The Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to approximately 1,000 undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students of all subjects and nationalities per year, who are pursuing their degree at universities, universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulen’), or universities of the arts (‘Kunsthochschulen’). We expect our scholarship recipients to have excellent academic records, to be socially and politically engaged, and to have an active interest in the basic values of the foundation: ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self determination and justice.
Germany: Undergraduate Scholarship | Postgraduate Scholarship | Master Scholarship | PhD Scholarship
By 1 September 2012 applications can be handed in by:
A. 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.
B. 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 apply for the focus programme”Transformation Research”.
- Formal requirements like in paragraph B.1 or D.1.
By 1 March 2013 applications can be handed in by:
C. 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.).
