Funding Programmes

The a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School supports all doctoral students of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities through a variety of funding programmes and measures to provide optimal conditions for their doctoral studies. Doctoral students can apply for the following structured funding programmes at a.r.t.e.s.:

Doctoral Funding:

• Scholarships for the preparation of a doctoral dissertation project
• a.r.t.e.s. Doctoral Scholarships

Calls for applications for doctoral scholarships in the Integrated Track (“a.r.t.e.s. Doctoral Scholarships”) are published in the winter semester, calls for applications for “Scholarships for the preparation of a doctoral dissertation project” in the summer semester, each starting in the subsequent semester. Further information on the calls for applications can be found below in the corresponding sections.

Holders of the doctoral scholarships participate in the a.r.t.e.s. Integrated Track, the structured doctoral program of the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School. 

Doctoral studies within a structured model are also possible in these additional funding programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities:

• Research Training Group 2212 "Dynamics of Conventionality"
• Research Training Group 2661 “Connecting – Excluding: Cultural Dynamics Beyond Globalized Networks”"
• Integrated Research Training Group of the CRC 1252 “Prominence in Language”

Additional funding opportunities for doctoral candidates:

In addition, the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School awards the following grants to enrolled doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities:

• Katharina Niemeyer-Grants for Language Editing
• Funding for International Doctoral Workshops at the University of Cologne