DAAD uses funding from the Federal Foreign Office to support subject-related academic Group Study Visits to Germany organized by faculty members for groups of students. Group Study Visit grants are intended to encourage contact with academic institutions, groups and individuals in Germany, and offer insight into current issues in the academic, scientific, economic, political and cultural realms.

The objectives the funding are:

to establish and maintain contacts between German and US/Canadian universities

to provide participants with a subject-specific knowledge by organizing visits to at least two German universities, subject-related tours and informative meetings

to promote meetings with German students, academics, and scientists

to offer participants an insight into economic, political, and cultural life in Germany. This should not take up more than a third of the duration of the group’s stay

• All departments are eligible for this funding. The visit should be organized and arranged entirely by the home institution and should have a meaningful relationship to its curriculum.
• The proposed program should also give students a greater understanding of and insight into current issues in the academic, scientific, economic, political and cultural realms in Germany. This part must not make up more than one third of the funding term.
• The group should consist of 10 to 15 students (plus one accompanying faculty member) affiliated with an accredited US and Canadian university. The students should be at the bachelor’s (having completed at least two semesters), master’s, or, in exceptional cases, doctoral level. The trip should be for 7 to 12 days, although the visits themselves may last longer. Participants may be drawn from more than one institution.