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<p>Dear colleagues,</p>
<p>we at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin
are happy to announce that we have two DAAD-funded scholarships
for doctoral students available!</p>
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<p>We will select two excellent doctoral student candidates to
receive scholarships from the DAAD as part of the Graduate School
Scholarship Program (GSSP).</p>
<ul>
<li> The scholarships begin in October 2026 à 1,300€/ month,
for up to a maximum of 4 years,</li>
<li> In addition to the scholarship, health insurance, accident
insurance, and liability insurance will be covered by the DAAD,</li>
<li> Scholarship recipients can also receive assistance for
their rent payments,</li>
<li> Scholarship recipients with families may receive
additional funding,</li>
<li> Scholarship recipients will have access to a
country-specific travel budget from the DAAD,</li>
<li> Scholarship recipients will have access to additional
Study and Research grants,</li>
<li> Can have German courses financed by the DAAD.</li>
</ul>
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<p>To be eligible for the GSSP scholarships, the student must:</p>
<ul>
<li> Have an excellent academic profile and must have completed
their master's (or equivalent) by the start of the funding
period (October 2026),</li>
<li> Can not have completed their master's (or equivalent) more
than 6 years ago,</li>
<li> At the time of application (March 2026), can not have been
a resident in Germany for more than 15 months,</li>
<li> Can not already have a PhD,</li>
<li> Can not perform more than 25% of their doctoral work
outside of Germany, and external work can not take place at the
start of the doctoral project.</li>
</ul>
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<p>To be awarded the GSSP scholarship, the student must:</p>
<ol>
<li>Apply to the BCCN PhD program --><b> Application deadline
March 15th 2026!</b></li>
<li>A member of the BCCN Berlin must agree to supervise and accept
the student to their group for the duration of their PhD.</li>
<li>A project proposal outlining the general goals of the doctoral
project must have been agreed upon by the student and the BCCN
Berlin supervisor by the application deadline. </li>
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<p>For more information on how to apply to the International
Doctoral Program Computational Neuroscience of the BCCN Berlin,
please see our website:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bccn-berlin.de/doctoral-program-application.html">https://www.bccn-berlin.de/doctoral-program-application.html</a></p>
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<p>Finally, we organize an Information session about our graduate
programs which will take place in January 2026:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bccn-berlin.de/events-list/information-day-2026-international-graduate-programs-computational-neuroscience.html">https://www.bccn-berlin.de/events-list/information-day-2026-international-graduate-programs-computational-neuroscience.html</a></p>
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<p>Please share this information with anyone who may be interested.</p>
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<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Lisa Velenosi</p>
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Dr. Lisa Velenosi
Teaching Coordinator
of the SFB1315 & BCCN Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Philippstraße 13, Haus 6; 10115 Berlin; Germany
Tel: +49 (0)30 2093-98503
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