German Egyptian Research Short-Term Scholarship Program (GERSS)
The scholarships offer young Egyptian scientists and academics the opportunity to travel to Germany. 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.
The programme is aimed at Master's students, doctoral candidates and young postdocs following the plan and regulations of the Central Mission Department and Cultural Representation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Egypt.
Scholarships are not awarded for general-information gathering, visits or for the participation in scientific meetings.
This programme funds research visits to a research institute, a state or state-recognised private university in Germany.