Financing Student Assistants

The Potsdam Graduate School (PoGS) supports PhD candidates, temporary employed postdocs, qualification professors or newly appointed professors at the University of Potsdam by financing student assistants. It helps to support your scientific work. You can apply for financing a student assistant with or without university degree. You can submit an application for funding at any time. There are no application deadlines. Grants are awarded subject to available funds.

Please note the current changes to minimum contract terms as a result of the TV-L 2023 collective bargaining negotiations (Tarifverhandlungen TV-L 2023). The information was forwarded to all academic departments by e-mail. Please consult with your department before submitting a funding application to PoGS.

Conditions for subsidy

Membership in the Potsdam Graduate School.
The student assistant may only take on work that is related to your scientific work.

Please carefully read our information sheet for financing a student assistant in the download section below.

Subsidy amounts

PhD Candidates: Please refer to the document “Information on application financing a student assistant for PhD candidates” (see download box below) for the current maximum funding rates.

Postdocs & Qualification Professors: The maximum fundingamount per person and calendar year is a total of €2000. This amount applies as a total amount for all funding and can be used at your own personal decision for the different funding areas (except coaching) per calendar year.