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Country-related cooperation programme with Ecuador (ALECUA)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2317- Ecuador
- Germany
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Summary
| Duration: | Max 48 months |
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| Quota: | Not defined |
| Application deadline: | 15 September, 1 April |
| Benefits summary: | DAAD-€100; UTE (€800-€1300) per month + additional benefits |
Last update: 25 January 2012
Description
Objective
- Master's degree or Doctorate in Germany,
- Postdoctoral scholarships in Germany,
- Research stay in Germany.
Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- University teachers in Ecuador whose employment contract allows the continuing payment of their salaries during an in-service training stay abroad.
- University degree: For doctoral fellows, the Maestría.
- Excellent academic achievements.
- Age limit: 38 years max., exceptions up to the age of 50 are possible.
Duration
Master's degree: up to two years, Doctorate: up to four years, Postdocs: up to 12 months, Research stay: up to 24 months, Scholarships are awarded by the DAAD together with the universities Universidad Tecnologica Equinoccial (UTE), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Ecuador (PUCE), Escuela Superior Politenica del Litoral (ESPOL), Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), Universidad Central de Ecuador (UCE) for one year each. Applications for extensions are examined by the DAAD Selection Committee.
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Benefits
- Monthly part-cost scholarship of 100.- euros from the DAAD,
- The Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial (UTE) continues to pay the salary to the scholarship holders for the duration of the scholarship. The DAAD recommends that single (unmarried) and married scholarship holders travelling without their family receive at least 800.- euros or better 1,000.- euros from the UTE, and that married scholarship holders travelling with their family receive at least 1,200 euros or better 1,300 euros so that they can cover their cost of living in Germany,
- The DAAD pays the health insurance, accident insurance and private liability insurance costs,
- Preparatory German language course in Ecuador for scholarship holders from the fields of Humanities, Law, Business Administration and Economics, and related subjects,
- German intensive course of between two to six months in Germany (postdocs up to four months as necessary) including accommodation and living expenses during this time,
- Language course for the spouse in accordance with the DAAD Guidelines,
- Flat-rate outward and return travel allowance in accordance with the DAAD Guidelines,
- Study and research grant of 460.- euros per year from the first to the third year,
- Printing grant for the doctoral thesis in accordance with the DAAD Guidelines,
- For scholarship holders doing a Sandwich doctorate: Outward and return travel plus subsistence costs for the German and the Ecuadorian tutors.
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Contact
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