The program "Mikhail Lomonosov" 2014-2015
Competition of research scholarships and scientific internships 2014-2015 under the program "Mikhail Lomonosov"
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) announces the acceptance of applications for participation in the joint program "Mikhail Lomonosov" of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and DAAD. The program provides research scholarships and scientific internships (Michail-Lomonosov-Forschungstipendien und -aufenthalte).
The scholarship provides an opportunity for Russian graduate students and teachers of technical and natural sciences to undergo an internship at universities and non-university research centers in Germany in order to conduct research within the framework of a dissertation or other scientific project being developed. In addition, the scholarship is aimed at strengthening and expanding contacts with German colleagues.
The internship with the support of DAAD is possible in the following terms:
- from 01.10.2014 to 31.03.2015 (for target group "A");
- from 09/15/2014 to 12/15/2014 (for target group "B")
Target groups: "A": Full-time graduate students and young scientists of technical and natural disciplines who will not be 35 years old as of 01.10.2014, who have a specialist's or master's degree.
- Attention! Candidates of sciences under 35 years of age are also eligible to participate in the competition as applicants of the target group "A"!
- "B": Teachers and scientists of technical and natural disciplines who will not yet be 45 years old on 15.09.2014, who have a candidate's or Doctor of Sciences degree.
Attention!
Applicants must be full-time graduate students or full-time employees of one of the state universities subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (MES). Applications from persons whose place of work is research institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences are not accepted.
The amount of the scholarship jointly funded by DAAD and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, depending on the status of the scholarship holder, ranges from 1,000 to 2,000 euros per month. Part of the scholarship, funded from the funds of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, is transferred to the account of the Russian university and paid to the scholarship holder through the accounting department. The part of the scholarship funded by DAAD is transferred to the account opened by the scholarship holder after arrival at the internship venue.
Language skills and their assessment:
Applicants must have a good command of German or English to the extent sufficient to communicate with German colleagues on scientific topics:
- applicants of group "A" confirm the degree of proficiency in German or English using the Sprachzeugnis fur auslandische Bewerber/ Language certificate for foreign applicants form filled out by a university teacher of the corresponding foreign language, necessarily with the seal of the department or faculty, or
- any certificate of international standard, for example: for German – TestDaF, DSD C1 or certificates of the Goethe Institute with the result, for English – TOEFL, IELTS, ESOL.
Applicants of group "B" do not provide proof of language knowledge.
Terms and place of application submission
The application is sent by mail, courier delivery service or submitted by the applicant to the Moscow DAAD representative office in person until September 30, 2013 inclusive (by postmark).
Attention!
Due to the large volume of incoming correspondence, the Moscow representative office does not confirm the receipt of documents sent by applicants by mail for participation in the competition. Applications received by e-mail or fax are not allowed to participate in the competition.
Program curator at DAAD: Tatiana Timoshko (timoshko @ daad.ru )
Curator of the program at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation: Yu.P. Chugunov (chugunov4 @ yandex.ru )
Detailed information about submitting applications for participation in the Program is published on the DAAD website.
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