The German Egyptian Research Short term Scholarship GERSS is a program jointly funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR) and the German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn (DAAD) in order to finance short term scholarships for young Egyptian scientists to travel to Germany. The target groups of the program are researchers enrolled in MSc, PhD programs and young Post-Doctoral candidates. The scholarships may be awarded for a period from three to six months.

     The scholarship shall enable advanced graduate students and young scientists to pursue part of their master's, doctoral or post-doctoral research in a specific research project at German universities, archives, libraries or research institutes.

    -There are two calls for applications annually, namely the spring call (15 March till 30 April) and the autumn call (1 September till 15 October). 

    -The online application form is available on the website GERSS http://www.mhesr.org/

   - In order to apply for the scholarship GERSS, applicants have to register themselves on the GERSS website.

    *For more information please check the GERSS info sheet available on the DAAD http://cairo.daad.de/en/ and GERSS http://www.mhesr.org/ websites.

     *For inquiries, please contact Ms. Heba Afifi

E-mail:  gerss@daadcairo.org

Phone:  +202 2735 27 26