In 2014 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) initiated the programme "Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience" (P.R.I.M.E.) to support the international mobility of postdoctoral researchers by temporary positions at German universities in place of conventional scholarships. The programme has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union (EU/FP7/Marie Curie Actions/COFUND). Funding is provided for 18 months, in which 12 months have to be spent abroad and 6 months (re-integration phase) at a German university. The re-integration phase is mandatory. The German university administrates the salary during the whole funding period.

Call for applications 2017 (German)
Call for applications 2017 (English)

The application deadline is on 15 May 2017.
The earliest starting date for funding is 1 January 2018.

The application form is available at the application portal. To get to the portal please click on Stipendiendatenbank für Deutsche, fill in Fachrichtung (subject of your research), Zielland (country of the period abroad) and Status "Promovierte" (position), and select the programme.
Please mind the instructions on registering on the portal, choose English as portal language, activate, if necessary, the compatibility view of your browser and choose English as browser language.
After registration in the portal, please click on the tab "personal funding".

Please note that the selection committee will only consider applications that are complete and submitted prior to the given deadline.

Information for applicants/FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Selection criteria/Reviewers' comments
Flyer

Attachments

Curriculum vitae (EU standard)
Declaration German host university (form 1)
Ethical-Issues-Table (form 2)

Choosing the host institutions

The contact to the envisaged foreign host and to the German university must be established by the applicant. To get an overview of recent research topics and international cooperations of German Universities, we recommend DAAD’s/DFG’s Research Explorer and the Research map, a service provided by the German Rectors’ Conference.

Hereafter please find a list of German universities, listed in alphabetical order, which have already nominated a contact person for the P.R.I.M.E. programme:

P.R.I.M.E. contact persons at German universities

Please be aware that other German universities that did not specifically nominate a contact person are equally eligible as host institution for a P.R.I.M.E. fellowship.

Information for the German host university

Förderrahmen

Fellowship holders

List of fellowship holders 2014
List of fellowship holders 2015
List of fellowship holders 2016

Contact

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
Referat ST43
Kennedyallee 50
53175 Bonn
Germany

Helpdesk

Please pay attention to the FAQ section on this website.
We will gladly answer further questions and kindly ask you to use the following email-address.
E-mail: prime@daad.de