The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (MHESR) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), are pleased to announce the 2nd call for the German-Egyptian Long Term Scholarship Program (GERLS) for the academic year 2010/2011.GERLS offers up to 100 postgraduate scholarships for Egyptian doctoral candidates. The target group of this program comprises Egyptian researchers holding M.A. / M.Sc. degrees which should generally not be older than 3 years.

The Program is open for all subjects; nevertheless, preference will be given to the following fields: water, renewable energies, medical sciences, material sciences, biotechnology, ICT, social sciences and humanities.

*Kindly note that the call for application will start on 1st July 2009 and will end up on 31st October 2009.

*For more information and for applying, kindly visit the following website:

http://www.mhesr-initiatives.org/gerls/

E-Mail: heba.ahmed@daadcairo.org