2 DAAD GSSP Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates
Call for Applications of Bamberg University. Deadline: February 10, 2026
Scholarships
The scholarships are available from 01 October 2026 for up to four years.
We welcome applications from candidates aiming to write their doctoral thesis at the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences. The school supports scholarship holders through personal mentoring, workshops and support services.
The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences is a multidisciplinary Graduate School funded by the Bavarian State. We seek to stimulate and guide cutting-edge doctoral research on some of the most crucial challenges modern knowledge-based societies are facing.
Qualification & Requirements
We invite applications by highly qualified graduates from the fields of Sociology, Psychology, Educational Science, Political Science, Labour and Educational Economics, Demography and Statistics. Candidates must hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in one of the aforementioned subjects or be very close to completion and should not have lived in Germany for more than 15 months by the start of the membership.
Successful applicants will be required to take up their residence in Bamberg, a city noted for its high quality of life and great conditions for research and study. DAAD Scholarships amount to a monthly stipend of 1,400 EUR, plus other allowances according to the DAAD guidelines. The Graduate School is committed to diversity, equal opportunities and the compatibility of family and career.
Specialised research agendas are arranged in four thematic pillars. A detailed list of topics that will be supervised by professors in our four pillars can be found here: www.uni-bamberg.de/bagss/application/topics
Pillar 1: Education; Personal Development and Learning from Early Childhood to Adulthood
Pillar 2: Educational and Social Inequality Across the Entire Life Course
Pillar 3: Changes in Human Capital Labour Markets and Demographic Structures and their Relation to Social Structures in Modern Societies
Pillar 4: Governance; Institutional Change and Political Behaviour
The deadline for the submission of your application is Tuesday, 10 February 2026.
For further information about the Graduate School, the application process and the required documents, please visit our website: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/application/daad-scholarship/