No, courses held digitally/virtually are not eligible for funding.

Students studying for their bachelor, master or state exam can receive funding for research abroad through PROMOS. Students who are planning to undertake research abroad can apply in the categories study period abroad ('Studienaufenthalt') or preparation for final theses ('Vorbereitung von Abschlussarbeiten"). The trip can be to complete research, field research or similar.

No, PROMOS does not offer exchange places at universities abroad. The PROMOS program funds stays abroad that have been organised by the students themselves. 

Before applying for a scholarship through PROMOS, students must have already been nominated for a study place abroad or organised an internship, language course, academic course or research trip abroad. The student then applies for a PROMOS scholarship to fund the independently organised stay abroad.

Evidence of this nomination, internship etc. must therefore be included with the application. The following documents count as evidence of the upcoming stay abroad:

• For study periods abroad: evidence of acceptance to an exchange programme and/or Letter of Acceptance from a university.
• Internships: Intership contract or confirmation of employment including the following details:
• • Name and place of institution
  • Name and birth date of intern
  • Supervisor/Contact at institution
  • Exact dates of intership duration
  • Signature and stamp of instution
• Language course: Confirmation of language course registration or evidence illustrating the length, time period and weekly hours (minimum 25) of the course.
• Academic course: Confirmation of registration from the foreign academic institution where the specialised course is offered or the preparatory e-mail correspondence and evidence of the respective specialised course offer.

Doctoral candidates can apply for a PROMOS scholarship in the cateogries of language course and academic course and as a participant of group trips and competitions abroad.

Further funding options for doctoral students can be found on our website under 'What if I don’t qualify for a PROMOS scholarship?' (at the bottom of the funding requirements page).

Main enrollment at another university (Hauptimmatrikulation)

Students whose main enrollment is at another university and therefore do not pay their fees at the FU can only apply for PROMOS at the FU for a logical, objective reason. For example, if you are participating in an exchange programme at the FU or are planning research for a thesis for a degree programme you are studying at the FU. In other cases, you should apply to your main university.

Exchange programmes of other universities

FU students with multiple enrolments who pay their fees at the FU (Hauptimmatrikulation) and are taking part in an exchange programme at another university should enquire whether they can apply for a PROMOS scholarship at the other university. If this is the case, they can apply for a PROMOS scholarship at both universities in order to increase their chances. If you receive an acceptance for PROMOS from both universities, you can only accept one grant. Double funding is not possible.

Charité students

Charité students apply for PROMOS at Charité: https://www.charite.de/service/person/person/address_detail/dominique_lacroix/.

No, German citizenship is not a prerequisite for a PROMOS scholarship. 

The following combinations are not possible:

• PROMOS and Erasmus+ 

• PROMOS and other DAAD scholarships (is it possible to apply for both, accept the scholarship with the highest funding and decline the other)

The following combination is possible under specific conditions:

• PROMOS and scholarships funded by german, public funds, when the scholarships have differing funding purposes. For example: 2x travel allowance is not possible, but book allowance and travel allowance is possible.

The following combinations are possible: 

• PROMOS and privately funded scholarships
• PROMOS and the Deutschlandstipendium

Unfortunately, PROMOS does not offer any additional funding for scholarship holders traveling abroad with a child (or children).

Helpful information on studying abroad with a child can be found on the university's diversity and inclusion while studying abroad site (only in German).

For scholarship holders with a degree of disability of 50 or above or a chronic illness, it is possible to apply for a grant for additional expenses incurred in the course of a PROMOS-funded stay abroad if health insurance and other insurances and organisations do not cover the costs. Please contact the PROMOS team directly in good time, as we need at least two months' notice before applying for funding from DAAD.

A PROMOS scholarship consists of a combination of three possible funding components:

1. Partial scholarship in installments (a montly rate to supplement living costs, amount depends on the destination country)
2. One-off payment to supplement travel costs (amount depends on destination country)
3. Course fee allowance (is only awarded for language and academic courses and amounts to a one-off €500 payment to subsidise course fees)

Costs incurred for visas, insurance and other expenditures resulting from the stay abroad are not subsidised.

Tuition fees are not subsidised. Exchange study places worldwide with tuition fee waivers are available in the direct exchange programme.

Full and partial funding

A PROMOS scholarship can consist of one or more of the components listed above. There is no entitlement to a specific component.

The current PROMOS funding rates per country can be found here.

Individual Requirements

For scholarship holders with a degree of disability of 50 or above or a chronic illness, it is possible to apply for a grant to cover additional expenses incurred in the course of a PROMOS-funded stay abroad, if health insurance and other insurances do not cover the costs. Please contact the PROMOS team directly in good time, as we need at least two months' notice before applying for this funding from the DAAD.

• All students who are enrolled at Freie Universität Berlin at the time of their stay abroad are eligible to apply.
• The maximum cumulative funding period is 6 months within one study phase (bachelor's degree, master's degree or state examination) for internships and studies abroad (for example, 2 months funding for an internship and 4 months funding for a semester abroad during a Master's degree).
• Doctoral students are not eligible for funding in the categories studies abroad and internships abroad. Applications for language courses and academic courses and participation in funded group trips are possible for doctoral students.