In the context of the German Egyptian Year of Science & Technology 2007, a Cooperation Agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR) and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Bonn (DAAD) in order to finance short term scholarships for young Egyptian Scientists to travel to Germany (The target group of the program are PhD candidates and young Post Doctoral candidates). Such Scholarships will have the following characteristics:

Aim

To support advanced graduate students in Egypt by providing them with opportunity of a short research visit to Germany.

Areas of Research

Each year, the steering committee of the Scholarship, in accordance with the Egyptian Government would define the specific priorities (areas of research) for the scholarships. Scholarships are not awarded for general information gathering visits or for the participation in scientific meetings.

Duration of the Scholarship

Research visits will have the duration of three to six months

Application

The April call for application will start as of 15 March 2008 and will last till 30 April 2008.

The application procedure will be published within a few weeks on the following websites:

http://www.frcu.eun.eg/scu/eng/Higher-Education.htm
http://www.mhesr-initiatives.org/parown/
http://www.mohe-casm.edu.eg
http://www.estp.sci.eg
http://cairo.daad.de
http://www.yearofscience.org

For more details, please contact the DAAD Cairo Office:

Branch office Cairo
German Academic Exchange Service
11 Saleh Ayoub Street
Cairo-Zamalek
Egypt
Phone: +202 2735 27 26
Fax: +202 2738 41 36
E-Mail: info@daadcairo.org
Internet: http://cairo.daad.de

Selection of the candidates

The candidate should pass the pre-selection which will be done on the basis of the application presented; later on they will be interviewed by the bi- national selection committee. The exact dates of the interview will be communicated to the candidates who passed the pre-selection by email.

Amount of the Scholarship:

Post Doctoral scholarship holders will be granted an amount of EUR 1840 (one thousand eight hundred and forty Euros), and Doctoral scholarship holders will be granted an amount of EUR 1035 (one thousand and thirty five Euros) as a monthly stipend. Insurance amounts covering health, accident and liability insurance will be deducted from the monthly stipend of each scholarship holder. The candidates will have to take over all travel costs.

General Conditions for the Scholarship

Candidates interested in applying for the scholarship must be affiliated with an Egyptian University or an Egyptian Research Institute, and they have to fulfill the following requirements:

- Excellent Study Achievements
- Having obtained his/her degree at least one year before applying for this scholarship.
- The M.A./M.Sc. degree should not be older than two years at the time of application.
- At the time of application the age of the candidates should not exceed 32 (for doctoral candidates) and 40 years for post doctoral candidates, respectively.
- Good command of English, preference will be given to holders of TOEFL (minimum of 550 points paper based, 213 points computer-based, 79-80 internet based) or IELTS (band6) certificate. German is a plus.
Within a period of three years a person can be awarded only one grant.

Dual application in this program and in other programs of the DAAD or the Ministry of Higher Education for Scientific Research is not permitted

Please note that the contents of this announcement are subject to change without prior notice.