Starter grant

You are about to complete your studies or have recently done so and would like to study for a doctorate at the University of Passau? However, you are still looking for bridging financing in order to set out on your doctorate and apply for doctoral funding (scholarship or a third-party funding position)? Then apply for our starter grant!

In order to provide you with optimal support and financial security during the transition from your studies to your doctorate, the University of Passau has introduced the bridging scholarship "starter grant".

This grant is intended to give you the opportunity, within an initial period of six months, to plan the first steps of your doctorate and to prepare a research proposal for applying for a doctoral scholarship or for obtaining a third-party funded position. If you apply successfully, you will be employed as a graduate assistant at the University of Passau for a limited period of six months with 80 working hours per month.