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Financial and other support/ Career ideas for students with health issues 

Perspectives – Paths – Ideas: ...With(out) Impairments ?!

What are the prospects for people with disabilities who study (or studied) at a university? What's next – especially if financial problems occur or organising your daily life turns out to be difficult? This page provides a collection of tips and sources to support your reflections on your studies and prospects after graduation.

The organisations mentioned here mainly address a German audience and often do not have an international version of their website. If you need help understanding possible options, our advisors will support you.

In addition, we advise you to consider the funding programs of the different Begabtenförderungswerke. Their funding policies take health-related needs into account in a variety of ways, depending on the organisation. (A Begabtenförderungswerk is an organisation dedicated to promoting particularly gifted people, Begabte) 

Funding Addressing Specific Situations and Areas of Interest 

Two other foundations (without their own website) supporting disabled people:

 Dr. Willy Rebelein-Stiftung

The organisation provides support for persons with disabilities, especially university students, until they graduate or complete their vocational training.

Dr. Willy Rebelein-Stiftung, Bauvereinstraße 10-12, 90489 Nürnberg

Telephone: 0911/ 580740 – Fax: 0911/ 5807410 

Gisela Sdorra-Stiftung 

The foundation's stated mission is to provide financial support for children in need and people with disabilities, regarding a)  subsistence costs b) education and training c) acquisition of medical equipment and funding for therapies.  

Gisela Sdorra-Stiftung, Contact: Mr. Karl-Heinz Pitzal 

Goldfinkenweg 43, 14195 Berlin

Telephone: 030/ 89730307 – Fax: 030/ 89730308

We gladly add further viable options to this list. Please contact us with comments and suggestions.
The authors offer no guarantees whatsoever with regard to the contents of this list. This specifically implies that the organisations and providers listed have full and exclusive responsibility for their programs and publications.