Connectionists: Scholarships available for BCCN Berlin International Doctoral Program Computational Neuroscience

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Dear colleagues,

we at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin are 
happy to announce that we have two DAAD-funded scholarships for doctoral 
students available!


We will select two excellent doctoral student candidates to receive 
scholarships from the DAAD as part of the Graduate School Scholarship 
Program (GSSP).

   *     The scholarships begin in October 2026 à 1,300€/ month, for up
    to a maximum of 4 years,
   *     In addition to the scholarship, health insurance, accident
    insurance, and liability insurance will be covered by the DAAD,
   *     Scholarship recipients can also receive assistance for their
    rent payments,
   *     Scholarship recipients with families may receive additional
    funding,
   *     Scholarship recipients will have access to a country-specific
    travel budget from the DAAD,
   *     Scholarship recipients will have access to additional Study and
    Research grants,
   *     Can have German courses financed by the DAAD.


To be eligible for the GSSP scholarships, the student must:

   *     Have an excellent academic profile and must have completed
    their master's (or equivalent) by the start of the funding period
    (October 2026),
   *     Can not have completed their master's (or equivalent) more than
    6 years ago,
   *     At the time of application (March 2026), can not have been a
    resident in Germany for more than 15 months,
   *     Can not already have a PhD,
   *     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.


To be awarded the GSSP scholarship, the student must:

 1. Apply to the BCCN PhD program -->*Application deadline March 15th 2026!*
 2. A member of the BCCN Berlin must agree to supervise and accept the
    student to their group for the duration of their PhD.
 3. 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.


For more information on how to apply to the International Doctoral 
Program Computational Neuroscience of the BCCN Berlin, please see our 
website:

https://www.bccn-berlin.de/doctoral-program-application.html


Finally, we organize an Information session about our graduate programs 
which will take place in January 2026:

https://www.bccn-berlin.de/events-list/information-day-2026-international-graduate-programs-computational-neuroscience.html


Please share this information with anyone who may be interested.


Best regards,

Lisa Velenosi

-- 
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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