DAAD-OSI Program

Application Guidelines

The deadline for scholarship applications for the 2009-10 academic year has passed.  For those applicants from Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Moldova, the Ukraine, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, please check back again in mid-late 2009 for a new call for applications for the 2010-11 academic year.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and OSI Scholarship Programs sponsor a joint scholarship program for graduate students in the Balkans and graduate students and junior faculty in the Transcaucasian 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 2009-10 academic year, candidates from the following countries are eligible to apply:

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

• postgraduate students holding the equivalent of a bachelor's degree
• PhD students holding an MA degree;
• junior faculty members holding a doctoral degree (kandidat nauk), who show a passion for developing new curriculum and lesson content, as well as forging links with German academics into the future. Candidates must already have proof of contact with a German academic who they wish to collaborate with during their research stay.

Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo

• postgraduate students holding the equivalent of a bachelor's degree
• PhD students holding an MA degree

Support Opportunities

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

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: Only selected programs are available for MA (Aufbaustudiengänge) degree students (see MA Course List 2009-10 attached below).

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 in German only.

Selection Process

In early 2009, preselected applicants will be invited to an interview held in their home country. 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.

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 return 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.

Application Forms and Procedures

Applicants should apply on the usual DAAD application forms, submitting all necessary documents requested on page 5 of the DAAD Application Form (Antrag auf ein Forschungs-/Studienstipendium) along with 2 Reference Forms, available from German Embassies and Consulates, DAAD Lecturers in country, and also through the following link: www.daad.de/de/form.

Detailed and specific instructions on the procedures in each country are available through the link below www.daad.de/deutschland/foerderung/stipendiendatenbank/00462.de.html.

Further information on this program, on study opportunities in Germany and on how to contact German university faculty is available for download below.

Deadline

The deadline for scholarship applications for for the 2009-10 academic year has passed.  For those applicants from Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Moldova, the Ukraine, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, please check back again in mid-late 2009 for a new call for applications for the 2010-11 academic year.

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 your DAAD-OSI Program Coordinator, Ms. Zoë Brogden, at zoe.brogden@osf-eu.org

or (after October 1)

Dr Audrone Uzieliene, Deputy Director
Audrone.uzieliene@osf-eu.org

Or in German from the DAAD Central Office in Bonn:
Frau Dr. Jana Merzouk (in German only)
Merzouk@daad.de

General OSI information can be obtained from your OSI scholarship program coordinator in your home country:

Central Asia and the Caucasus

Azerbaijan

Baku Education Information Centre
Address:
Baku Education Information Center
71 Aliovsat Guliyev str.
Baku AZ1009
Tel./Fax: (994 12) 4482845/46
Contact person:
Bahar Haji-zada: Hadji-zadehBR@beic.osi-az.org

Georgia

Centre for International Education
Open Society Georgia Foundation
Address:
10, Chovelidze Street
0108 Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel : (+995 32)252615, 250463
Fax (+995 32) 252615
Contact persons
Natia Nanava: natia@osgf.ge
Nino Chinchaladze: nino@osgf.ge
Gaga Gigiberia: gaga@osgf.ge

Moldova

Educational Advising Center
Address:
148 Stefan cel Mare bd, of.22
Chisinau, Moldova, MD 2012
Tel: (+373 2) 221172, 221167
Fax: (+373 2) 221167
Contact person:
Angela Muset, Scholarship Program Director: amuset@eac.md

Uzbekistan

Educational Development Center "Bilim–Central Asia"
25, Gani Ilyaev Str., Shymkent
486012, Kazakhstan
Tel./Fax (3252) 211981
Contact person:
Arman Turdaliyev: aturdaliyev@mail.ru

Ukraine

International Education Advising Center-Academy
Address:
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

Educational Advising Centers in Ukraine:
"OSVITA" - Kharkiv
4 Svobody Sq., Karkiv National University Library, room VII-45
Kharkiv 61077
Ukraine
Phone: (380 57) 702 0165
Fax: (380 57) 0 702 0165
Contact person:
Nataliya Bulgakova: Nataliya.B.Bulgakova@univer.kharkov.ua

"OSVITA" - Lviv
Prosp. Chornovola 4, P.O. Box 1596
Lviv 79019
Ukraine
Tel.: (380 322) 971 206
Contact person:
Andriy Hatalyak: andriy@osvita.org

"OSVITA" - Odessa
Paster St., 42/1p
Odessa, Ukraine
Tel./Fax: (380 48) 718 5391
Contact person:
Larysa Shevchenko: grade@farlep.net
Website: www.centerosvita.od.ua
Mailing Address:
Educational Advising Center "Osvita"
P.O. Box Center "Osvita"
Odessa 65082
Ukraine

Balkans

Albania

Open Society Foundation for Albania
Address:
"Pjeter Bogdani," Pallati 23/1
Tirana
Albania
Tel. (355) 42 34 621 or 34223 or 35856
Fax (355) 42 35855
Contact person:
Brunilda Bakshevani: ibakshevani@osfa.soros.al

Bosnia and Herzegovina

SRCe - Student Resource Center
Address:
Univerzitetski kampus
Zmaja od Bosne BB
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. (387 33) 206 048
Fax (387 33) 212 032
Contact person:
Muhamed Serdarevic: muhamed@soros.org.ba

Croatia

Institute for the Development of Education
Address:
Preradoviceva 33
HR-10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Tel. (385 1) 4555151
Fax (385 1) 4555150
Contact person:
Thomas Farnell: tfarnell@iro.hr

Kosovo

Kosova Academic Services
Biblioteka Kombëtare dhe Universitare
Address:
Anton Çetta, 3
Prishtina, 10000 Kosova
Tel. (381 38) 248 887
Fax: (381 38) 248 886
Contact person:
Argjiro Shaqiri: argjiro@kas-ks.org