Who is supported?
The Avicenna-Studienwerk supports high-achieving and socially committed Muslim students and doctoral candidates of all subjects. Through material and non-material support, optimal conditions are created for academic qualification, social commitment and personal development. The aim is to contribute to the development of responsible and qualified Muslim personalities and to prepare them for leading positions in science, society, economy, politics and culture.

Application deadline
01 April 2020

Further information at www.avicenna-studienwerk.de!

Who is supported?
The Cusanuswerk is the Catholic Church's organisation for the promotion of gifted students. An interdisciplinary educational programme imparts a willingness to take responsibility and the ability to engage in dialogue in discussions about science and faith, society and the Church. Outstanding performance and high motivation are required. You can be nominated for the selection procedure or apply yourself.

Application deadline
Deadline for self-applications is 24 July 2020.

Further information is available at www.cusanuswerk.de!

Who is supported?
The Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk (ELES) supports particularly gifted Jewish students and doctoral students of all disciplines. ELES wants to fill a gap in history and promote talent in the Jewish community. In addition to financial support, the aim of the work is to strengthen our scholarship holders' sense of responsibility and ability to engage in dialogue. They are to be encouraged to help shape the future. ELES accepts applications based on a suggestion by a teacher or university lecturer as well as self-applications.

Application deadline
01 June for admission for the winter semester
01 December for admission for the summer semester

Further information can be found at www.eles-studienwerk.de!

Who is supported?
The Evangelisches Studienwerk e. V. Villigst is the support organisation for gifted students of the Evangelical Church in Germany. It supports students and doctoral candidates of all subjects who want to take on responsibility in society out of a Christian orientation. The scholarship programme focuses on individual support and offers a wide range of opportunities for education and commitment. Self-applications are possible.

Application deadline
01 March for admission to the winter semester
01 September for admission to the summer semester

Further information is available at www.evstudienwerk.de!

Who is supported?
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is the oldest political foundation in Germany. Since its founding in 1925, it has been committed to the basic values of social democracy and advocates for fair access to educational opportunities. As a political foundation, it expects not only above-average academic performance but also a commitment to society in line with its values. Applications from German and foreign students and doctoral candidates can be submitted online to the FES. Applications from women and young people who are the first in their family to study and/or have a migration background are particularly welcome.

Application deadline
31 October for admission for the winter semester
30 April for admission for the summer semester

Further information is available at www.fes.de/studienfoerderung!

Who is supported?
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom promotes political education and facilitates political dialogue in the spirit of freedom and human rights. One of its core tasks is the promotion of young liberal academics. With its approximately 800 German and foreign scholarship holders, it is one of the organisations where a family atmosphere is possible and individual support is guaranteed. Selection criteria are performance, qualities of character, liberal political and social commitment.

Application deadline
30 April

Further information is available at www.stipendium.freiheit.org!

Who is supported?
The Hanns Seidel Foundation's scholarship programme supports professionally competent, responsible young citizens. The scholarship holders should act out of a Christian-social basic attitude. Ability to perform, a sense of civic responsibility, political open-mindedness as well as active participation in social, student, church or political organisations are necessary prerequisites for admission.

Application deadline
31 May and 30 November.

Further information is available at www.hss.de/stipendium.html!

Who is supported?
The Hans Böckler Foundation is the foundation for the promotion of gifted students of the Confederation of German Trade Unions. It is committed to the idea of co-determination and equal opportunities. It supports high-achieving students and doctoral candidates of all subjects at universities and universities of applied sciences who are involved in trade union or socio-political activities. With the Böckler Action on Education, it also has an admission procedure that is specifically aimed at gifted high school graduates whose families cannot finance their studies. All applications are made directly and online.

Trusted lecturers at Fulda University of Applied Sciences:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Klemm (Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Greß (Faculty of Nursing and Health)

Application deadline
01 February and 01 August

Further information at www.boeckler-stipendium.de!

Who is supported?
The Heinrich Böll Foundation sees itself as an agency for green ideas and projects and as an international policy network. It is committed to ecology and sustainability, human rights and democracy as well as self-determination and equal opportunities. The central concern of the Heinrich Böll Foundation's study programme is to promote future experts and leaders who are committed to green goals and values. In the selection of scholarship holders, it combines the idea of achievement with equality of opportunity. The main focus of the idealistic support is on political education, personality development, the examination of gender democracy and interculturality as well as the promotion of participation, self-organisation and empowerment.

Application deadline
01 March and 01 September

Further information at www.boell.de/studienwerk!

Who is supported?
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is guided by an image of humanity that is shaped by Christian democratic values and concepts of order. Its aim is to open up a wide range of opportunities for young achievers and future leaders who take on responsibility in politics, business, science, media, culture and society. More than 3,000 students are supported - including budding journalists, doctoral students and, since 2015, post-doctoral students.

Further information at www.kas.de!

Who receives funding?
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation with its study programme is close to the party "Die Linke". Social justice and solidarity are as much part of its guiding principles as overcoming patriarchal, ethnic and national oppression. Therefore, it especially supports students from non-academic families or with a migration background, women, the socially needy and students with disabilities. An extensive educational programme serves to achieve individual support goals as well as to support interdisciplinary dialogue. The principle of self-application applies.

Lecturer at Fulda University of Applied Sciences:
Prof. Dr. Werner Winzerling (Department of Applied Computer Science)

Application deadlines
01 October for funding starting 01 April of the following year
01 April for funding starting 01 October of the same year

Further information is available at www.rosalux.de!

Who is supported?
The Klaus Murmann scholarship programme of the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw) supports students and doctoral candidates from all faculties at universities and universities of applied sciences. The scholarship holders are distinguished by their public spirit and entrepreneurial spirit and bring with them the potential for leadership tasks in business and society. Companies and business associations help shape the interdisciplinary support programme. Unsolicited applications are welcome. Selection criteria include: Grades in the top third of the performance index, social commitment, determination, enjoyment of teamwork.

Application deadlines
27 April 2020

Further information at www.sdw.org/studienfoerderwerk-klaus-murmann!

Who is sponsored?
The German National Academic Foundation supports young students and doctoral candidates who achieve something special, show initiative and take on responsibility. It provides its scholarship holders with a wide range of opportunities to deepen their academic knowledge, to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue and to gain international experience. The scholars represent the entire breadth and diversity of cultural, confessional and democratically anchored political backgrounds and values, which they bring to the Studienstiftung's educational programme.

Lecturer at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences:
Prof. Dr. Stamatia Devetzi (Department of Social and Cultural Sciences).

Further information at www.studienstiftung.de!

For those with professional experience
With the advancement scholarship, the BMBF would like to support those who were already highly motivated and particularly talented during their training and career. By the way, you can get information about studying without an Abitur from our Central Student Advisory Service.

For interns in a social organisation
The Auerbach Foundation supports students who have a high level of commitment as well as social responsibility for the time of an internship in the social sector.

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