eldme595

Hi there, this post is aimed at people who are going to apply to the DAAD research grant for PhD candidates and young academics and scientists, because I found it really difficult to find any information about the process! I applied in March for the 2014 September round of funding. Within a few days of filling out the portal information and sending off the paper copies of the application, my status in the portal 'application status' bar changed to application submitted. Early July, this changes to 'selection made', which I read on here meant that the application was successful. HOWEVER this doesn't seem to be true, and the 'application status' changed again to 'funding' a week after this. I received an email from my country's branch of DAAD several days later saying that I had been awarded the grant, and to expect the official hard copy letter and funding information in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully this information is helpful to others who want to know what's going on while they wait!! Thanks