For doctorates – possibilities of promotion, stipends and tax advantages for your publication

• Landesgraduiertenstipendien
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
• Begabtenförderungswerke
• Private Foundations
• Special Tax conditions/Advantages

Landesgraduiertenstipendien

Landesgraduiertenstipendien" are granted from individual universities.

Conditions are:

• Exam results above average
• The publication/academic work has to be an important contribution to the academic discourse/latest research
• Stipends are usually granted for 2 years and may in some cases be extended for another year.
• Contact: the university where the dissertation is written

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

The DFG promotes academic offspring that takes part at the interdisciplinary scientific research. There are 300 postgraduate programmes established at universities and their facilities at the moment.

Conditions:

• Age limit of 28
• Very good exam results
• Length of promotion: 2 years, optionally extension for another year

Further information under http://www.dfg.d

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

The DAAD amongst others awards a grant for printing to its stipends.

Conditions:

• Foreign postgraduates with research residence
• German postgraduates with research projects in foreign countries

Further information under http://www.daad.de

Begabtenförderungswerke

These 10 "Begabtenförderungswerke" award stipends that are promoted by governmental subventions.

Length of promotion: 2 years, optional extension for another year or two.

Conditions: Are to be requested directly at the "Begabtenförderungswerke" as there are numerous and varying conditions.

• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (http://www.kas.de)
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (http://www.fes.de)
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (http://www.fnst.de)
• Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (http://www.kss.de)
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (http://www.boell.de)
• Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (http://www.studienstiftung.de)
• Cusanuswerk (http://www.cusanuswerk.de)
• Evangelisches Studienwerk (http://www.evstudienwerk.de)
• Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (http://www.boeckler.de)
• Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft – Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann (http://www.sdw.org)

Private Foundations

Private foundations or promoting institutions (facilities) you can find under: http://stiftungsindex.de and/or in the book by Dieter Herrmann and Angela Verse-Herrmann “Geld fürs Studium und die Doktorarbeit” (Eichborn Verlag).

Special Tax conditions/Advantages

The printing costs for your thesis are tax-deductible to an amount of 920 € as training costs or special charges. In case of an accommodation in a foreign country, this sum increases to 1227 €.

If the thesis is part of an employment status or somehow job-related, the costs for the thesis are fully tax-deductible as tax allowable expenses.

Further information under http://steuer-sparbuch.de, Keyword Promotion.