DAAD Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience 2025

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About DAAD Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience

PRIME is a highly competitive funding program for postdocs who plan their professional career in Germany. Applicants with above-average qualifications from all faculties may apply. They must have completed their doctorate with excellent results before the start of funding.

• Sponsor Organisation: The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

Benefits of DAAD Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience

• DAAD provide funding for an 18-month employment contract at a German university to conduct a 12-month research stay abroad with a subsequent return phase to Germany.
• During your 12 months abroad, you may combine stays at several research institutions in one or several countries. Please indicate all host institutions in the application form.

DAAD Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience Requirements

There are no restrictions regarding nationality and current residency. However, depending on nationality and place of residence, restrictions may apply when choosing the destination country for the stay abroad. 

Application Date and Process

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 complete applications must be submitted on time to be considered. Give your potential host and prospective host university enough time to issue an invitation and to complete form 1 (see below "Attachments...").

Attachments to your application

• Declaration German host university (doc 1, word [docx-file]/pdf [pdf-file])
• Invitation German host (doc 2, pdf [pdf-file] only - information for host)
• Ethics Issues Checklist (doc 3, Ethic Issues Form_doc [docx-file]/Ethic Issues Form_pdf [pdf-file])
• Checklist Application Documents (doc 4 [pdf-file], pdf)

Application cycle 2025/2026:

Open for applications: 12 May 2025
Application deadline: 29 August 2025
Selection: February 2026
Starting date: 1 June 2026 - 1 November 2026

Call for applications 2025/26 [pdf-file] (German) 
Call for applications 2025/26 [pdf-file] (English)

Application Deadline

29 August, 2025

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