DAAD Eastern Partnerships

The Eastern Partnership Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) strengthens and promotes partnerships between German universities and universities in Central Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and South Eastern Europe as well as the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The DAAD has been funding the University of Greifswald’s “Eastern partnerships” by covering travel expenses and accommodation costs since the 1990s. The DAAD assumes that both partner universities will jointly participate in the funding.

• University of Zadar (ZU) Zadar, Croatia
• Masaryk University (MU) Brno, Czechia
• Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM) Poznan, Poland
• University of Szczecin (US) Szczecin, Poland
• Vilnius University (UV) Vilnius, Lithuania
• University of Latvia (UL) Riga, Latvia
• University of Tartu (UT)/ Tartu, Estonia
• Yerevan State University (YSU) Jerewan, Armenia

Since there have been no active partnerships with universities in the Russian Federation since 2022, new partner universities in Croatia and Armenia have been acquired.

The University of Greifswald provides funding via the programme in accordance with DAAD guidelines:

Greifswald researchers and staff can apply for the actual amount of travel expenses; Greifswald students and PhD students can apply for country-specific travel allowances. The DAAD does not fund accommodation costs and daily allowances.

For visitors from Greifswald, some partner universities may offer free/reasonably priced accommodation, e.g. in guest houses.

Visiting researchers, doctoral candidates and students from the partner universities can apply for daily allowances/short-term scholarships in the following amounts.
Travel expenses of guests from abroad should be borne by the home university.

Academics and employees from Greifswald can submit applications digitally via the IO portal for scientists and employees [de] by the following deadlines:

• November 15 for projects starting from January of the following year
• May 15 for projects starting from July of the current year

Academics from partner universities must first apply for the exchange at the International Offices of their home universities. After having been nominated, they have to apply via portal of the University of Greifswald.