Doctoral scholarship of the LMU Faculty of Medicine

In order to support doctoral students in human medicine and dentistry at the LMU during their full-time research, the faculty offers the opportunity to apply for an 8-month doctoral scholarship.

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The doctoral scholarship of the Faculty of Medicine

To support doctoral candidates in human medicine and dentistry at the LMU during their full-time research, the faculty offers the opportunity to apply for an 8-month doctoral scholarship.

You must meet all the following requirements to be eligible to apply:

  1. You must have registered your doctoral project to obtain a Dr. med. or Dr. med. dent. in accordance with the doctoral regulations for human and dental medicine, human biology dated 27.09.2018.
  2. You have not yet passed your 2nd state examination or have not yet completed your studies.
  3. You are completing 8 months of full-time research in one go. (Students with a full-time doctoral scholarship in Module 6 are guaranteed a spot in the block internship in general medicine during the last possible semester break before the state examination. Please check the website of the Institute of General Medicine in good time for information on the conditions for this special registration.)
  4. You will not receive any remuneration for your research work.
  5. The data collection takes place only at an institution of the Faculty of Medicine or the LMU Hospital.
  6. 6. You must be matriculated at the LMU (if you are not already enrolled at LMU, please note the enrollment deadlines for doctoral candidates and register in a timely manner).

  • All doctoral candidates of the LMU Faculty of Medicine who have registered their doctoral project to obtain a Dr. med. or Dr. med. dent. in accordance with the doctoral regulations for human and dental medicine, human biology of 27.09.2018 are eligible to apply.
  • Doctoral candidates who are or have already been funded by programs of the LMU Faculty of Medicine (e.g. FöFoLe) are not eligible to apply.

  • Maximum € 500 per month for a period of eight months

  • During the doctoral scholarship, the doctoral candidate must be engaged in full-time research and concentrate fully on the respective research project.
  • If access to the infrastructure at the LMU Hospital and appropriate insurance is required, the Human Resources Department will issue a work shadowing permit.
  • Contracts as student or research assistants can run in parallel if they do not exceed a maximum of 10 hours per week and there is a clear temporal and spatial distinction between the doctoral scholarship and the assistantship, i.e. the assistantship ideally takes place in a different department/institute/clinic than the doctoral scholarship. If you are unsure about this regulation, please contact your responsible contact person in the Human Resources Department before submitting your application.
  • The application to receive the scholarship must be submitted to the doctoral office at least two weeks before the start of the full-time research. Retroactive applications are not permitted.
  • The signed target agreement is a prerequisite for processing
  • In order to be eligible to apply, a doctoral project for the acquisition of the Dr. med. or Dr. med. dent. must be successfully registered in accordance with the study regulations for human and dental medicine, human biology dated 27.09.2018. Applications submitted without successful registration of a doctoral project will not be considered and will not be stored.
  • The data collection must only take place at an institution of the Medical Faculty or the LMU hospital.
  • You must be matriculated at the LMU (please provide your registration certificate as
    proof of enrollment )

  • The fellowship application (PDF, 6,216 KB) must be submitted in duplicate (2 signed originals) to the doctoral office.
  • Please send the documents to: Doctoral Office, Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Bavariaring 19, 80336 München

Important Information for Submitting Your Application Please check your application carefully before submission. Only complete and correct applications can be considered. Make sure that all of the following requirements are fulfilled:

Is the application submitted in two copies?

Do all details (name, address, bank account information, etc.) match on both copies?

Have you and your 1st TAC member signed both copies with original signatures?

Will your 8-month full-time research be carried out continuously, and are the details consistent with your target agreement?

Will you refrain from working more than 10 hours per week during your full-time research?

Have you submitted your application in due time before the start of your full-time research?

Is the target agreement fully signed and available?

Will the data collection only take place at a facility of the Medical Faculty or the University Hospital of LMU?

Do you also submit your registration certificate as proof of enrollment at LMU?

You are eligible to apply only if you can answer “Yes” to all of the above questions.
Applications that do not meet all requirements will be rejected.

A rejected application cannot be resubmitted!