© Eric Lichtenscheidt

Overview DAAD Funding
Tokyo, 6th June 20191

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is …

A self-governing organisationof German universities:

 241 member universities 104 student bodies

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Scholarships for the Best

Supporting students, researchers and artists fromGermany and abroad

1,386,244
Germans have been
supported

974,179
foreigners have been funded(1950 – 2017)3

Scholarships by the DAAD from and to JapanDAAD supports exchange
between Germany andJapan at every stage ofyour education career

Scholarship
Recipients 2017395

GermanJapanese923

DAAD supports exchange and cooperation throughscholarships and „project funding“ Research scholarships (Doctor)
 Studies scholarships (Master) Studies scholarships for artists,musicians and architects

Open for all countries
 Structural Programs
 Visiting Professorship
Only for Japanese-German cooperations

 Bilateral academic exchange with JSPS DAAD-JSPS Joint Research Program Summer and spring courses atuniversities in Germany Partnership program with Japan andKorea (PaJaKo) Intensive language courses in Germany New Matching Funds Program withKyoto University (2018)

 Reunion program for alumni

 Matching Funds Program with TsukubaUniversity (since 2012) Matching Funds Program with Waseda
University (since 2013)

DAAD Support Programs: Structural programs

Application always through a German partner university
 ISAP
 Double Degree Program6

ISAP - International Study and Training Partnerships

GermanyJapanFunding Scholarships for German students at a partner university (credit mobility) Short-term DAAD lectureship, tutorials, language courses, fact-finding visits
and contact trips (for German side) Application: June – October (15th)

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Double Degree Programme
Integrated international degreeprogrammes with a double degree
 Support continuing internationalisation
measures at higher education institutions
and contribute to the structural developmentof study programmes.
 Focus - Exchange of academics
and students, esp. increased mobilityof German students.
 Programme launched in 2000 – For theYear 2016, the DAAD funded
134 double degree projects.
 Application: June – October (15th)8DAAD Support Programs: Mobility programs

Application always through a German partner university
 Visiting Professorship – Visiting Chairs (for Japaneseprofessors)
 Visiting Professorship (for German professors)

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Visiting Professorship (Japanese Professor to Germany)
Visiting Professorships – VisitingChairs
 One- to four-semester visit of a professor
 Focus: Internationalisation at home
 Programme launched in 1996: successful
over 20 years
 Application: October-January (15th)

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Visiting Professorship (German professor to Japan)
Visiting Professorships – Visiting Chairs
 One- to four-months visit of a professor (two weeks possible)
 Focus – Graduate studies (master, doctoral) (Financial) contribution by Japanese university, e.g. Housing Application: continuous

11DAAD supports exchange and cooperation throughscholarships and „project funding“ Research scholarships (Doctor)
 Studies scholarships (Master) Studies scholarships for artists,musicians and architects

Open for all countries
 Structural Programs
 Visiting Professorship
Only for Japanese-German cooperations

 Bilateral academic exchange with JSPS DAAD-JSPS Joint Research Program Summer and spring courses atuniversities in Germany Partnership program with Japan andKorea (PaJaKo) Intensive language courses in Germany New Matching Funds Program with
Kyoto University (2018)

 Reunion program for alumni

 Matching Funds Program with TsukubaUniversity (since 2012) Matching Funds Program with WasedaUniversity (since 2013)

Partnership Program with Japan and Korea since 2006
Exchange of students, graduates, Ph,D
candidates and researchers on a long termbasis within new or establishedpartnerships between

German and Japaneseinstitutions (bilateral)

German, Japanese andKorean institutions (trilateral))Application: April – June (30th))Partnership Program with Japan and Korea

Objectives

 To foster long-term co-operation between institutions ofhigher education through funding the exchange ofindividuals and groups
 To strengthen existing partnerschips and initiate newbilateral or trilateral partnerships between Germany, Koreaand Japan

Funding measures

Various measures for foreign and German participants canbe combined, e,g,:
 Joint research conducted by groups of researchers(including early career researchers and junior scholars) Individual stays for research and education purposes

Funding Funding period up to 3 years, extension possible(flexible time frame up to one year for individuals)
 Mobility costs: travel and living allowances up to a
maximum of 30,000 € (bilateral) and 40,000 € (trilateral)

DAAD-JSPS Joint Research Program
A bilateral research program
The MoU between the DAAD and theJSPS was signed in 2012

Aims of the program Intensifying research collaboration
between Japanese and German researchgroups Promotion of Mobility
 Traning and Specialisation of young
academics

Target groups
Academic staff member, graduates, PhD
students, postdocs

Program information
 10 joint projects
 Subject Area: all fields
 Duration: up to 2 years
 Amount of Funding: upt to 15.000 Euros
per project per year (DAAD) and upt to2,500,000 JPY per fiscal year (JSPS) Application: June-July (30th)

DAAD-JSPS Joint Research Program
A bilateral research programme

Number of project proposals – Number of selectedprojects
2018-20192017-20182016-20172015-16

2014-152013-140102030

Anzahl der bewilligten Projekte

40Anzahl der Anträge

5060

Cosmopolitan structures
National Agency for EU Higher Education Cooperation

DAAD has been acting as theNational Agency for EU
Higher Education
Cooperation in Germany onbehalf of the Federal Ministryof Education and Research(BMBF) since 1987.

http://eu.daad.de17

Cosmopolitan structures:
Responsibilities of the NA DAAD: mobility of individuals
Erasmus+ mobility with 33 countries in Europe (in"programme countries")•Stays abroad for students and interns•

Stays abroad for teaching and academic staff•

Stays abroad for students•

Stays abroad for teaching and academic staff© Michael JordanErasmus+ mobility worldwide (in and from "partnercountries")

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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Key programmes

19Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation: Research Fellowship

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Japanese Guest Researchers• Between 2013-2018: 80 research fellowships were granted toresearchers from Japan through the Humboldt Research Fellowship(success rate ca. 32%)

programm forexperienced
researchers&postdoctoral
reseachers21German Research and Innovation Forum Tokyo Joint forum for German scientific andresearch interests in Japan,
strengthening scientific and economic
cooperation with Japanese partners
 Concerted presentation of German
research organisations and innovative
companies Central point of contact for Japaneseand German research organisations,
universities, businesses and theinterested public in general
22Supporters23ドイツ学術交流会
German Academic Exchange Service(DAAD)〒107-0052
東京都港区赤坂 7-5-56 ドイツ文化会館内

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