's home country of origin or to another country or as a replacement of the return home journey during the scholarship.
4. Candidates of the Channel program should conduct their field study either before the beginning of their stay in Germany or after their stay.
