By 1 March 2012 (postmarked) applications can be handed in by:
A. Applicants for a student scholarship
1. Students of all subjects who are pursuing a FIRST university degree and who gained their university entrance qualification from a German school (‘Bildungsinländer_innen‘)
1.1. Student scholarship – general:
- Applications are possible before you begin your study programme or within the first three semesters.
Special (but not exclusive) focus groups are:
- First-generation students, students with a migrant background, or students from universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulen’).
- Students in MINT study programmes (mathematics, informatics, natural sciences, or technical subjects), especially with an environmental focus (e.g. environmental studies, climate studies, renewable energies etc.).
1.2. Student scholarship – journalism programme „Medienvielfalt, anders: Junge Migrantinnen und Migranten in den Journalismus“
- Applications are possible before you begin your study programme or within the first three semesters.
2. Students of all subjects in a MAST
ER’S programme, who gained their university entrance qualification from a school outside of Germany and who would like to study in Germany2.1. Students of all subjects, especially from these regions: Central/Eastern Europe, EU neighbourhood/CIS; Middle East/Northern Africa; transition and newly industrialised countries as well as conflict regions worldwide.
- Applications are possible before you begin your Master’s programme or within the first semester (at the time of application).
- Applicants must have already obtained a first university degree.
- Good or very good knowledge of German is a requirement. The selection workshops are generally held in German (if a scholarship is granted, additional German language courses can be financed).
2.2. International Scholarship Programme for Tunisian and Egyptian Students
- Duration of the scholarship: 6 – 24 months.
- Formal requirements like in paragraph 2.1.
B. Applicants for a doctoral scholarship (PhD)
1. Doctoral students of all subjects who gained their university entrance qualification outside of Germany and who wish to do their doctoral studies in Germany:
- Doctoral students of all subjects.
- Special (but not exclusive) focus regions are: Central/Eastern Europe, EU neighbourhood/CIS; Middle East/Northern Africa; transition and newly industrialised countries as well as conflict regions worldwide.
- Applicants must provide proof that they have been accepted as a doctoral student by a German institution of higher education.
- Preference will be given to dissertation projects related to the working areas of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
- Good or very good knowledge of German is a requirement. The selection workshops are generally held in German (if a scholarship is granted, additional German language courses can be financed).
2. Doctoral scholarships: Focus programme "Transformation Research"
- Doctoral students from Germany and abroad who would like to pply for the focus programme "Transformation Research".
- Formal requirements like in paragraph B.1 and D.1.
By 1 September 2012 (postmarked) applications can be handed in by:
C. Applicants for a student scholarship
Students of all subjects who are pursuing a FIRST university degree and who gained their university entrance qualification from a German school ('Bildungsinländer_innen')
1. Student scholarship – general:
- Applications are possible before you begin your study programme or within the first three semesters.
Special (but not exclusive) focus groups are:
- First-generation students, students with a migrant background, or students from universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulen’).
- Students in MINT study programmes (mathematics, informatics, natural sciences, or technical subjects), especially with an environmental focus (e.g. environmental studies, climate studies, renewable energies etc.).
2. Student scholarship – journalism programme „Medienvielfalt, anders: Junge Migrantinnen und Migranten in den Journalismus“
- Applications are possible before you begin your study programme or within the first three semesters.
D. Applicants for a doctoral scholarship (PhD)
1. Doctoral students of all subjects who gained their university entrance qualification in Germany and who wish to do their doctoral studies in Germany:
- Applicants must provide proof that they have been accepted as a doctoral student by an institution of higher education in Germany or an EU country.
- Preference will be given to dissertation projects related to the working areas of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
2. Doctoral scholarships: Focus programme "Transformation Research"
- Doctoral students from Germany and abroad who would like to pply for the focus programme "Transformation Research".
- Formal requirements like in paragraph B.1 and D.1.
How to APPLY
for (under-)graduates
For further information, please see info sheet A1-1 (PDF)
Download application form A1-2 (PDF, in German)
Download expert report form (PDF)
for PhD students
For further information, please see info sheet A2-1 (PDF)
Download application form A2-2 (PDF, in German)
Download expert report form (PDF)
Scholarship Department
Postal address:
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Studienwerk
Schumannstr. 8
10117 Berlin
Germany
Contact: Bärbel Karger
E-Mail: studienwerk@boell.de
Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 28534-400
Fax: +49 (0)30/285 34-409
Office hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
