Deadline: 31 March each year. Successful applicants will be informed three months after the deadline.
Postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, can go on a ‘Cooperation Visit’ lasting three months to an institute in Germany.
Hosting Countries: Germany
Eligible nationality: DFG countries
Minimum degree held: PhD
Duration: 3 months
Field: None
Age limit: None
The TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme provides postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, with the opportunity to make a ‘Cooperation Visit’ to an institute in Germany of no more than 3 months.
TWAS will cover visa, health insurance and travel expenses, while DFG will provide subsistence costs for the stay in Germany. The administration and financial operation of TWAS is undertaken by UNESCO in accordance with an agreement signed by the two organizations.
Eligibility
• Applicants must hold a PhD and must have obtained it not earlier than 2010;
• Applicants must be nationals of a sub-Saharan African country, including South Africa, and hold a research position in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Applicants already on site in Germany are not eligible.
• Successful applicants can only reapply once for another cooperation visit.
• Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply.
• All fields of Natural and Social Sciences will be considered.
Completed applications, together with the supporting documentation, should be sent either:
• by email to exchanges@twas.org
• by fax to +39 040 224 559 or
• as hard copies to TWAS secretariat, ICTP Campus, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy
Application doc(s): dfg-twas_application_form_2015.doc 178 KB
Contact email: exchanges@twas.org
Official website: http://twas.org/opportunity/twas-dfg-cooperation-visits-programme
