1000 Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships for International Students

The Heinrich Boll Foundation is now accepting applications for scholarships for
German and International students in 2018 academic years. The scholarship
department of the Heinrich Boll Foundation grants scholarships to
undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students from inside and outside
Germany.

Heinrich Boll
Foundation promote those students who are studying and graduating and who have
a positive attitude towards the goals of the Green project, share the
fundamental ideals of the Heinrich Boll Foundation – democra
cy, ecology,
solidarity and non-violence – and who take an active socio-political role.

The Heinrich Boll
Foundation works independently and nurtures a spirit of intellectual openness.
Heinrich Boll Foundation maintain a world wide network with currently
30 international offices. Heinrich Boll Foundation cooperate closely with
16 state-level Boll Foundations in each of Germany’s federal states, and
they support talented, socio-politically engaged undergraduate and
graduate students in Germany and abroad.

The scholarship
department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to
undergraduates, graduates and doctoral students from inside and outside
Germany. Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet
specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to
study there.

Course
Level: The scholarship Department of
the Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to undergraduates, graduates,
and doctoral students from inside and outside Germany.

Study
Subject(s): Scholarships are awarded in
all subjects offered at universities of applied sciences or universities of the
arts in Germany.

Scholarship
Award: The Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to
approximately 1,000 undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students.

Scholarship
can be taken in Germany (German
students can pursue their higher studies in Germany or an EU country).

Eligibility: Formal prerequisites:
Applicants for an undergraduate or graduate scholarship:
1). General student scholarships for German and German-educated applicants
(Bildungsinländer/innen (1)): Students in all subjects who are pursuing the
First degree (Bachelor, Staatsexamen, Diplom) and who earned their university
entrance qualification (2) in Germany:

Applicants
may apply before beginning their first
degree (Bachelor,
Staatsexamen, Diplom) or at any time up to the end of your third
“Fachsemester”. Masters students cannot apply, because we aim to support
students over the longer term. However, Bachelors students who have been
awarded support may receive further support for a Masters course.
Special
(but not exclusive) target groups are: first-generation students, women,
members of ethnic minorities, applicants from universities of applied
science (Fachhochschulen).
Scholarship
programme also focuses (but not exclusively) on certain subjects:
especially the STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and
mathematics), particularly with a focus on environmental science (e.g.
environmental protection, renewable energies, climate, etc.); economic and
legal studies; journalism; and art studies.
Germans
and Bildungsinländer/innen (1) may receive funding for a complete
Bachelors programme outside Germany but within the EU. In this case, the
application must include a detailed justification of the proposed location
and subject.2) Student Scholarship – journalism: “Medienvielfalt, anders:
Junge Migrantinnen und Migranten in den Journalismus” (for German nationals and
Bildungsinländer/innen):
This
programme is aimed at German or German-educated students with a migration
background who wish to become journalists. Funding is not limited to
students following journalism studies programmes.
Applicants
may apply before beginning your study programme or at any time up to the
end of your third “Fachsemester”. The conditions outlined in A.1. apply
Applicants for a doctoral scholarship: Please note that an application for
the autumn application process is possible, if you are a German or
German-educated doctoral student.
Doctoral
students in all subjects who earned their university entrance
qualification in Germany (Germans nationals and Bildungsinländer/inner
(1)):
At the
time of application, the applicant must have been accepted as a doctoral student
by a state-recognised institution of higher education in Germany or
another EU country.
Preference
will be given to dissertation projects related to the working areas of the
Heinrich Böll Foundation2) Doctoral scholarships: Focus programme
“Transformation Research”
Doctoral
students from Germany who would like to apply for the focus programme
“Transformation Research”
Formal
requirements are given above.

Nationality: Students of all nationalities can apply for these Heinrich
Boll Foundation Scholarships.

Entrance
Requirement: The
scholarship Department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to
undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students from inside and outside
Germany.

Test
Requirement: No

English
Language Requirements: Applicants
from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English
language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.

How to
apply: Applications should be
submitted online. Required documents are:

A
complete set of application documents needs to be uploaded to the web
portal as PDF versions of the following documents.
Application
form for a scholarship
Copy of
degree certificate, University entrance qualification or equivalent
A list
of study certificates to date if you have already commenced your studies
For
foreign applicants for a scholarship to study for a master’s degree:
Certified copy of their first-degree certificate
Student
enrolment certificate if they already have one
For
foreign applicants: Written proof of German language proficiency
For
applicants for the programme: Work samples
A
third-party reference on your social commitment
An expert
reference from a university or college lecturer, or for school leavers
from a schoolteacher