LGFG Doctoral Scholarships (Landesgraduiertenförderung), PH Freiburg

• Basic amount: EUR 1,300 per month (statute of 20 May 2025).
• Standard funding period: three years; extendable to four years for care or parenting of at least one child under 14, a disability degree above 30% or chronic illness, or care of relatives with a certified care level.
• Child supplement: EUR 300 per month for one child, EUR 50 per month for each further child.
• Completion scholarships: short-term, maximum six months, subject to funds.
• Full-time scholarship; limited side activity (maximum 10 hours per week) possible under certain conditions. Income is credited against the scholarship under certain conditions.
• Start of funding depends on funds available.

Deadlines are set in each call for applications. No LGFG scholarship was open for award at the time of checking.

1. Be accepted as a doctoral candidate at a PH Freiburg faculty.
2. Wait for a call, announced via the early-career researchers mailing list and the PH Freiburg calls and job-market page.
3. Complete the LGFG first-application form and gather the further documents (including exposé and expert opinions).
4. Send everything as PDF (maximum 15 MB in total) to forschung(at)ph-freiburg.de, the Prorektorat Forschung und Nachwuchsförderung, by the deadline in the call.

• LGFG first-application form
• Exposé of the doctoral project
• Expert opinions (Gutachten)
• Other documents listed in the call and the guidance document on the LGFG scholarship

The award committee, which corresponds to the Senate Committee for Research and Early-Career Support chaired by the Vice-Rector for Research and Early-Career Support, decides on the award and the amount.