A cooperation agreement has been made between the Ministry of Higher Education of the Arab Republic of Egypt “MoHE” and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) as an outcome of success achieved during the German-Egyptian Year of Science & Technology 2007.
Funds made available by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education have been allocated to create a program offering around 81 postgraduate scholarships for Egyptian doctoral candidates.
The target group of this program will be comprised of Egyptian researchers who generally have been awarded M.A. / M.Sc. degrees in the past three years.
Within the framework of the long-standing cooperation between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Federal Republic of Germanyand in partial fulfillment of the MoHE 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).
Aim and duration of doctoral studies in Germany:
Each year a group of researchers will be sent to Germany for doctoral scholarships in the scientific fields. Priorities will be agreed upon by DAAD and MoHE. The GERLS program will be administered by the DAAD in close cooperation with the MoHE and German universities. Generally speaking, the scholarships within this program are awarded for 12 months, subject to extension up to 42 months.
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