Scholarship Foundations

The "Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Begabtenförderungswerke" (association of scholarship foundations for the gifted) supports highly qualified students and doctoral candidates who are particularly committed to their communities. They reflect the ideological, denominational, political, economic, or union-oriented currents that exist in Germany. Scholarship recipients are supported according to the specific guidelines of the "Begabtenförderungswerke" and in accordance with the orientation of the respective foundation. It is possible to apply for both undergraduate and graduate scholarships.

Undergraduate funding

Target group: highly qualified German students, and, to a limited extent, students from other EU countries who are enrolled at a state or state-recognized university in Germany or in another EU country.

Scholarship benefits:

• Basic scholarship: based on the income of the parents, related to BAföG rate
• Subsidy for health and long-term care insurance
• Family allowance
• Book subsidy
• Childcare costs
• Abroad: allowances for stays abroad as well as allowances for travel expenses and tuition fees; special support for the first year abroad; otherwise related to BaföG
• Non-material support in the form of childcare and continuing education programs
• Duration: corresponds to maximum funding period according to BaföG
  

Graduate funding

Target group: highly qualified doctoral students, regardless of nationality, who are admitted to doctoral studies at a state or state-recognized university in Germany.

Scholarship benefits:

• Doctoral scholarship: income-dependent up to 1050 €.
• Family allowance
• Research cost allowance
• Childcare subsidy
• Abroad: allowances for stays abroad as well as subsidies for travel expenses and tuition fees

Duration: 2 up to a max. of 4 years

The individual scholarship funds provide information about the application conditions and the different types of support.