Activities

DAAD Research Ambassadors promote opportunities for research and funding in Germany in their respective home institution, organisation, discipline and academic community on a voluntary basis. This can take the form of:

• Contacting departmental chairs and senior administration officers to share information about study and research opportunities in Germany, including DAAD grants and other organizations’ funding programmes.
• Arranging an informational meeting on campus each academic year for students in their department and/or prospective applicants to DAAD programmes.
• Providing advice and support to young scientists and potential PhD candidates interested in pursuing academic activities in Germany.
• Submitting short reports at the end of each semester to DAAD with any important contacts made and meetings organized.

Eligible applicants

• are DAAD-Alumni;
• are PhD-holders, postdocs and/or senior scientists;
• have completed a total of at least 10 months conducting research in Germany at the doctoral level or above;
• are familiar with the current research landscape in Germany for their respective discipline.

Application process

• Please download the application form below
• Kindly send the filled out form via email to Mr. Felix Bock, Coordinator for Higher Education and Research Marketing at the DAAD Regional Office in Cairo: bock@daadcairo.org.
  (N.B.: Please also send any questions or remarks to this email address)
• Submitted applications will be reviewed by the DAAD Regional Office Cairo.
• Applications must be received by May 15^th, 2022.