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Funding

Partial / Stipend

Program dates

Jun 1, 2027 – Oct 15, 2027

RISE Worldwide

InternshipGlobal

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

Application Deadline

November 30, 2026

Official Page

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“Nur vollimmatrikulierte Studierende ab dem 2. Fachsemester an deutschen Hochschulen und Fachhochschulen.” Eligibility

  • Education required

    Bachelor Enrolled

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RISE Worldwide (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) is a DAAD programme, funded by the German federal research ministry, that places undergraduates from German universities in research groups abroad over the summer.

Interns assist a host’s research project, usually working in English. Hosts post projects in the RISE Worldwide database; students apply to up to three, and DAAD makes the final selection from the hosts’ rankings.

Benefits & funding

  • Monthly scholarship and a travel allowance, both set by destination country; DAAD’s scholarship notes put student rates at €950–1,300 a month for most host countries
  • Health, accident and liability insurance
  • At least six weeks; DAAD funds at most three months
  • The English page says the scholarship helps cover part of living and travel costs

Eligibility

  • Fully enrolled at a German university or university of applied sciences from the 2nd subject semester, and still enrolled until the internship ends
  • Bachelor, Diplom or Staatsexamen students; Master’s students and graduates cannot apply
  • Any nationality, if enrolled in a degree programme at a German university and seeking the degree there
  • Biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, applied mathematics, applied computer science or related fields
  • English at B2, shown with the DAAD language certificate or a test such as TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge (the Abitur certificate does not count)

Application process

  1. 1
    Apply online to up to three projects in the RISE Worldwide database between 15 October and 30 November 2026, with a separate motivation letter for each.
  2. 2
    One lecturer from your own subject submits an English reference by 15 December 2026.
  3. 3
    Hosts rank applicants; DAAD decides and informs everyone by mid-March.
  4. 4
    Canada runs separately through Mitacs Globalink (closed 16 September 2026); Mitacs applicants may apply to only two regular projects.

Program timeline

  1. Applications

    15 Oct – 30 Nov 2026

  2. Reference deadline

    15 Dec 2026

  3. Results

    Mid-March 2027

  4. Internship window

    1 Jun – 15 Oct 2027

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