Applications are invited for Volkswagen Foundation Freigeist Fellowships for International Students in Germany. Applications are open to pursuing a PhD degree in all disciplines. Ten to fifteen fellowships for researchers will be awarded per year.

The initial funding period is five years it is depending on the field of research and career experience, projects in a total amount of up to 1,000,000 Euro.

Number of Awards: Ten to fifteen

• International candidates are eligible to apply for the opportunity.
• The ‘Freigeist’ scheme is deliberately open to all disciplines and topics.
• Anyone can apply who identifies with the goals of a ‘Freigeist’ Fellowship and whose proposed research project fits in with the aims pursued by the Freigeist initiative. Candidates must, however, conform to the following conditions:
• Their doctorate must have been obtained not longer than five years previously (with regard to the date of the defense relative to the deadline of the initiative).
• The Fellowship must from the outset be integrated within a university or an extra-mural research institution in Germany.
• Candidates must already have changed their academic environment and moved to a new location – at the latest when starting the Fellowship. A return to the working context of the doctorate will only be accepted under exceptional circumstances.
• A previously completed research sojourn abroad, at the latest, integrated into the proposed research project.

Interested applicants can apply online by using this given link: https://portal.volkswagenstiftung.de/vwsantrag/login.do

Supporting Documents: There are no supporting documents are required for this free study.

Admission Requirements: There is no specific admission is required to apply for this application.

Language Requirement: English language requirements for candidates who do not speak English as their first language.