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DRS-Programs: Current calls for applications

Calls for applications in DRS programs and sub-programs

Humanities and Social Sciences:

current and upcoming:

Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS)

For admission in October 2027, the BGSMCS will award the following places and grants:

  • 2 scholarships from the Gerda Henkel Foundation to projects with a historical focus. These scholarships include a monthly stipend for living expenses, as well as travel and research funds. 
  • 8 places at the graduate school on the condition that the selected candidates raise their own external funding (private funding is not permitted). The selected candidates will be supported by the BGSMCS in applying for external funding, for example from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Avicenna-Studienwerk, the Gerda Henkel Foundation, or the Elsa Neumann Foundation.

Application Deadline: 31 October 2026 at 12:00 noon CET

Further information: Application • Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies


Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies (FSGS)

For 2027, the FSGS offers the following positions and grants:

  • up to 10 PhD positions for the duration of 3 to 4 years for candidates
    • with secured external funding (scholarship or position as a Research Assistant) 
    • without external funding
      • Up to 5 outstanding applicants without external funding will receive a nine-month scholarship of EUR 1103 starting in June 2027 and take part in a series of workshops to secure external funding.
      • Accepted applicants who cannot be offered a scholarship will be supported by the management in obtaining scholarships or other external funding and can participate in selected events of the workshop series and complete digital modules.
  • 3 Fellowships for graduate students of literature from the Global South for the duration of 3 months (subject to the availability of funds)
  • 1-2 CSC-Fellowships as part of the FUB-CSC program for graduate students in humanities with a focus on German Studies from the People’s Republic of China

Application Deadline: 15 November 2026 at 23:59 CET

Further information: FSGS-Ausschreibung-2027.pdf 


Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS)

For admission in October 2027, the GEAS will award the following places and grants:

  • up to 9 doctoral places for 3 years for dissertations 
      •  for doctoral researchers with secured external funding (scholarship or position as research assistant).
      • 2 candidates with Chinese citizenship can be nominated for a scholarship through the cooperation of Freie Universität and the China Scholarship Council (FUB-CSC) in March 2027.
      • 3 outstanding candidates can additionally be nominated for a six-month Starting Grant from the Graduate School in 2027.

Application Deadline: 15 November 2026 

Further information: Application • Graduate School of East Asian Studies


Doctoral Studies Program History and Cultural Studies (HCS)

For admission in October 2027, HCS offers the following places:

  • up to 10 doctoral places for 3 years for dissertations focusing on German or Anglo-American cultural studies. The selected candidates will be supported by HCS in applying for external funding.

Application Deadline: 15 November 2026 

Further information: Call for Applications HCS • Doctoral Studies Program History and Cultural Studies • Department of History and Cultural Studies



Natural and Life Sciences:

current and upcoming:

International Max Planck Research School Biology and Computation

A new call for applications will be opened from October 7 to December 7, 2026.

Further information: https://www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRS/application 


Berlin Mathematical School (BMS)

The BMS application period consists of two application rounds. For admission to the program in 2027, applications will be accepted via the BMS online portal from

  • 1 October to 1 December 2026 (first round)
  • 1 March to 1 April 2027 (second round)

Application deadlines: Access to the application portal will end on 1 December and 1 April at 23:59 Berlin time.

Further information: https://www.math-berlin.de/application 


past:

Doctoral Program PharMetrX

The call for application 2026/27 is now open to start the PharMetrX Research+ Program or the PharMetrX Teaching+ Program with the tailored Module Curriculum in March 2027. 

Interdisciplinary PhD program PharMetrX
…to understand the drug-patient-disease interaction by analysing data of drug concentration, effect & disease profiles of pre-/clinical trials and of therapeutic care by developing and using mathematical & statistical models

Your background: pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences, mathematics/statistics, bioinformatics, life sciences, medicine, data sciences or some related field
Application Deadline: 06 Sept 2026

Further information: https://www.pharmetrx.de/news/join-us-apply-now-2.html ; https://www.pharmetrx.de/files/pdf/PharMetrX-Call-for-Application_Poster2026_final.pdf