{"id":29141,"date":"2022-03-07T13:11:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T12:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/promotion\/doctoral-scholarships\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:53:06","slug":"doctoral-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/promotion\/doctoral-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id='dbu_header_mb-block-d8571ce8-843c-42c2-95b3-2ca097ec1d21'><div class='dbu-header dbu-header_fixedheight  swiper'><div class='swiper-wrapper'><div id='dbu_header_mb-block-d8571ce8-843c-42c2-95b3-2ca097ec1d21' class='dbu-header dbu-header_fixedheight  swiper-slide' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu_media-webdbu-gruppenfoto-Einfuehrungsseminar-Juni-2023-Foto-Felix-Teupe-4.jpg)'><div class='dbu-button__icon-wrapper'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-icon'>&copy;<\/div><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-xmark dbu-button__icon-copyright-close'><\/i><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-text'>DBU<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='dbu-header__content'><h1 class='dbu-header__content-headline'>Promotionsstipendien<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div id='dbu_header_mb-block-d8571ce8-843c-42c2-95b3-2ca097ec1d21' class='dbu-header dbu-header_fixedheight  swiper-slide' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-img-promotionsstipendium-woche-der-umwelt-2016.jpg)'><div class='dbu-header__content'><h1 class='dbu-header__content-headline'>Promotionsstipendien<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div id='dbu_header_mb-block-d8571ce8-843c-42c2-95b3-2ca097ec1d21' class='dbu-header dbu-header_fixedheight  swiper-slide' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/AdobeStock_255911142_\u00a9-Prostock-studio-stock.adobe_Ausschnitt-1920x742.jpg)'><div class='dbu-header__content'><h1 class='dbu-header__content-headline'>Promotionsstipendien<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<p>The DBU scholarship program for doctoral students serves to promote qualified young scientists in applied environmental research and to build up an interdisciplinary network of environmental experts. It supports doctoral theses at German universities that are clearly related to current environmental issues and contribute to practical and sustainable solutions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\"><div id='dbu_text_mb-block-71ecac1f-eb96-40bf-aeae-0eaba6efa99a' class='dbu-layout '>                <div class=\"dbu-layout__container\">\n                    \n<div class=\"dbu-layout__element-container\">            <div class=\"dbu-layout__element  dbu-layout__element_white\">\n                <div \n                    allowedBlocks=\"[&quot;core\\\/paragraph&quot;,&quot;core\\\/heading&quot;,&quot;core\\\/list&quot;,&quot;core\\\/image&quot;,&quot;core\\\/audio&quot;,&quot;core\\\/video&quot;,&quot;core\\\/separator&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-button&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-youtube&quot;]\"\n                >\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our services for you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Financial benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Duration of funding: max. 36 months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic monthly grant: \u20ac 1,650<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monthly material and travel expenses: \u20ac 150<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>further subsidy of material costs possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health insurance subsidy of up to \u20ac150 possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>monthly child supplement and other support possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ideal promotion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>personal support and supervision by DBU consultants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentation of results, interdisciplinary exchange and excursions at DBU scholarship seminars (1 week per year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support in the organization of your own specialist colloquia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invitation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/projekte\/projektsuche\/thema\/deutscher-umweltpreis\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5043\">Environmental<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/projekte\/projektsuche\/thema\/deutscher-umweltpreis\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5043\">Award<\/a> Ceremony and other DBU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/dates\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"364\">events<\/a>; also for alumni<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Networking between scholarship holders and alumni via the Stipnet communication platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n\n<div class=\"dbu-layout__element-container\">            <div class=\"dbu-layout__element  dbu-layout__element_white\">\n                <div \n                    allowedBlocks=\"[&quot;core\\\/paragraph&quot;,&quot;core\\\/heading&quot;,&quot;core\\\/list&quot;,&quot;core\\\/image&quot;,&quot;core\\\/audio&quot;,&quot;core\\\/video&quot;,&quot;core\\\/separator&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-button&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-youtube&quot;]\"\n                >\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Other general conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applications are welcome from all disciplines, i.e. not only from the natural and engineering sciences but also from the social sciences, humanities, economics and law. Interdisciplinary environmental research is especially encouraged.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promising applicants have an above-average degree and are highly motivated to contribute to the solution of current environmental problems in a goal-oriented manner or to promote sustainable development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The complete application documents must be prepared in German; applicants must have a good command of German (at least level B2).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stays abroad are possible as long as the doctoral studies take place mainly at the supervising institution in Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incomplete applications and applications received after the respective application deadline cannot be considered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No more than one application per working group\/scientific supervisor may be submitted per application round.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctoral fellowships support individuals but not institutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is not permissible to focus on a larger set of topics (bundling of individual applications) that has not been coordinated with the DBU.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rejection of a scholarship application will preclude reapplication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_text_mb-block-3bb31dbe-28e0-4280-9169-df9fe858f787' class='dbu-layout '>                <div class=\"dbu-layout__container\">\n                    \n<div class=\"dbu-layout__element-container\">            <div class=\"dbu-layout__element  dbu-layout__element_white\">\n                <div \n                    allowedBlocks=\"[&quot;core\\\/paragraph&quot;,&quot;core\\\/heading&quot;,&quot;core\\\/list&quot;,&quot;core\\\/image&quot;,&quot;core\\\/audio&quot;,&quot;core\\\/video&quot;,&quot;core\\\/separator&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-button&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-youtube&quot;]\"\n                >\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>scientific knowledge gain and new solution approaches for environmental protection and nature conservation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for highly motivated doctoral students who complete their doctorates within three years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qualification of young scientists with high environmental competence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Networking between environmental experts from all specialist disciplines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n\n<div class=\"dbu-layout__element-container\">            <div class=\"dbu-layout__element  dbu-layout__element_white\">\n                <div \n                    allowedBlocks=\"[&quot;core\\\/paragraph&quot;,&quot;core\\\/heading&quot;,&quot;core\\\/list&quot;,&quot;core\\\/image&quot;,&quot;core\\\/audio&quot;,&quot;core\\\/video&quot;,&quot;core\\\/separator&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-button&quot;,&quot;meta-box\\\/dbu-youtube&quot;]\"\n                >\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our requirements for you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With your doctorate you want to develop sustainable solutions for current environmental problems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have or are earning an above-average degree; all majors are eligible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have a coherent resume.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Her doctoral thesis deals with the environmental situation in Germany or with global environmental challenges with relevance for Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your doctorate will be at a German university and has not yet begun. (A project is considered to have been started if you have been working scientifically on your doctoral topic for more than 1 year since graduation).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>detailed information can be found in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-media-downloads-foerderleitlinien-dbu-stipendienprogramm-gueltig-ab01012025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funding guidelines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\"><div id='dbu_tile_link_mb-block-4415cb03-1e17-4918-a72e-9994143a17a5' class='dbu-tile__container '><a id='dbu_tile_link_mb-block-4415cb03-1e17-4918-a72e-9994143a17a5' class='dbu-tile dbu-tile__link' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/promotionsstipendien\/foerderung-beantragen\/"><div class='dbu-tile__content'><div class='dbu-tile__content-container'><h4 class='dbu-tile__content-headline'>Apply for funding now<\/h4><div class='dbu-tile__content-text'>Apply for a DBU doctoral scholarship!<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_tile_link_mb-block-4415cb03-1e17-4918-a72e-9994143a17a5' class='dbu-tile dbu-tile__link' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-media-downloads-foerderleitlinien-dbu-stipendienprogramm-gueltig-ab01012025.pdf"><div class='dbu-tile__content'><div class='dbu-tile__content-container'><h4 class='dbu-tile__content-headline'>Funding guidelines<\/h4><div class='dbu-tile__content-text'>Funding guidelines for the doctoral scholarship program<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Current key topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The DBU announces additional focus topics in the fellowship program at irregular intervals. These fellowship focus areas open up extended opportunities for cooperation and networking with other DBU activities. The \u201cnormal\u201d program continues to run in parallel and you can apply at any time with your individual environment-related doctoral topics from all disciplines.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_tile_link_mb-block-6bfe175d-5973-4168-ab9a-14436bf55b79' class='dbu-tile__container '><a id='dbu_tile_link_mb-block-6bfe175d-5973-4168-ab9a-14436bf55b79' class='dbu-tile dbu-tile__link' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/promotionsstipendien\/meeresnaturschutz\/"><div class='dbu-tile__content'><div class='dbu-tile__content-container'><h4 class='dbu-tile__content-headline'>Marine nature conservation<\/h4><div class='dbu-tile__content-text'>Marine nature conservation &#8211; protection and preservation of the ecological diversity of the North Sea and Baltic Sea.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Past main topics<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_tile_link_mb-block-1090e9b0-94d8-4433-939d-618a38e010d8' class='dbu-tile__container '><a id='dbu_tile_link_mb-block-1090e9b0-94d8-4433-939d-618a38e010d8' class='dbu-tile dbu-tile__link' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/promotionsstipendien\/circular-economy\/"><div class='dbu-tile__content'><div class='dbu-tile__content-container'><h4 class='dbu-tile__content-headline'>Circular Economy<\/h4><div class='dbu-tile__content-text'>Better management and living in cycles &#8211; transformation potential of the circular economy<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_tile_link_mb-block-1090e9b0-94d8-4433-939d-618a38e010d8' class='dbu-tile dbu-tile__link' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/promotionsstipendien\/umwelt-soziale-fragen-der-energiewende\/"><div class='dbu-tile__content'><div class='dbu-tile__content-container'><h4 class='dbu-tile__content-headline'>Environmental-social issues of the energy transition<\/h4><div class='dbu-tile__content-text'>Interdisciplinary college of the doctoral scholarship program of the German Federal Environmental Foundation  <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More links<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_icon_mb-block-cbabdc47-470f-44da-b0ad-666efedac2eb' class='dbu-icon__container '><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-cbabdc47-470f-44da-b0ad-666efedac2eb' class='dbu-icon  ' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/foerderung\/promotionsstipendien\/auswahlverfahren\/"><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-link'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Selection procedure<\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-cbabdc47-470f-44da-b0ad-666efedac2eb' class='dbu-icon  ' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/promotionsstipendium\/"><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-link'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>All sponsored scholarships  <\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information material on the doctoral scholarship program<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_icon_mb-block-ab9e2a17-8d5c-4e30-a508-9bcf33252de5' class='dbu-icon__container '><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-ab9e2a17-8d5c-4e30-a508-9bcf33252de5' class='dbu-icon  ' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-media-downloads-foerderleitlinien-dbu-stipendienprogramm-gueltig-ab01012025.pdf"><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-file-pdf'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Funding guidelines for the doctoral scholarship program  <\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-ab9e2a17-8d5c-4e30-a508-9bcf33252de5' class='dbu-icon  ' href="\/app\/uploads\/Forschen-fuer-die-Umwelt-Promotionsstipendien-der-DBU.pdf"><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-file-pdf'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Research for the environment  <\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-ab9e2a17-8d5c-4e30-a508-9bcf33252de5' class='dbu-icon  ' href="\/app\/uploads\/Investitionen-in-Koepfe-Promotionsstipendien-der-DBU.pdf"><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-file-pdf'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Investing in minds  <\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-ab9e2a17-8d5c-4e30-a508-9bcf33252de5' class='dbu-icon  ' href="\/app\/uploads\/png-DBU-Logo-gefoerdert-durch-RGB.png"><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-image'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Logo<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_icon_mb-block-aec8f06f-baa0-4637-89f9-47b7318333a5' class='dbu-icon__container '><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-aec8f06f-baa0-4637-89f9-47b7318333a5' class='dbu-icon  ' href="https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-media-downloads-2024-07-02-stip-geistes-sozialwissenschaft-aktuell.pdf"><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-file-pdf'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Social science environmental research<\/div><\/div><\/a><a id='dbu_icon_mb-block-aec8f06f-baa0-4637-89f9-47b7318333a5' class='dbu-icon  ' href=''><div class='dbu-icon__image'><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-file-pdf'><\/i><\/div><div class='dbu-icon__content'><div class='dbu-icon__content-headline'>Notes on the organization of a specialist 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