Call for applications: Intellectual property scholarship in Germany

Intellectual property is a broad framework of rights in law that protects creations of the mind. These includes music, stories, inventions, computer software and designs, among others.

What is covered in the scholarship?

Scholarship recipients will get:

• A full MIPLC fee waiver (since the DAAD scholarship includes a full fee waiver, candidates must apply simultaneously for MIPLC financial assistance).
• A monthly stipend of €850 (about $1 000).
• Payments towards health, accident and liability insurance coverage in Germany.
• A travel allowance, unless these costs are covered by the home country or by another funding source.
• A study and research allowance.
• A mandatory two-month German course before the start of the MIPLC LLM programme (August and September in Munich or another German city).

Eligibility criteria

Applicants are eligible for the DAAD scholarship if they meet the following requirements in addition to the MIPLC admission criteria:

• The applicants should be from a developing country (according to the OECD DAC list) and have not been living outside their home country (or another developing country) for more than the past two years.
• The applicants should hold at least a four-year bachelor’s degree (or a three-year bachelor’s degree plus a further degree), completed with above-average results.
• The applicant must have received their latest degree no more than six years before the application.
• The applicant must have at least two years of full-time professional experience gained in a public authority or a state or private company in a developing country. To meet this requirement, it is sufficient if the candidate would have completed the two years by February of the year in which they intend to start their studies at MIPLC. Scientific university staff and academics are not the core target group of this programme and are therefore considered only in exceptional cases.

Application periods and deadline

Interested candidates can apply here.

Applicants need to apply more than a year in advance, i.e. between 1 June and 15 October for the following academic year. The LLM programme starts every year in early October.

View the original call here.