DAAD ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships for international Postdocs 2025

The ERA Fellowships – Green Hydrogen programme, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is complemented by comprehensive networking measures and the establishment of four working groups. Fellows will continue to be involved in those after the end of the funding period and thus will both receive and offer long-term support from and to the German research and innovation location for green hydrogen.

• Table of Content
• About German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships
• Aim and Benefits of ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships
• Requirements for ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

DAAD scholarship in Germany is a private, federally funded and state-funded, self governing national agency of the institutions of higher education in Germany, representing 365 German higher education institutions (100 universities and technical universities, 162 general universities of applied sciences, and 52 colleges of music and art) [2003]. The DAAD itself does not offer programs of study or courses, but awards competitive, merit-based grants for use toward study and/or research in Germany at any of the accredited German institutions of higher education. It also awards grants to German...... continue reading

ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships

Aim and Benefits of ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships

The fellowship covers

• a monthly fellowship instalment of 2,800 Euros
• payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• a lump sum towards international travel costs

Under certain circumstances, fellowship holders may receive the following additional benefits:

• In the case of a disability or chronic illness: subsidy for additional costs which result from the disability or chronic illness and are not covered by other funding providers: Further information
• Green Mobility Top Up (Support for climate-friendly travel) or reimburse-ment of carbon offset payments for air travel
• Grant for participation in a congress

Requirements for ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships Qualification

• PostDocs who are interested in any topics related to Green Hydrogen (GH2) 
• As a rule, applicants should not have completed their PhD any longer than six years before the application deadline.
• Your application cannot be considered, if you have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline.

Interview date, Process and Venue for ERA Green Hydrogen Fellowships

The selection committees are composed according to subject and, if applicable, regional criteria. The committee members are appointed by the DAAD Executive Board and are primarily researchers from German universities and research institutions. They evaluate the applications and decide on the awarding of the fellowships. DAAD staff members organize the meeting but have no voting rights.
The selection criteria are:

• Academic qualification
• Quality of the research project

Documents Required for Application

• Online application form.
• Full curriculum vitae in tabular form (max. 3 pages).
• List of publications (max. 10 pages), if applicable.
• Letter of motivation (1-3 pages).
• A proposal, prepared and formulated by yourself, as well as a description of previous research work (max. 10 pages in total).
• Schedule of planned research work.
• Confirmation from the academic host in Germany.

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Application Deadline

How to Apply

1. Register in the DAAD portal (Read notes about registering in the portal >>)
2. Request recommendation form
3. Applying online in the DAAD portal (Read notes on applying in the portal >>)

Contact:

• E-Mail: [email protected]

For more details, visit DAAD Scholarship website