ERP Scholarship for Study Projects at Universities in the USA

[Stipendienbörse, Auslandsstudium]

As part of the “European Recovery Program”, the German National Academic Foundation awards scholarships to German Master's students and Bachelor's graduates who are interested in one to two-year Master's or PhD programmes.

Funding is also available for ten to twelve-month research projects as part of dissertation projects based at German universities.

ERP Scholarships

Where: At a university in the USA
When: from 2026/2027
Duration of the programme: one or two years
Application deadline: 15 September 2025

The European Recovery Program (ERP) offers a monthly scholarship of 2,500 USD and a one-off start-up grant of 500 USD. The scholarship also finances a travel allowance of 1,000 USD and an annual tuition fee subsidy of up to 25,000 USD. For two-year Master's programmes, a two- to three-month internship in the public sector between the years of study is mandatory.

More information about the ERP scholarship program

Furthermore, there will be digital info sessions in July and September:

  • Digitale Informationsveranstaltung: HanielMcCloy & ERP (I): Tuesday, 08 July 2025, 18:00 - 19:30  Zoom Link
  • Digitale Informationsveranstaltung: HanielMcCloy & ERP (II): Monday, 01 September 2025, 18:00 - 19:30 Zoom Link

For further inquiries, please contact erp(at)studienstiftung.de.