In the framework of the programme SPACES II of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), researchers from Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia conduct scientific collaboration projects to investigate climate processes, the global climate change, and their consequences in the region of Southern Africa. Sustainability is one focus of this research.
Sustainable research requires early support for young experts in research and education at universities and research institutes, including industry-related ones, in Germany and the participating African countries Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia. Good networking, close coordination and long-term cooperation of these nations are of equal importance.

The accompanying DAAD scholarship programme “Capacity Building/Development” (CaBuDe) aims at developing the required capacities. The programme will enable scholarship holders from Southern Africa to research, to network and to be (further) educated in Germany, in order to become experts for the sustainable scientific-technical cooperation between their home countries and Germany. The same applies to the short-term research scholarship holders from Germany under this programme.

The following categories of researchers can apply:

• excellently qualified students, graduates, doctoral candidates and postdocs from South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia who are doing research within one of the following marine SPACES research projects: BANINO, CASISAC, TRACES & TRAFFIC under the overall theme of Earth System Management in the following specific fields:
  
  1. Environmental Sciences
  2. Coastal and Marine Research Sciences
  3. Geology
• excellently qualified senior experts with no less than bachelor degree from Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia working in one of the marine SPACES II research projects.

• Bachelor students, to do a specific part of their bachelor studies in Germany and complete their bachelor degree in their home country

• Master students to do a specific part of their master studies in Germany and finish the master degree in their home country
• Senior experts (technical staff at universities or research institutions), with no less than a bachelor degree, to pursue an individual research project or take part in training measures within the SPACES II projects in Germany

• Doctoral candidates, to do a specific part of their PhD research in Germany and complete their PhD in their home country
• Senior experts (technical staff at universities or research institutions), with no less than a master degree, to pursue an individual research project or take part in training measures within one of the SPACES II projects in Germany

• Postdoctoral candidates, to pursue a research project within a SPACES project in Germany
• Senior experts (technical staff at universities or research institutions), with no less than a master degree, to pursue an individual research project or take part in training measures within one of the SPACES II projects in Germany

From 2 weeks to 4 months (non-extendable)

• Monthly scholarship of 861 EUR
• Travel allowance for outward and return journey
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover

• Monthly scholarship of 1,200 EUR
• Travel allowance for outward and return journey
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance

• Monthly scholarship of 2,000 EUR
• Payments towards accident and personal liability
• insurance (no health insurance)
• Travel allowance only if travel expenses are not covered by the home country or other funding source

Applications will be reviewed by an independent selection committee consisting of experts in the relevant fields.

The decisive selection criterion is the compatibility of the research proposal with the chosen SPACES II project. Other important selection criteria are the relevance and quality of the research proposal and the applicant´s academic achievements.