GSSP: PhD Scholarships, Ancient Philosophy and History of Ancient Science 1786 views

The Graduate School Scholarship Program (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering 02 PhD scholarships to research and complete a doctorate in the “Ancient Philosophy and History of Ancient Science” program at the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS).

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Applicant must be highly qualified graduate from the fields of Ancient Philosophy, Classics or History of Ancient Science.
• Applicant must hold a Master’s degree, or equivalent degree, in the relevant subjects or expecting completion soon.
• Scholarship is available for non-Germans
• Applicant must not have resided in Germany continuously for longer than 15 months as of the application deadline
• Applicants must have received Master’s Degree no longer than six years ago
• Applicant must have sufficient command of the relevant ancient languages for their dissertation project. Since the language of instruction is predominantly English, their English should be good enough to join discussions and write papers.

Start date: The scholarship is available from October 2017

Duration: 3-4 years (subject to a satisfactory annual progress review).

Scholarship value: monthly stipend- 1.000 Euros; travel allowance; combined health, accident and liability insurance policy; allowances for study and research; rent and family allowances (where applicable); financial support for a pre-sessional language course.

Applications:

• Application to be sent via email to application@berliner-antike-kolleg.org. following documents are required along with the application:
• application form
• CV
• Cover letter (explaining motivation for applying to the doctoral program)
• 2 letters of recommendation by two university professors from home university. Please use the DAAD letter of recommendation
• research proposal (max 5 pages)
• work plan and schedule for three years
• writing sample (15-20 pages)
• copies of certificates and copies of translated documents