PROMOS supports studies, internships, language and specialist courses, study trips and competition trips abroad. Studies and internship scholarships can not be awarded to doctoral students. Travel expenses and residence grants are allocated according to the destination country. PROMOS scholarships can be awarded for the following activities:

Study visits of at least one month and up to six months at foreign universities can be funded with a monthly scholarship rate and/or a travel funding: Funding of study visits in Erasmus+ program countries is only possible in exceptional cases.

Internships of a minimum of one month to six months can be funded with a monthly scholarship rate and/or a travel funding. A placement funding in the Erasmus+ program region is not possible.

Stays for language courses world-wide of at least three weeks to six months can be funded with PROMOS.

Specialist courses can be funded up to six weeks. Specialist courses are for example summer schools or workshops at other universities. Study trips and competition trips of student groups can be funded upt to twelve days. Contacts to other students and scientists and the competition amongst the students must be central to the trip.

Deadlines:

• 1 December (stays abroad beginning in January till June)
• 1 June (stays abroad beginning July till December)

Application Requirements:

• Regularly enrolled students and doctoral candidates of German universities can apply (for students without German citizenship, stays in the home country are excluded).
• Good academic performance
• Good language knowledge
• Sense and purpose of the planned stay for the further course of study
• Adherence with the standard period of study
• Consent from the guest university or placement destination
• Written report by a lecturer

Selection Process:
Applications will be proceeded by the Internaional Office. The scholarship awarding will be decided in a selection process according to academic and language qualifications of the applicant. There is no entitlement to funding. 

Travel warnings for a country or partial travel warnings for regions of a country include an urgent appeal by the Federal Foreign Office to avoid travelling to a country or region of a country. PROMOS funding can only be awarded if there is no (partial) travel warning issued by the Federal Foreign Office for the region you are travelling to.

*BAföG and PROMOS scholarships PROMOS scholarships must be reported to the responsible office for foreign BAföG.

*DAAD Individual Scholarships and PROMOS Scholarships DAAD individual scholarships and PROMOS scholarships may not be used simultaneously.

*German public scholarships and PROMOS-scholarships Double subsidies from German public funds are not eligible for funding. If German public funds are used to support stays abroad, the purpose of the stay is decisive. This means that funding via PROMOS is not possible if the same purpose is already being pursued with German public funds. Students must be informed by the project management organization that they must report PROMOS funding to other public German scholarship providers.

*Scholarships from private funds can be obtained without restriction alongside PROMOS scholarships.