Faculty members, scientists and academics belonging to universities and research institutes should form a project team headed by a Principal Investigator (PI). Those having permanent positions in the above-mentioned institutions can apply as PIs. Teams should not exceed five members.

A complete project proposal (in terms of content, names of team members on both sides, … etc.) for academic / scientific co-operation must be uploaded by the German PI to the DAAD Portal, and by the Egyptian PI to the website of the STDF, both in the prescribed format available on the websites.

The project proposal should contain the objectives, technical details, methodology, the expected outputs and achievable goals of the project, the biography of the PI, a list of his/her relevant publications during the last 5 years and a list of other projects, national and international, implemented by him/her etc.

The following documents are required:

1. Application form found on the STDF website
2. CVs of all Egyptian and German team members
3. Ethical Declaration
4. Publication list of the Egyptian and German PIs
5. Endorsement letter from the Egyptian PI’s institution
6. Grant chart showing the timeframe for conducting the project tasks/activities

• Mobility grants will be awarded within the framework of a research project running for a duration of up to two years
• Total duration of visits by senior scientists should not exceed 1 month per year, whereas total duration of visits by junior scientists should be within the range of 3 to 6 months per year, the table in the funding section explains the allowances according to the duration of stay
• In all cases, the mutual visits of the academics / scientists should be justified in terms of number, duration, expenses and purpose of visit

Grants will be offered only towards travel and living costs within the framework of a well-defined and approved research project. For the Egyptian PI, the STDF will bear the travel cost as well as the daily allowance during the stay at the German research institution (including overseas medical insurance).

It is expected that primary financing for the collaborative research project, including personnel costs, is already available or will be obtained from other sources of funding.

The total funding requested from the Egyptian and the German side, respectively, must not exceed 15.000 EUR per project per year and it will be distributed as follows:

575 EUR will be granted as travel allowance.

575 EURO will be granted as travel allowance.

N.B.: The information with regard to the scholarship can be changed without prior notice.