Announcement follows
After the successful implementation of RISE worldwide in 2011 – in which DAAD supported 247 projects by funding undergraduate German students to serve as research assistants – the program is returning in 2012. Students in the early stages of their studies who have an excellent background in the fields of engineering, natural sciences, and related disciplines, including earth sciences, and the ambition to work abroad and gain hands-on research experience in their fields will be matched with researchers worldwide who wish to engage in a meaningful cooperation with a young German research assistant. DAAD will support these short-term summer internships by awarding scholarships to successful applicants to help cover part of the living and travel costs.
How does RISE worldwide work?
1. Researchers from accredited universities and non-profit research institutions register online and submit internship offers, including a one-page project description, from October 10, 2011 through November 27, 2011. DAAD posts the internship offers in a database on its website.
2. German applicants register online to review the internship offers. They apply from December 5, 2011 through January 15, 2012 to a maximum of three projects.
3. The German applicants’ profiles are checked for eligibility by DAAD staff and are then activated to be reviewed online by the researchers.
4. The prospective hosts are asked to provide DAAD with their quality assessment of applications their projects.
5. DAAD places students with internship projects and awards scholarships based on academic merit and the internship providers’ quality assessment. Future hosts and interns are notified of the decision in March 2012.
Open to: worldwide students in the early stages of their studies in engineering, natural sciences and related disciplines
http://www.daad.de/rise-weltweit/en/