International Lab Visits

Goethe University Frankfurt offers scholarships for enrolled graduate students of the interdisciplinary degree programs:

  • M.Sc. Interdisciplinary Neuroscience
  • M.Sc. Molecular Medicine and
  • M.Sc. Environmental Science (Umweltwissenschaften)

Scholarships are granted for the following mobility types:

  • laboratory internships abroad
  • Internship abroad with the goal to complete the Master thesis
  • Research Internship abroad (field research or at a research institute)

Only internships outside of Germany with a minimum period of 1 month are eligible for funding.

The maximal funding duration ends after 6 months.

Parallel funding with DAAD PROMOS scholarship is excluded.

For further information please have a look at the Intl. Lab Visit Application Guidelines.


Annual Application Deadlines:

End of November: for research stays abroad starting between January and June
End of May: for research stays abroad starting between July and December

Intl. Lab Visit Scholarship are available for:

  • enrolled fulltime students of Goethe University of the degree programs M.Sc. Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, M.Sc. Molecular Medicine and M.Sc. Environmental Science (Umweltwissenschaft)
  • completing a self-organized internship with a minimum duration of one month at a laboratory, a research institute, in the field or in the context of completing your Master thesis

If nominated, you need to hand in an evaluation report and a participation certificate (i.e. a letter by your host institution confirming the final period of your internship) within six weeks after your internship is complete.

Scholarships include monthly rates and a one-time travel expenses rate: 
  • The amount of the scholarship depends on the target country.
  • They range from 350,00€ to 550,00€ per month and from 200,00€ to 2.000,00€ for travel expenses.

The scholarship rates of Intl. Lab Visits are based on the DAAD PROMOS scholarship rates.

Students who wish to apply need to hand in the following application documents before the application deadline:

  • Completed and signed Application Form
  • Current Certificate of Enrolment at Goethe University
  • GPA (Bachelor degree + current GPA), for your current GPA only donwloaded schemes via QIS-system are accepted (Home > Administration of exams > Exam Reports > Transirpt of Records)
  • Letter of Acceptance/Invitation of host supervisor with excpacted time period
  • Letter of Motivation
    (1-2 pages, project description including methodology and reasons for choice of host institution)
  • CV (applicant)
  • CV (host supervisor including publication list)

From the funding year 2024, applications will be submitted via an online application platform. 

This is expected to open on Friday, December 22nd, 2023.


A selection committee of each involved degree program selects a number of nominees each application round. The main selection criteria are the academic assessment of your research project and your 
GPA (Bachelor degree + current GPA).

Application Deadlines 2024

Dez 15
12:00 Uhr

Application Deadline

Applications for research stays abroad starting between January and June 2024 must be handed in until December 15th, 2023 via mail at internship@uni-frankfurt.de


The online application plattform for the deadline at the end of January will be available on December 22nd 2023

Mai 31
12:00 Uhr

Application Deadline

Applications for research stays abroad starting between July and December 2023 must be handed in until May 31st, 2023.

Please send the application in one PDF-document to internship@uni-frankfurt.de.

Dez 15
12:00 Uhr

Application Deadline

Applications for research stays abroad starting between January and June 2024 must be handed in until December 15th, 2023 via mail at internship@uni-frankfurt.de


The online application plattform for the deadline at the end of January will be available on December 22nd 2023

Mai 31
12:00 Uhr

Application Deadline

Applications for research stays abroad starting between July and December 2023 must be handed in until May 31st, 2023.

Please send the application in one PDF-document to internship@uni-frankfurt.de.


Contact and further information

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Global Office
Eschersheimer Landstraße 155
c/o House of Labour
3. OG - Raum 331
60323 Frankfurt am Main

Luisa Döhner

auslandspraktikum@uni-frankfurt.de

) +49 (0)69  798 17195