DAAD-OSI Program

Guidelines

Please note that the deadline for admission to the DAAD-OSI Program in 2008-9 has passed. Potential applicants from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Moldova and the Ukraine should check back again in late summer 2008 for a call for applications for the academic year 2009-10.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and OSI's Scholarship Programs sponsor a joint scholarship program for graduate students and junior faculty in the Trans-Caucasian and Central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union. The DAAD-OSI Program is designed to improve the framework for teaching and research in humanities and social sciences in the region. At the same time, it promotes network-building among the participants and German academics as a basis for further international exchange activities.

Eligibility

For the 2008-9 academic year, applications are invited from students and faculty in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Ukraine.

The following are eligible to apply:

• postgraduate students holding the equivalent of a bachelor's degree and having completed a four-year program as a minimum;
• PhD students holding an MA degree;
• junior faculty members holding a doctoral degree.

Support Opportunities

• Two-year post-graduate MA programs (Aufbaustudiengänge)
• Three-year dissertation fellowships for PhD (Promotion) candidates (requirement: completed MA)
• Research fellowships (Studienaufenthälte) of six months over two consecutive years

Academic Programs

Political Science, Sociology and the Social Sciences, International Relations, Law, European Studies, European Integration, Economics, Economic Relations, Management Science, Education Management, Public Health, Philosophy, and Peace Studies/Conflict Resolution, International Development Studies, Global Political Economy.

Note: Selective programs are available for MA (Aufbaustudiengänge) degree students (see list below – link to MA Course List 2008-9 ). Faculty and PhD candidates may choose any university in Germany where eligible disciplines are taught.

Applicants currently residing outside of their home countries are not eligible to apply.

Law applicants must hold a “Diplom specialista” or master's degree by the time of the commencement of their studies in Germany.

Language Requirement

A good knowledge of German is desirable. Funding for additional language training may be available.

Selection Process

Interested individuals may submit applications on the usual DAAD forms at the office of a local DAAD Lecturer (Lektor) or at the local German Embassy. The selection committee will include two German university professors, one DAAD and one OSI representative, and one or two local university professors. In the case of applications for PhD scholarships, the final decision may be conferred to a selection committee in Bonn. The Test of German (DSH) will be administered by DAAD Lecturers.

Pre-selected applicants will be invited for a personal interview in early 2008.

Financial Support

Participants will receive the usual DAAD stipends, an allowance for travel to and from their host institutions and, if required, a language course (lasting up to 4 months). PhD students are entitled to a trip to their home country after the second year. Please note that within this program, accompanying spouses or children are not eligible for family allowances.

Advising and Information

Further information on this program, on study opportunities in Germany, and on how to contact German university faculty is available from the DAAD Lecturers (see list of contacts below) link to "DAAD – IC – Büro Lecturers – Contact Details."

Deadline

For all countries, please make sure all forms are completed and submitted to the local DAAD-IC-Office or German Embassy by the October 31, 2007.

Contact Information

For more information on eligibility criteria and application details, please refer to the local DAAD-IC-Office contact in the first instance, or www.daad.de, following the links for your country.

General DAAD-OSI scholarships information can be gained from DAAD-OSI Program Coordinator Zoë Brogden, at zoe.brogden@osf-eu.org. More general OSI information can be gained from the OSI scholarship program coordinator in your home country:

Armenia

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
Tumanyan Street 2nd blind alley, House 7/1
Yerevan, Armenia
Tel./Fax: 374 10 533862; 536758
Email: info@osi.am
Contact person: Lusine Geghamyan, lusine@osi.am

Belarus

American Center for Education and Research
Educational Information Center
Prospect Nezavisimosty 169
Business center XXI Vek
South Wing, 5th Floor, Room 512
Minsk, 220114, Belarus
Tel. (+375 172) 28 7264
Fax (+375 172) 28 7267
Contact person: Svetlana Kashkan, nsp@amcenter.by

Kazakhstan

Educational Development Center
"BILIM-Central Asia"
31, Tulebayeva St, apt.12, Almaty City
050004 Kazakhstan
Tel. +7 727 2597620 [22]
Fax +7 727 2597622
Contact persons:
Larissa Gorbunova, lgorbunova@bilim.kz
Leila Yedygenova, lyedygenova@bilim.kz

Kyrgyzstan

Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
55A Logvinenko Street
Bishkek, 720040
Kyrgyzstan
Tel. (+996 312) 663475, 663495, 664240, 664218
Fax (+996 312) 663448
Contact person: Rakia Rustemova, rakia@soros.kg

Moldova

Educational Advising Center
Address: 148 Stefan cel Mare bd,
2102 Chisinau, Moldova
Tel (+373 2) 221172, 221167
Fax (+373 2) 221167
Contact person: Angela Muset, Scholarship Program Director, amuset@eac.md

Tajikistan

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Trade and Business Center "VEFA"
37/1 Bokhtar street , 4th floor, Room 404
Tel: (+992 372) 441-07-28, 441-07-29, 441-07-44, 441-07-45, 441-07-46, 441-07-47, 441-07-48, 441-07-49
Fax: (+992 372) 510142
Contact person: Zarina Mamadalieva, osi@eicosi.tajik.net

Ukraine

International Education Advising Center-Academy
8/5 Voloska str., NaUKMA
Building 5, room 319
Kyiv, 04070
Ukraine
Tel./Fax +38 (044) 425 60 33
Contact person: Lyubov Schitka, int_educ@ukma.kiev.ua