DAAD RISE Program: Call 2012

/ October 19, 2011/ News

The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD) announced a new call for its program “Research Internships in Science and Engineering” (RISE) for summer internship in 2012.

The program works in both ways. German and American Ph.D. students submit internship offers for undergraduates students for a duration of 8 to 12 weeks.  German bachelor students can work as research interns at U.S. universities and U.S. undergraduates can work in labs of German universities. The DAAD provides stipends to help cover living expenses, the partner universities and research institutes provide housing assistance. The call is applicable for all fields of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences and engineering.

Please visit for further information:

as a Ph.D. student from the U.S.: http://www.daad.de/rise-weltweit/en/12006/index.html

Application deadline: November 25, 2011

as an undergraduate from the U.S.: http://www.daad.de/rise/en/11638/index.html

Application deadline: January 31, 2012

as a German Ph.D. student: http://www.daad.de/rise/de/11816/index.html

Application deadline: November 30, 2011

as a German bachelor student: http://www.daad.de/rise-weltweit/de/index.html

Application deadline: January 15, 2012

Students and researchers from Leipzig and Vanderbilt Universities with an interest in exchange activities with the other partner university are kindly asked to contact Ms. Anja Landsmann for more information and assistance.