The Deutschlandstipendium supports high-achieving and committed students with 300 euros per month for one year - in addition to potential BAföG funding. As part of the Deutschlandstipendium at Goethe University, you also benefit from an ideational support program. Applications are accepted once a year in July. Funding always begins in the winter semester. Applicants must be within the standard period of study (Regelstudienzeit).
Stipendium Plus: 13 funding organizations with different foci
The so-called "Begabtenförderungswerke" in Germany comprise 13 foundations that focus on supporting high-achieving, committed individuals as part of the "StipendiumPlus" program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The basic grant for students is up to 812 euros, plus an income-independent allowance for study costs of 300 euros per month. You should only apply for the political foundation to which you can credibly demonstrate that you share the political values and convictions represented by the foundation.
The foundations have liaison lecturers who recommend students for scholarships, interview applicants and/or supervise the scholarship holders. You can find a list of the liaison lecturers at Goethe University here.
Political foundations
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
The programs of Friedrich Ebert Foundation are aimed at exceptionally talented students and doctoral candidates from Germany and abroad who are committed to social democratic values. In the selection process, special attention is paid to young people from non-academic households and from immigrant backgrounds.
Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for freedom promotes enthusiastic, curious and open-minded people. It supports individuals during their training, studies and doctoral studies. Its scholarship holders actively stand up for liberal values and an open society. They take responsibility for themselves and others.
Hanns Seidel Stiftung
"In the service of democracy, peace and development" - this is the motto with which the Hanns Seidel Stiftung describes its work and its mission. This motto applies both to its commitment at home - especially in Bavaria - and abroad.
Heinrich Böll Stiftung
The Heinrich Böll Stiftung stands for green ideas and projects; it is a workshop for reform policy, for the future and an international network. It cooperates with over one hundred partner projects in around 60 countries and currently has offices in 34 countries.
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
The aim of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung is for you to assume responsibility as future leaders and active citizens in politics, business, science, media, culture and society. In doing so, it is guided by an image of humanity that is characterized by Christian-democratic values.
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung is a political educational institution affiliated with the party DIE LINKE. Its aim is to contribute to democracy, social justice and solidarity as well as to the elimination of social, gender-based and ethnic discrimination through political education.
Religious foundations / tarif partners
Avicenna-Studienwerk
The central goal of the Avicenna-Studienwerk is the comprehensive support of talented Muslim students and doctoral candidates through scholarships.
The Cusanuswerk is the Catholic Church's organization for the promotion of gifted students in Germany.
Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
The Evangelisches Studienwerk is the organization for the promotion of gifted students of the Protestant churches in Germany.
Stiftung der deutschen Wirtschaft (business associations)
Achievement, commitment and entrepreneurial thinking and action are central aspects of theStiftung der deutschen Wirtschaft's funding profile. It aims to strengthen its scholarship holders in their ability to shape their successful educational and professional careers.
Hans Böckler Stiftung (labor unions)
With its scholarships, the Hans Böckler Stiftung supports young people who intend to study or are already studying and who demonstrate above-average performance and union or socio-political commitment.
Ideologically neutral
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
The Studienstiftung supports students whose talent and personality promise special achievements in the service of society. Its scholarship holders help to shape and form society in a variety of ways, proving that there is no such thing as a typical Studienstiftung student.
Bertha von Suttner-Studienwerk
The Bertha von Suttner-Studienwerk supports talented students who have a humanistic worldview and share the values that come with it.
e-Fellows Scholarship
As an e-fellows.net scholarship holder, you will receive exclusive benefits (free subscriptions, career guides, e-learning offers and more) worth over 1,000 euros. You will also gain access to a network of top companies and leading universities.
European Forum Alpbach
Scholarship for participation in EFA seminar: The European Forum Alpbach brings together young people with the most innovative minds from politics, business, civil society, culture and science. Together they develop ideas for a strong and democratic Europe.
Geh Deinen Weg (Deutschlandstiftung Integration)
The ideational scholarship program Geh Deinen Weg supports talented young people with a migration background on their paths into the professional world and provides them with a network of inspiring individuals and mentors in various professional branches.
Kölner Gymnasial- & Stiftungsfonds
The study scholarships from the Kölner Gymnasial- und Stiftungsfonds help students to bridge the financial gap between the cost of education and their own available funds and/or other funding. They enable students to complete their studies quickly and in a concentrated manner within the standard period of study.
Master Plus Scholarship
Master Plus is aimed at students of all disciplines who are starting a Master's degree program at a university in Germany after successfully completing their Bachelor's degree (with a grade of at least 1.7).
SSB-Aufstiegsstipendium
Vocational training, practical experience and still want to study? The Aufstiegsstipendium for experienced professionals supports a first university degree - full-time or part-time.
TANDEM for first-generation university students
The special feature of the TANDEM scholarship program is that scholarship holders receive 1:1 mentoring from a university lecturer close to their subject and place of study.
The Dr. Arthur Pfungst Foundation supports talented students in financial need with scholarships during their studies at German universities.
Main Campus Academicus
The Main Campus Academicus program is aimed at outstandingly qualified and particularly motivated students in their Master's and advanced studies. You cannot apply to the program yourself. Scholarship holders are nominated by the universities. The scholarship consists of a monthly basic amount of 700 euros and 50 euros in book money.
Pestalozzi Foundation Frankfurt
The Pestalozzi Foundation Frankfurt grants scholarships for qualified education to people from Frankfurt am Main and the Rhine-Main region. The target group includes young people whose aptitude and studies or training will benefit the general public and who are unable to finance their studies or training from their own resources.
Peter Fuld Foundation
The Peter Fuld Foundation supports students of all disciplines, pupils and apprentices who are struggling with difficult starting conditions or who would have to interrupt or drop out of their education without financial help.
Schadsche Stiftung
The von Schad'sche Stiftung is a small foundation in Frankfurt am Main, which honors the memory of Anna Sybilla Schad von Mittelbieberach. The foundation primarily helps young people who need support in order to receive a good education and whose parents are unable to pay for their education.
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