Scholarships for Career Development and Research in Germany
If you have completed a master's degree in the last 5 years or are currently working on your doctorate, the German Environmental Foundation DBU, German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) Offers an excellent opportunity for a research stay in Germany, lasting 6-12 months, at universities, institutes, non-governmental organisations or private companies (you choose the host institution yourself). To date, 11 students from Macedonia have taken advantage of this opportunity.
The programme supports the widest range of professions, provided the proposed project is directly or indirectly related to environmental protection, ecology, sustainable development, climate change, renewable energy sources, etc.
For more information about the programme, please read: https://www.dbu.de/en/promotion/moe-fellowship/
The programme has application deadlines twice a year: 5 March and 5 September, and is open to applications from candidates in all disciplines.
What does DBU offer:
- A scholarship for 6–12 months of your choosing, depending on the research.
- 1,350 euros per month (to cover accommodation and food costs)
- Health insurance
- Intensive German language course
- Networking with experts and mentors from your profession and field of interest from Germany and across Southeast Europe.
📩 For more information, you can contact directly the coordinator of the DBU programme for North Macedonia, Frosina Pandurska-Dramićanin: frosinamia@gmail.com
Blvd. "Goce Delchev" no. 9, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
ukim@ukim.edu.mk
3293-293
