The Graduate School Scholarship Program (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers two doctoral scholarships to research and complete a doctorate at the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS). Candidates must hold a Master's degree, or equivalent degree, in one of the aforementioned subjects or be very close to completion. The scholarship is available from October 2015 for three or four years (subject to a satisfactory annual progress review).

The call is open only to applicants who are not German citizens and who have not resided in Germany continuously for longer than 12 months as of the application deadline.

In accordance with DAAD guidelines, doctoral scholarship holders receive a basic monthly stipend of 1,000 Euros, a travel allowance, a combined health, accident and liability insurance policy, allowances for study and research and, where pplicable, rent and family allowances, as well as financial support for a pre-sessional language course.

Receipt of a sholarship entails admission to the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies and participation in one of the following doctoral programs:

• Landscape Archaeology and Architecture → call for applications

• Languages and Cultures of the Silk Road → call for applications

Candidates must send their application before October 1, 2014 to application@berliner-antike-kolleg