German Egyptian Research Long-Term Scholarship

Kindly be informed that the GERLS Final Result for the academic year 2010/ 2011 has been announced , accordingly you are kindly asked to check your account in order to know your result. Please confirm your attendance to the information session through the GERLS Website if you are among the accepted candidates.
Kindly note that the DAAD Cairo Office is closed to the public on Sunday 28.2.2010 and Monday 1.3.2010; however reachable over the phone only. In case you need to discuss matters in regard to your result, this will be by appointment only.
Accepted applicants will be notified about the dates of their language courses which are defined by the DAAD Cairo Office according to availability and location of the home institutions of the scholarship holders.
The DAAD Cairo Office will issue relevant letters addressing the home institutions of the accepted candidates to facilitate the formalities and the needed vacations.
You will be notified in writing about the pickup date of such letters.
All accepted candidates with some knowledge of German language will have to attend a placement test at Goethe Institute in Cairo, details will follow by email.
On behalf of MHESR and the DAAD Cairo team, we wish you all best of luck.

As an outcome of success achieved during the German-Egyptian Year of Science & Technology 2007, a cooperation agreement has been made between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Arab Republic of Egypt “MHESR” and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), from funds made available by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to create a program offering up to 100 postgraduate scholarships for Egyptian doctoral candidates.

The target group of this program comprises Egyptian researchers holding M.A. / M.Sc. degrees which should generally not be older than 3 years.

Within the framework of the long-standing cooperation between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Federal Republic of Germany; and in partial fulfillment of the MHESR and DAAD aims and objectives; as well as in consideration of the funding resources and regulations of both parties, the aforementioned parties have agreed to create the “German Egyptian Research Long Term Scholarships” (GERLS).

Each year a group of researchers will be sent to Germany for doctoral scholarships in the scientific fields and priorities agreed upon by DAAD and MEHSR.

The GERLS program will be administered by the DAAD in close cooperation with the MHESR and German universities. Generally speaking, the scholarships within this program are awarded for 12 months, subject to extension up to 42 months.

Candidates can select adequate structures PhD courses or PhD supervisors in Germany themselves in order to join the GERLS program. However, dual funding from universities offering such courses and the GERLS program are not permitted. DAAD Cairo Office and MHESR will support the candidates whenever necessary.

The following definitions will be used throughout this sheet:

“Full Ph.D.” Scholarship:

Target:             in all fields of study except the ones mentioned under Specialization.
Degree:           Ph.D. will be awarded by a German university.
Duration:         up to 42 months.

“Channel” Scholarship:

Target:            in all fields of study except the ones mentioned under Specialization.
Degree:           Ph.D. will be awarded by an Egyptian university,
Duration:         up to 24 months.

“Specialization” scholarship:

Target:             for the study of medicine, fine and applied arts, architecture and music
Degree:           without resulting in a degree
Duration:         up to 24 months.

Special case:

Applicants from the fields of arts, music and architecture form a special case. Their applications will undergo an additional selection in Germany. Such additional selection activities in Germany will be implemented according to the procedures of the German Specialized Arts and Music Committee and in competition with candidates from other countries. The funding of these scholarships, however, is part of the GERLS program.

For more information, please refer to the additional information sheets.

An incomplete application is the responsibility of the applicant.

This info sheet is also available on the following websites:
http://www.frcu.eun.eg/scu/eng/Higher-Education.htm
http://www.mhesr-initiatives.org/gerls/
http://cairo.daad.de

For further inquires please contact
Ms. Heba Ahmed
E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Tel.: 27352726 – 27384127 Ext. 118
Fax: 27384136

Opening Hours of the DAAD Cairo Office: Sundays till Thursday 10.00- 12.00

http://www.mhesr-initiatives.org/gerls