PRIME - Information for Applicants
PRIME provides funding for an independent research stay abroad, based on temporary employment at a German university (12 months). The grant also includes a mandatory return phase for reintegration into the German science system (6 months). The programme aims to provide participants with an important qualification for a continued career in science. The target group are postdoctoral researchers who see their long-term professional career in Germany.
The application form is available in the application portal. To get to the portal please click on Stipendiendatenbank für Deutsche, fill in "Fachrichtung" (subject of your research), "Zielland" (country of the period abroad) and "Programme für: Promovierte", and select the programme.
Please mind the instructions on registering on the portal, choose English as portal language, activate, if necessary, the compatibility view of your browser and choose English as browser language. After registration in the portal, please click on the tab "personal funding".
Please note that the selection committee will only consider applications that are complete and submitted prior to the deadline.
Information for applicants/FAQ
- Sample Application Form (1-7)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Selection criteria/Reviewers' comments
- Help-Page for the DAAD Portal
Attachments
- Declaration German host university (form 1, word/pdf)
- Invitation German host (form 2, word/pdf)
- Ethics Issues Checklist (form 3, word/pdf)
- Checklist Application Documents (form 4, word/pdf)
Choosing the host institutions
Applicants must establish contact with the foreign host and the German universities on their own. We recommend GERiT – German Research Institutions (a service provided by the German Research Foundation-DFG, the German Rectors’ Conference-HRK and DAAD) to get an overview of recent research topics and international cooperations of German Universities.
Some German universities, listed in alphabetical order, have nominated a contact person for the PRIME programme: PRIME contacts at German universities
Please be aware that other German universities, that did not specifically nominate a contact person, are equally eligible as host institutions for a PRIME fellowship.
Information for the German host university
- Information on project funding
- Mobility with disability or chronic illness
- PRIME yearly report template 2022
- PRIME yearly report template 2023
